diff --git a/module/Core/config/entities-mappings/Shlinkio.Shlink.Core.ShortUrl.Entity.ShortUrl.php b/module/Core/config/entities-mappings/Shlinkio.Shlink.Core.ShortUrl.Entity.ShortUrl.php
index 577e7196..e79abc98 100644
--- a/module/Core/config/entities-mappings/Shlinkio.Shlink.Core.ShortUrl.Entity.ShortUrl.php
+++ b/module/Core/config/entities-mappings/Shlinkio.Shlink.Core.ShortUrl.Entity.ShortUrl.php
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ return static function (ClassMetadata $metadata, array $emConfig): void {
         ->length(2048)
         ->build();
 
+    $builder
+        ->createField('longUrlHash', Types::BINARY)
+        ->columnName('long_url_hash')
+        ->length(32)
+        ->build();
+
+    $builder->addIndex(['long_url_hash'], 'IDX_long_url_hash');
+
     $shortCodeField = fieldWithUtf8Charset(
         $builder->createField('shortCode', Types::STRING),
         $emConfig,
diff --git a/module/Core/functions/functions.php b/module/Core/functions/functions.php
index d64f53aa..dcde05df 100644
--- a/module/Core/functions/functions.php
+++ b/module/Core/functions/functions.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ use function array_map;
 use function array_pad;
 use function array_reduce;
 use function explode;
+use function hash;
+use function hex2bin;
 use function implode;
 use function is_array;
 use function mb_strtolower;
@@ -263,3 +265,12 @@ function geolocationFromRequest(ServerRequestInterface $request): Location|null
 
     return $geolocation;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Generate a SHA256 hash of a string and then convert it to binary
+ */
+function stringToBinHash(string $value): string
+{
+    // @phpstan-ignore-next-line return.type
+    return hex2bin(hash('sha256', $value));
+}
diff --git a/module/Core/migrations/Version20260524105410.php b/module/Core/migrations/Version20260524105410.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae9d8edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/Core/migrations/Version20260524105410.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ShlinkMigrations;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySQLPlatform;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
+use Doctrine\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new long_url_hash column, which is temporarily empty and nullable
+ */
+final class Version20260524105410 extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    private const string COLUMN_NAME = 'long_url_hash';
+    private const string INDEX_NAME = 'IDX_' . self::COLUMN_NAME;
+
+    public function up(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $shortUrls = $schema->getTable('short_urls');
+        if ($shortUrls->hasColumn(self::COLUMN_NAME)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $shortUrls->addColumn(self::COLUMN_NAME, Types::BINARY, [
+            'length' => 32,
+            'notnull' => false, // Temporarily nullable until values have been filled
+        ]);
+        $shortUrls->addIndex([self::COLUMN_NAME], self::INDEX_NAME);
+    }
+
+    public function down(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $shortUrls = $schema->getTable('short_urls');
+        $this->skipIf(!$shortUrls->hasColumn(self::COLUMN_NAME));
+
+        $shortUrls->dropIndex(self::INDEX_NAME);
+        $shortUrls->dropColumn(self::COLUMN_NAME);
+    }
+
+    public function isTransactional(): bool
+    {
+        return !$this->connection->getDatabasePlatform() instanceof MySQLPlatform;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/Core/migrations/Version20260607082210.php b/module/Core/migrations/Version20260607082210.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a35bd3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/Core/migrations/Version20260607082210.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ShlinkMigrations;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySQLPlatform;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
+use Doctrine\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+
+use function hash;
+use function hex2bin;
+
+/**
+ * Populates the long_url_hash column for every short URL, based on their original_url column
+ */
+final class Version20260607082210 extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    public function up(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $qb = $this->connection->createQueryBuilder();
+        $qb
+            ->select('id', 'original_url')
+            ->from('short_urls');
+
+        $result = $qb->executeQuery();
+        while ($row = $result->fetchAssociative()) {
+            $updateQb = $this->connection->createQueryBuilder();
+            $updateQb
+                ->update('short_urls')
+                ->set('long_url_hash', ':binHash')
+                ->where($updateQb->expr()->eq('id', ':id'))
+                ->setParameters([
+                    'id' => $row['id'],
+                    'binHash' => hex2bin(hash('sha256', $row['original_url'])),
+                ])
+                ->setMaxResults(1)
+                ->executeStatement();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function isTransactional(): bool
+    {
+        return !$this->connection->getDatabasePlatform() instanceof MySQLPlatform;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/Core/src/ShortUrl/Entity/ShortUrl.php b/module/Core/src/ShortUrl/Entity/ShortUrl.php
index f9e16f18..81483d9f 100644
--- a/module/Core/src/ShortUrl/Entity/ShortUrl.php
+++ b/module/Core/src/ShortUrl/Entity/ShortUrl.php
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ use function array_map;
 use function count;
 use function Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\normalizeDate;
 use function Shlinkio\Shlink\Core\generateRandomShortCode;
+use function Shlinkio\Shlink\Core\stringToBinHash;
 use function sprintf;
 
 class ShortUrl extends AbstractEntity
 {
+    private(set) string $longUrlHash;
+
     /**
      * @param Collection<int, Tag> $tags
      * @param Collection<int, Visit>&Selectable<int, Visit> $visits
@@ -41,7 +44,13 @@ class ShortUrl extends AbstractEntity
      * @param Collection<int, ShortUrlRedirectRule> $redirectRules
      */
     private function __construct(
-        private(set) string $longUrl,
+        private(set) string $longUrl {
+            get => $this->longUrl;
+            set(string $value) {
+                $this->longUrl = $value;
+                $this->longUrlHash = stringToBinHash($value);
+            }
+        },
         private(set) string $shortCode,
         private(set) Chronos $dateCreated = new Chronos(),
         private(set) Collection $tags = new ArrayCollection(),