diff --git a/app/models/badge.rb b/app/models/badge.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21b4160ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/badge.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class Badge < ApplicationRecord
+  mount_uploader :badge_image, BadgeUploader
+
+  has_many :badge_achievements
+  has_many :users, through: :badge_achievements
+
+  validates :title, presence: true, uniqueness: true
+  validates :description, presence: true
+
+  before_validation :generate_slug
+
+  private
+
+  def generate_slug
+    self.slug = title.to_s.downcase.tr(" ", "-").gsub(/[^\w-]/, "").tr("_", "")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/badge_achievement.rb b/app/models/badge_achievement.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa64d1938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/badge_achievement.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class BadgeAchievement < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :user
+  belongs_to :badge
+  belongs_to :rewarder, class_name: "User"
+end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 90c34cd70..32109951d 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
 
   belongs_to  :organization, optional: true
   has_many    :articles
+  has_many    :badge_achievements
+  has_many    :badges, through: :badge_achievements
   has_many    :collections
   has_many    :comments
   has_many    :email_messages, class_name: "Ahoy::Message"
diff --git a/app/uploaders/badge_uploader.rb b/app/uploaders/badge_uploader.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f603c49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/uploaders/badge_uploader.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class BadgeUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
+  include CarrierWave::BombShelter
+
+  def store_dir
+    "uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id}"
+  end
+
+  def extension_whitelist
+    %w(jpg jpeg gif png)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb b/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
index 94c41f092..903b8d199 100644
--- a/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-require 'carrierwave/storage/abstract'
-require 'carrierwave/storage/file'
-require 'carrierwave/storage/fog'
+require "carrierwave/storage/abstract"
+require "carrierwave/storage/file"
+require "carrierwave/storage/fog"
 
 CarrierWave.configure do |config|
-
   if Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.test?
     config.storage = :file
   else
     # config.fog_provider = 'fog-aws'
     config.storage = :fog
     config.fog_credentials = {
-      :provider               => 'AWS',
-      :aws_access_key_id      =>  ENV['AWS_ID'],
-      :aws_secret_access_key  => ENV['AWS_SECRET'],
-      :region                 => 'us-east-1'
+      provider: "AWS",
+      aws_access_key_id: ENV["AWS_ID"],
+      aws_secret_access_key: ENV["AWS_SECRET"],
+      region: "us-east-1",
     }
-    config.fog_directory = ENV['AWS_BUCKET_NAME']
+    config.fog_directory = ENV["AWS_BUCKET_NAME"]
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180502152520_create_badges.rb b/db/migrate/20180502152520_create_badges.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1134c54a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180502152520_create_badges.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class CreateBadges < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.1]
+  def change
+    create_table :badges do |t|
+      t.string :title, null: false
+      t.string :slug, null: false
+      t.string :description, null: false
+      t.string :badge_image
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+
+    add_index :badges, :title, unique: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180502152621_create_badge_achievements.rb b/db/migrate/20180502152621_create_badge_achievements.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af938ba67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180502152621_create_badge_achievements.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class CreateBadgeAchievements < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.1]
+  def change
+    create_table :badge_achievements do |t|
+      t.references :user, foreign_key: true, null: false
+      t.integer :rewarder_id
+      t.references :badge, foreign_key: true, null: false
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+
+    add_index :badge_achievements, [:user_id, :badge_id]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 385a63b01..6f48d5b00 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -116,6 +116,27 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180502174301) do
     t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_articles_on_user_id"
   end
 
+  create_table "badge_achievements", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.bigint "badge_id", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.integer "rewarder_id"
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.bigint "user_id", null: false
+    t.index ["badge_id"], name: "index_badge_achievements_on_badge_id"
+    t.index ["user_id", "badge_id"], name: "index_badge_achievements_on_user_id_and_badge_id"
+    t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_badge_achievements_on_user_id"
+  end
+
+  create_table "badges", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "badge_image"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.string "description", null: false
+    t.string "slug", null: false
+    t.string "title", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["title"], name: "index_badges_on_title", unique: true
+  end
+
   create_table "blocks", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
     t.text "body_html"
     t.text "body_markdown"
@@ -652,6 +673,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180502174301) do
     t.index ["user_id", "role_id"], name: "index_users_roles_on_user_id_and_role_id"
   end
 
+  add_foreign_key "badge_achievements", "badges"
+  add_foreign_key "badge_achievements", "users"
   add_foreign_key "messages", "chat_channels"
   add_foreign_key "messages", "users"
 end
diff --git a/spec/factories/badges.rb b/spec/factories/badges.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfa395ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/badges.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :badge do
+    title { Faker::Overwatch.quote }
+    description { Faker::Lorem.sentence }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/badge_achievement_spec.rb b/spec/models/badge_achievement_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16cc2c1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/badge_achievement_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe BadgeAchievement, type: :model do
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
+  let(:badge) { create(:badge) }
+
+  describe "validations" do
+    subject { BadgeAchievement.create(user_id: user.id, badge_id: badge.id) }
+
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:user) }
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:badge) }
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:rewarder).class_name("User") }
+  end
+
+  it "allow duplicate badges" do
+    BadgeAchievement.create(user_id: user.id, badge_id: badge.id, rewarder_id: create(:user).id)
+    expect do
+      BadgeAchievement.create!(user_id: user.id, badge_id: badge.id, rewarder_id: create(:user).id)
+    end.not_to raise_error
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/badge_spec.rb b/spec/models/badge_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51f988ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/badge_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe Badge, type: :model do
+  describe "validations" do
+    subject { Badge.create(title: Faker::Overwatch.quote, description: Faker::Lorem.sentence) }
+
+    it { is_expected.to have_many(:users).through(:badge_achievements) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_many(:badge_achievements) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:title) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:description) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:title) }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 75a8c36a0..2c718b6ee 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ RSpec.describe User, type: :model do
   let(:org)             { create(:organization) }
 
   it { is_expected.to have_many(:articles) }
-  it { is_expected.to have_many(:reactions) }
-  it { is_expected.to have_many(:comments) }
-  it { is_expected.to have_many(:identities) }
+  it { is_expected.to have_many(:badge_achievements) }
+  it { is_expected.to have_many(:badges).through(:badge_achievements) }
   it { is_expected.to have_many(:collections) }
-  it { is_expected.to have_many(:tweets) }
-  it { is_expected.to have_many(:notifications) }
-  it { is_expected.to have_many(:mentions) }
+  it { is_expected.to have_many(:comments) }
   it { is_expected.to have_many(:email_messages).class_name("Ahoy::Message") }
+  it { is_expected.to have_many(:identities) }
+  it { is_expected.to have_many(:mentions) }
   it { is_expected.to have_many(:notes) }
+  it { is_expected.to have_many(:notifications) }
+  it { is_expected.to have_many(:reactions) }
+  it { is_expected.to have_many(:tweets) }
   it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:username).case_insensitive }
   it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:github_username).allow_blank }
   it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:twitter_username).allow_blank }