diff --git a/frappe/database/mariadb/schema.py b/frappe/database/mariadb/schema.py
index 0dc5863aa4..fd4bfc6dd0 100644
--- a/frappe/database/mariadb/schema.py
+++ b/frappe/database/mariadb/schema.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ class MariaDBTable(DBTable):
 				(
 					f"parent varchar({varchar_len})",
 					f"parentfield varchar({varchar_len})",
-					f"parenttype varchar({varchar_len})"
+					f"parenttype varchar({varchar_len})",
+					"index parent(parent)"
 				)
 			) + ',\n'