diff --git a/Migrations/AnnotationsMigration.php b/Migrations/AnnotationsMigration.php
index 728bc6f..dcff4c8 100644
--- a/Migrations/AnnotationsMigration.php
+++ b/Migrations/AnnotationsMigration.php
@@ -9,25 +9,51 @@
 
 namespace Piwik\Plugins\Migration\Migrations;
 
+use Piwik\Common;
 use Piwik\Option;
 use Piwik\Plugins\Annotations\AnnotationList;
 use Piwik\Plugins\Migration\TargetDb;
 
 class AnnotationsMigration extends BaseMigration
 {
+    /**
+     * @param TargetDb $targetDb
+     * @return array
+     */
     public function validateStructure(TargetDb $targetDb)
     {
-        return array();
+        // since Matomo 5.5.0, annotations are stored in their own table
+        // and the AnnotationList class had been removed
+        if (!class_exists(AnnotationList::class)) {
+            return $this->checkTablesHaveSameStructure($targetDb, 'annotations');
+        }
+
+        return [];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param Request $request
+     * @param TargetDb $targetDb
+     * @return void
+     */
     public function migrate(Request $request, TargetDb $targetDb)
     {
+        // since Matomo 5.5.0, annotations are stored in their own table
+        // and the AnnotationList class had been removed
+        if (!class_exists(AnnotationList::class)) {
+            $this->migrateEntities($request, $targetDb, 'annotations', 'annotations', 'id');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // before Matomo 5.5.0, annotations were stored in the options table
         $sourceName = AnnotationList::getAnnotationCollectionOptionName($request->sourceIdSite);
         $targetName = AnnotationList::getAnnotationCollectionOptionName($request->targetIdSite);
 
         $annotations = Option::get($sourceName);
         if ($annotations) {
-            $this->log('Found annotations');
+            $annotationItems = Common::safe_unserialize($annotations) ?: [];
+            $this->log(sprintf('Found %d annotations', count($annotationItems)));
 
             $targetDb->insert('option', array(
                 'option_name' => $targetName,
diff --git a/tests/System/Commands/MigrateTest.php b/tests/System/Commands/MigrateTest.php
index 5a04eff..cb8e5f6 100644
--- a/tests/System/Commands/MigrateTest.php
+++ b/tests/System/Commands/MigrateTest.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public function test_runMigration()
 Found 2 segments at 2019-01-10 02:48:01
 Processed SegmentsMigration at 2019-01-10 02:48:01
 Processing AnnotationsMigration at 2019-01-10 02:48:01
-Found annotations at 2019-01-10 02:48:01
+Found 1 annotations at 2019-01-10 02:48:01
 Processed AnnotationsMigration at 2019-01-10 02:48:01
 Processing CustomDimensionMigration at 2019-01-10 02:48:01
 Found 3 custom dimensions at 2019-01-10 02:48:01
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ public function test_runMigration_actuallyCopiesValues()
         $archives = $targetDb->fetchAll('SELECT * FROM ' . self::$fixture->targetDb->prefixTable('archive_blob_2013_01'));
         $this->assertGreaterThanOrEqual(195, count($archives));
         $this->assertLessThanOrEqual(600, count($archives));
+
+        if (!class_exists('Piwik\Plugins\Annotations\AnnotationList')) {
+            $annotationsTable = self::$fixture->targetDb->prefixTable('annotations');
+            $this->assertContains($annotationsTable, $targetDb->listTables(), 'annotations table does not exist');
+
+            $annotationItems = $targetDb->fetchAll('SELECT * FROM ' . $annotationsTable);
+            $this->assertCount(1, $annotationItems);
+        }
     }
 
     /**