diff --git a/conda-store-server/alembic/versions/8d63a091aff8_add_environment_description.py b/conda-store-server/alembic/versions/8d63a091aff8_add_environment_description.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f54766105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda-store-server/alembic/versions/8d63a091aff8_add_environment_description.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""Add Environment.description
+
+Revision ID: 8d63a091aff8
+Revises: 48be4072fe58
+Create Date: 2022-07-15 14:22:00.351131
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '8d63a091aff8'
+down_revision = '48be4072fe58'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.add_column('environment', sa.Column('description', sa.UnicodeText(), nullable=True))
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_column('environment', 'description')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/app.py b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/app.py
index 7580d81a0..dd5200f0b 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/app.py
+++ b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/app.py
@@ -446,9 +446,13 @@ def register_environment(
             environment = orm.Environment(
                 name=specification.name,
                 namespace_id=namespace.id,
+                description=specification.spec["description"],
             )
             self.db.add(environment)
             self.db.commit()
+        else:
+            environment.description = specification.description
+            self.db.commit()
 
         build = self.create_build(environment.id, specification.sha256)
 
@@ -518,6 +522,17 @@ def update_environment_build(self, namespace, name, build_id):
 
         tasks.task_update_environment_build.si(environment.id).apply_async()
 
+    def update_environment_description(self, namespace, name, description):
+
+        environment = api.get_environment(self.db, namespace=namespace, name=name)
+        if environment is None:
+            raise utils.CondaStoreError(
+                f"environment namespace={namespace} name={name} does not exist"
+            )
+
+        environment.description = description
+        self.db.commit()
+
     def delete_namespace(self, namespace):
         namespace = api.get_namespace(self.db, name=namespace)
         if namespace is None:
diff --git a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/orm.py b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/orm.py
index e6f4ac962..8b126e4b9 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/orm.py
+++ b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/orm.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     DateTime,
     UniqueConstraint,
     ForeignKey,
+    UnicodeText,
 )
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, relationship, scoped_session, backref
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
@@ -276,6 +277,8 @@ class Environment(Base):
 
     deleted_on = Column(DateTime, default=None)
 
+    description = Column(UnicodeText, default=None)
+
 
 class CondaChannel(Base):
     __tablename__ = "conda_channel"
diff --git a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/schema.py b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/schema.py
index fd7d3826d..3786c45e5 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/schema.py
+++ b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/schema.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class CondaSpecification(BaseModel):
     channels: List[str] = []
     dependencies: List[Union[str, CondaSpecificationPip]] = []
     prefix: Optional[str]
+    description: Optional[str] = ""
 
     @validator("dependencies", each_item=True)
     def check_dependencies(cls, v):
diff --git a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/views/api.py b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/views/api.py
index eb1d807f9..2bc62fbcb 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/views/api.py
+++ b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/views/api.py
@@ -396,14 +396,20 @@ def api_update_environment_build(
     request: Request,
     conda_store=Depends(dependencies.get_conda_store),
     auth=Depends(dependencies.get_auth),
-    build_id: int = Body(..., embed=True),
+    build_id: int = Body(None, embed=True),
+    description: str = Body(None, embed=True),
 ):
     auth.authorize_request(
         request, f"{namespace}/{name}", {Permissions.ENVIRONMENT_UPDATE}, require=True
     )
 
     try:
-        conda_store.update_environment_build(namespace, name, build_id)
+        if build_id is not None:
+            conda_store.update_environment_build(namespace, name, build_id)
+
+        if description is not None:
+            conda_store.update_environment_description(namespace, name, description)
+
     except utils.CondaStoreError as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=e.message)