diff --git a/sql/table.sql b/sql/table.sql
index 5de9de57b40e86ad6da98a47b84e71e0279a156c..31db634cac95d726d4ec874149f1b1d6ec567f62 100755
--- a/sql/table.sql
+++ b/sql/table.sql
@@ -984,6 +984,7 @@ CREATE TABLE gene_archive (
 
   KEY gene_idx( gene_stable_id, gene_version ),
   KEY transcript_idx( transcript_stable_id, transcript_version )
+  KEY translation_idx( translation_stable_id, translation_version )
 
 ) TYPE=MyISAM;