diff --git a/server/src/entities/album-permission.entity.ts b/server/src/entities/album-permission.entity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48451b9c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/entities/album-permission.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { AlbumEntity } from 'src/entities/album.entity';
+import { UserEntity } from 'src/entities/user.entity';
+import { Column, Entity, ManyToOne, PrimaryColumn } from 'typeorm';
+
+@Entity('albums_shared_users_users')
+export class AlbumPermissionsEntity {
+  @PrimaryColumn({ type: 'uuid', name: 'albumsId', foreignKeyConstraintName: 'FK_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd06' })
+  @ManyToOne(() => AlbumEntity, { onDelete: 'CASCADE', onUpdate: 'CASCADE', nullable: false })
+  albums!: AlbumEntity;
+
+  @PrimaryColumn({ type: 'uuid', name: 'usersId', foreignKeyConstraintName: 'FK_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab737' })
+  @ManyToOne(() => UserEntity, { onDelete: 'CASCADE', onUpdate: 'CASCADE', nullable: false })
+  users!: UserEntity;
+
+  @Column({ default: true })
+  readonly!: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/server/src/entities/album.entity.ts b/server/src/entities/album.entity.ts
index 99fae4f23d..d1d8799532 100644
--- a/server/src/entities/album.entity.ts
+++ b/server/src/entities/album.entity.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,19 @@ export class AlbumEntity {
   albumThumbnailAssetId!: string | null;
 
   @ManyToMany(() => UserEntity)
-  @JoinTable()
+  @JoinTable({
+    name: 'albums_shared_users_users',
+    inverseJoinColumn: {
+      name: 'usersId',
+      referencedColumnName: 'id',
+      foreignKeyConstraintName: 'FK_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd06',
+    },
+    joinColumn: {
+      name: 'albumsId',
+      referencedColumnName: 'id',
+      foreignKeyConstraintName: 'FK_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab737',
+    },
+  })
   sharedUsers!: UserEntity[];
 
   @ManyToMany(() => AssetEntity, (asset) => asset.albums)
diff --git a/server/src/migrations/1712848324419-AddAlbumPermissions.ts b/server/src/migrations/1712848324419-AddAlbumPermissions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7518e3e74b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1712848324419-AddAlbumPermissions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class AddAlbumPermissions1712848324419 implements MigrationInterface {
+    name = 'AddAlbumPermissions1712848324419'
+
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab73"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd0"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "albums_shared_users_users" ADD "readonly" boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT true`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX "IDX_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab73" ON "albums_shared_users_users" ("albumsId") `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX "IDX_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd0" ON "albums_shared_users_users" ("usersId") `);
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd0"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`DROP INDEX "public"."IDX_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab73"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "albums_shared_users_users" DROP COLUMN "readonly"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX "IDX_f48513bf9bccefd6ff3ad30bd0" ON "albums_shared_users_users" ("usersId") `);
+        await queryRunner.query(`CREATE INDEX "IDX_427c350ad49bd3935a50baab73" ON "albums_shared_users_users" ("albumsId") `);
+    }
+
+}