diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 497153a05..90885d57c 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ class VerifyCode(db.Model):
         return check_hash(cde, self._code)
 
 
-NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES = ['sending', 'delivered', 'failed']
+NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES = ['sending', 'delivered', 'failed',
+                             'technical_failure', 'temporary_failure', 'permanent_failure']
 
 
 class Notification(db.Model):
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ class Notification(db.Model):
         nullable=True,
         onupdate=datetime.datetime.utcnow)
     status = db.Column(
-        db.Enum(*NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES, name='notification_status_types'), nullable=False, default='sending')
+        db.Enum(*NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES, name='notification_status_type'), nullable=False, default='sending')
     reference = db.Column(db.String, nullable=True, index=True)
 
 
diff --git a/migrations/versions/0017_add_failure_types.py b/migrations/versions/0017_add_failure_types.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f8ba241b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/0017_add_failure_types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: 0017_add_failure_types
+Revises: 0015_fix_template_data
+Create Date: 2016-05-17 11:23:36.881219
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '0017_add_failure_types'
+down_revision = '0015_fix_template_data'
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
+
+def upgrade():
+    status_type = sa.Enum('sending', 'delivered', 'failed',
+                          'technical_failure', 'temporary_failure', 'permanent_failure',
+                          name='notification_status_type')
+    status_type.create(op.get_bind())
+    op.add_column('notifications', sa.Column('new_status', status_type, nullable=True))
+    op.execute('update notifications set new_status = CAST(CAST(status as text) as notification_status_type)')
+    op.alter_column('notifications', 'status', new_column_name='old_status')
+    op.alter_column('notifications', 'new_status', new_column_name='status')
+    op.drop_column('notifications', 'old_status')
+    op.get_bind()
+    op.execute('DROP TYPE notification_status_types')
+    op.alter_column('notifications', 'status', nullable=False)
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    status_type = sa.Enum('sending', 'delivered', 'failed',
+                          name='notification_status_types')
+    status_type.create(op.get_bind())
+    op.add_column('notifications', sa.Column('old_status', status_type, nullable=True))
+    op.execute('update notifications set old_status = CAST(CAST(status as text) as notification_status_types)')
+    op.alter_column('notifications', 'status', new_column_name='new_status')
+    op.alter_column('notifications', 'old_status', new_column_name='status')
+    op.drop_column('notifications', 'new_status')
+    op.get_bind()
+    op.execute('DROP TYPE notification_status_type')
+    op.alter_column('notifications', 'status', nullable=False)
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