diff --git a/dspace/CHANGES b/dspace/CHANGES
index 3ab707d397..e1a996b449 100644
--- a/dspace/CHANGES
+++ b/dspace/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 1.4 beta 1
 ==========
+(Robert Tansley)
+- Drop unique community name constraint
+
 (Robert Tansley)
 - Scripts for Windows support
 
diff --git a/dspace/etc/database_schema.sql b/dspace/etc/database_schema.sql
index 255d701b26..ab1d048256 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/database_schema.sql
+++ b/dspace/etc/database_schema.sql
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ CREATE INDEX metadatafield_schema_idx ON MetadataFieldRegistry(metadata_schema_i
 CREATE TABLE Community
 (
   community_id      INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
-  name              VARCHAR(128) UNIQUE,
+  name              VARCHAR(128),
   short_description VARCHAR(512),
   introductory_text TEXT,
   logo_bitstream_id INTEGER REFERENCES Bitstream(bitstream_id),
diff --git a/dspace/etc/database_schema_13-14.sql b/dspace/etc/database_schema_13-14.sql
index 7b84ece9cc..366c9270f2 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/database_schema_13-14.sql
+++ b/dspace/etc/database_schema_13-14.sql
@@ -147,3 +147,12 @@ SELECT setval('metadataschemaregistry_seq', max(metadata_schema_id)) FROM metada
 ALTER TABLE bitstream ADD COLUMN size_bytes BIGINT;
 UPDATE bitstream SET size_bytes = size;
 ALTER TABLE bitstream DROP COLUMN size;
+
+------------------------------------------------------
+-- Drop unique community name constraint
+-- 
+-- FIXME:  Needs testing; the constraint name is not 
+-- guaranteed to be the same as below.  This step may
+-- need to be performed by hand.
+------------------------------------------------------
+ALTER TABLE community DROP CONSTRAINT community_name_key;