diff --git a/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema.sql b/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema.sql
index 4cc11e54ae..224c7b70ef 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema.sql
+++ b/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema.sql
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ CREATE TABLE EPerson
   last_active         TIMESTAMP,
   sub_frequency       INTEGER,
   phone	              VARCHAR2(32),
-  netid               VARCHAR2(64) UNIQUE
+  netid               VARCHAR2(64) UNIQUE,
+  language            VARCHAR2(64)
 );
 
 
@@ -411,7 +412,8 @@ CREATE TABLE WorkspaceItem
   published_before  NUMBER(1),
   multiple_files    NUMBER(1),
   -- How for the user has got in the submit process
-  stage_reached     INTEGER
+  stage_reached     INTEGER,
+  page_reached      INTEGER
 );
 
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diff --git a/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_142-15.sql b/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_142-15.sql
index ee745ac21c..e2d5c69a01 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_142-15.sql
+++ b/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_142-15.sql
@@ -48,3 +48,20 @@
 -- Remove NOT NULL restrictions from the checksum columns of most_recent_checksum
 ALTER TABLE most_recent_checksum MODIFY expected_checksum null;
 ALTER TABLE most_recent_checksum MODIFY current_checksum null;
+
+------------------------------------------------------
+-- New Column language language in EPerson
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+alter table eperson add column language VARCHAR2(64);
+update eperson set language = 'en';
+
+alter table bundle drop column mets_bitstream_id; -- totally unused column
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Necessary for Configurable Submission functionality:
+-- Modification to workspaceitem table to support keeping track
+-- of the last page reached within a step in the Configurable Submission Process
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ALTER TABLE workspaceitem ADD page_reached INTEGER;