diff --git a/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php b/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
index be372720d4..41dcf5ab10 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
@@ -150,6 +150,35 @@ CREATE TABLE $wpdb->usermeta (
   KEY meta_key (meta_key)
 ) $charset_collate;";
 
+// Old tables that will die soon
+$wp_queries.="CREATE TABLE $wpdb->categories (
+  cat_ID bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+  cat_name varchar(55) NOT NULL default '',
+  category_nicename varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
+  category_description longtext NOT NULL,
+  category_parent bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
+  category_count bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
+  link_count bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
+  posts_private tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
+  links_private tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
+  PRIMARY KEY  (cat_ID),
+  KEY category_nicename (category_nicename)
+) $charset_collate;
+CREATE TABLE $wpdb->link2cat (
+  rel_id bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+  link_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
+  category_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
+  PRIMARY KEY  (rel_id),
+  KEY link_id (link_id,category_id)
+) $charset_collate;
+CREATE TABLE $wpdb->post2cat (
+  rel_id bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+  post_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
+  category_id bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
+  PRIMARY KEY  (rel_id),
+  KEY post_id (post_id,category_id)
+) $charset_collate;";
+
 function populate_options() {
 	global $wpdb, $wp_db_version;