diff --git a/posthog/clickhouse/migrations/0057_events_person_mode.py b/posthog/clickhouse/migrations/0057_events_person_mode.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..75ca199536da47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posthog/clickhouse/migrations/0057_events_person_mode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from infi.clickhouse_orm import migrations
+
+from posthog.clickhouse.client.migration_tools import run_sql_with_exceptions
+from posthog.client import sync_execute
+from posthog.models.event.sql import (
+    EVENTS_TABLE_JSON_MV_SQL,
+    KAFKA_EVENTS_TABLE_JSON_SQL,
+)
+from posthog.settings import CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER
+
+
+ADD_COLUMNS_BASE_SQL = """
+ALTER TABLE {table} ON CLUSTER {cluster}
+ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS person_mode Enum8('full' = 0, 'propertyless' = 1) DEFAULT 'full'
+"""
+
+
+def add_columns_to_required_tables(_):
+    sync_execute(ADD_COLUMNS_BASE_SQL.format(table="events", cluster=CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER))
+    sync_execute(ADD_COLUMNS_BASE_SQL.format(table="writable_events", cluster=CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER))
+    sync_execute(ADD_COLUMNS_BASE_SQL.format(table="sharded_events", cluster=CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER))
+
+
+operations = [
+    run_sql_with_exceptions(f"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS events_json_mv ON CLUSTER '{CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER}'"),
+    run_sql_with_exceptions(f"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS kafka_events_json ON CLUSTER '{CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER}'"),
+    migrations.RunPython(add_columns_to_required_tables),
+    run_sql_with_exceptions(KAFKA_EVENTS_TABLE_JSON_SQL()),
+    run_sql_with_exceptions(EVENTS_TABLE_JSON_MV_SQL()),
+]
diff --git a/posthog/models/event/sql.py b/posthog/models/event/sql.py
index 8214ac90fdce0d..8c20bb6d9f7e01 100644
--- a/posthog/models/event/sql.py
+++ b/posthog/models/event/sql.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     group1_created_at DateTime64,
     group2_created_at DateTime64,
     group3_created_at DateTime64,
-    group4_created_at DateTime64
+    group4_created_at DateTime64,
+    person_mode Enum8('full' = 0, 'propertyless' = 1) DEFAULT 'full'
     {materialized_columns}
     {extra_fields}
     {indexes}
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@
 group2_created_at,
 group3_created_at,
 group4_created_at,
+person_mode,
 NOW64() AS inserted_at,
 _timestamp,
 _offset
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@
     group2_created_at,
     group3_created_at,
     group4_created_at,
+    person_mode,
     created_at,
     _timestamp,
     _offset
@@ -245,6 +248,7 @@
     %(group2_created_at)s,
     %(group3_created_at)s,
     %(group4_created_at)s,
+    %(person_mode)s,
     %(created_at)s,
     now(),
     0
@@ -276,6 +280,7 @@
     group2_created_at,
     group3_created_at,
     group4_created_at,
+    person_mode,
     created_at,
     _timestamp,
     _offset
@@ -415,5 +420,5 @@
     table_name=WRITABLE_EVENTS_DATA_TABLE(),
     columns_except_team_id="""uuid, event, properties, timestamp, distinct_id, elements_chain, created_at, person_id, person_created_at,
     person_properties, group0_properties, group1_properties, group2_properties, group3_properties, group4_properties,
-     group0_created_at, group1_created_at, group2_created_at, group3_created_at, group4_created_at""",
+     group0_created_at, group1_created_at, group2_created_at, group3_created_at, group4_created_at, person_mode""",
 )
diff --git a/posthog/models/event/util.py b/posthog/models/event/util.py
index 9fe98305d693ac..a5cb4be15c9e56 100644
--- a/posthog/models/event/util.py
+++ b/posthog/models/event/util.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def create_event(
         "group2_created_at": format_clickhouse_timestamp(group2_created_at, ZERO_DATE),
         "group3_created_at": format_clickhouse_timestamp(group3_created_at, ZERO_DATE),
         "group4_created_at": format_clickhouse_timestamp(group4_created_at, ZERO_DATE),
+        "person_mode": "full",
     }
     p = ClickhouseProducer()
     p.produce(topic=KAFKA_EVENTS_JSON, sql=INSERT_EVENT_SQL(), data=data)
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ def bulk_create_events(events: List[Dict[str, Any]], person_mapping: Optional[Di
                 %(group2_created_at_{i})s,
                 %(group3_created_at_{i})s,
                 %(group4_created_at_{i})s,
+                %(person_mode_{i})s,
                 %(created_at_{i})s,
                 now(),
                 0
@@ -249,6 +251,7 @@ def bulk_create_events(events: List[Dict[str, Any]], person_mapping: Optional[Di
             "group4_created_at": event["group4_created_at"]
             if event.get("group4_created_at")
             else datetime64_default_timestamp,
+            "person_mode": "full",
         }
 
         params = {