diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/image_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/image_test.go
index 71a8d0585d6..2680ba67950 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/image_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/image_test.go
@@ -90,8 +90,18 @@ func TestIntegrationGetImages(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, mismatched, 0)
 	assert.Equal(t, []models.Image{image1}, images)
 
-	// create an image with a URL
-	image2 := models.Image{Path: "https://example.com/example.png"}
+	// create an image with a long URL (e.g signed URL)
+	image2 := models.Image{URL: "https://example.com/example.png?Signature=fPow8xzlrNpQqZp2K4KE9Xs7KfrUEzBmINHwICX9" +
+		"yXkTcVrIb3CmyfpdAl9glG6RHFnkg8Lkg7L88CwltPV3QhUTReLXKwWH364dwU0HgHmYtfZTVFJd33Y1r4a1SvuXWWyciGeI7YtQC8NYoNswZJ" +
+		"R7lpbdF968Y95BX99vqJLgjPV3zppuRKWEMObGd05GCEKN9wMr1y3wIpUMLkZxwCx0i59afBNnCewEEL1k6HywtvGukP0mI2XDQOdGTVpZYc8L" +
+		"j7JcLur5pwgF6XzmCWxDTUEnYI2TGFdSlhhXbMp7ZINs32QXqOMX0TzaNP7TpmTO09p6UBRntMIRacb6p6nZNbIe2L0uInOZFVTwdzMDsCExBw" +
+		"sPa6uIftFjJG6rU8YHpDYBAIkdn9RBBMpgxJ7PW5cm8zmAmWNhXILkJoudqLnL7pGVS6JwEnTRvCeoUEK9bBcvcUIyfj0wuHZphQz0bG01v9c6" +
+		"3RghISMfeJl8nulfvph9A4CqMRfqdTQkNBuyw6UXJlMWLONMmuIB8XPDRquABFSeRhRx8LGRzlmJfgGI80IIS9If7Kyb5VmINJvnnHqNd8GTyW" +
+		"910WMK4bUUMtyMQgdPHTsAt4BseQ6ShhfZt1fxQS88NgpJf4tNkyxOEqNoIme4KneIiue6T2g8GEYBOcsw9U9oc1h8Nv1mPshaQ0cx8acPX9Mt" +
+		"kcgyRF49HV92HBXYghZx0LudPSvVv73XgIBn6eZvP12BPS9Lgzz5gfGULWkPhlOuot1Lsnu1NzVsYY94EbgiPk6AEjpsl2OZmHHqnsVXamIXhX" +
+		"dvY8KxwYd5VDvw3q1mlUZfG4FipZU0NRRSVm9bLlyazabTnPBkCDUG6o4YZHqIuYCk0zsEWErEYvTf5DZmQCXC6Igu8lkKmWdW7ei70fUVYixA" +
+		"4js7S0DuECKE5tzAcPvgCKFBJ6imQjPnCaAv62SL8Qd9VHKohtcinRAn1uJ1AGhjjtwfTSTvwJxdeFlsUXl95sVivlLqZZAsN4Q12y8M2JTwDJ" +
+		"ztYxvr9m2FixQZ2IqhLmc8dVgtQedrIf0ZEHflMiWlPavvJsAf8OXXdspYj3Nrn"}
 	require.NoError(t, dbstore.SaveImage(ctx, &image2))
 
 	// should return both images
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
index 05f4dcaca0a..e0f9adbf68a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
@@ -396,6 +396,11 @@ func AddAlertImageMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
 			{Cols: []string{"token"}, Type: migrator.UniqueIndex},
 		},
 	}
+
 	mg.AddMigration("create alert_image table", migrator.NewAddTableMigration(imageTable))
 	mg.AddMigration("add unique index on token to alert_image table", migrator.NewAddIndexMigration(imageTable, imageTable.Indices[0]))
+
+	mg.AddMigration("support longer URLs in alert_image table", migrator.NewRawSQLMigration("").
+		Postgres("ALTER TABLE alert_image ALTER COLUMN url TYPE VARCHAR(2048);").
+		Mysql("ALTER TABLE alert_image MODIFY url VARCHAR(2048) NOT NULL;"))
 }