diff --git a/salt/returners/mysql.py b/salt/returners/mysql.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/returners/mysql.py
+++ b/salt/returners/mysql.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Use the following mysql database schema::
 
     DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `salt_events`;
     CREATE TABLE `salt_events` (
+    `id` BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
     `tag` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
     `data` varchar(1024) NOT NULL,
     `alter_time` TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
Let's create an id field and make it large