diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 57cca7d7..75d48e14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ Brewtils Changelog
   Examples: SystemClient(..., choice_validation_enabled=True) or SystemClient().call_command(..., _choice_validation_enabled=True)
 - Added Target-Garden header to set target garden when provided in kwargs (#567,#578)
 
+3.33.0rc0
+------
+12/17/25
+
+- Added support for preferences in User model (Not Released yet, but will be used for future features) (#582)
+
 3.32.0
 ------
 3/4/26
diff --git a/brewtils/models.py b/brewtils/models.py
index bfc7b841..2ea8d968 100644
--- a/brewtils/models.py
+++ b/brewtils/models.py
@@ -1918,6 +1918,7 @@ def __init__(
         is_remote=False,
         protected=False,
         file_generated=False,
+        preferences=None,
     ):
         self.username = username
         self.id = id
@@ -1930,6 +1931,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.metadata = metadata or {}
         self.protected = protected
         self.file_generated = file_generated
+        self.preferences = preferences or {}
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "%s: %s" % (self.username, self.roles)
diff --git a/brewtils/schemas.py b/brewtils/schemas.py
index a0f19c7b..b93387b2 100644
--- a/brewtils/schemas.py
+++ b/brewtils/schemas.py
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ class UserSchema(BaseSchema):
     metadata = fields.Dict(allow_none=True)
     protected = fields.Boolean(allow_none=True)
     file_generated = fields.Boolean(allow_none=True)
+    preferences = fields.Dict(allow_none=True)
 
 
 model_schema_map.update(
diff --git a/brewtils/test/fixtures.py b/brewtils/test/fixtures.py
index f16235b7..b63be4c4 100644
--- a/brewtils/test/fixtures.py
+++ b/brewtils/test/fixtures.py
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ def user_dict(role_dict, upstream_role_dict, alias_user_map_dict):
         "metadata": {},
         "protected": False,
         "file_generated": False,
+        "preferences": {"theme": "dark"},
     }