diff --git a/app/models/organizations/organization.rb b/app/models/organizations/organization.rb
index be8b97be6ca15944984671238ce88ebb52c44c8b..90c172e3c04550c8ff2b5e91a419ed3c6fdb0d1f 100644
--- a/app/models/organizations/organization.rb
+++ b/app/models/organizations/organization.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Organization < MainClusterwide::ApplicationRecord
     has_many :namespaces
     has_many :groups
     has_many :projects
+    has_many :snippets
 
     has_one :settings, class_name: "OrganizationSetting"
     has_one :organization_detail, inverse_of: :organization, autosave: true
diff --git a/app/models/snippet.rb b/app/models/snippet.rb
index 799303e013991bfe426043d1e3b907ecdaf0dbb0..c8858a7e1e660ad721a9d1f2cd2970ddec8c358d 100644
--- a/app/models/snippet.rb
+++ b/app/models/snippet.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def content_html_invalidated?
 
   belongs_to :author, class_name: 'User'
   belongs_to :project
+  belongs_to :organization, class_name: 'Organizations::Organization'
   alias_method :resource_parent, :project
 
   has_many :notes, as: :noteable, dependent: :destroy # rubocop:disable Cop/ActiveRecordDependent
diff --git a/config/gitlab_loose_foreign_keys.yml b/config/gitlab_loose_foreign_keys.yml
index 44c8878a4747f66ea0b5200b3cbf2a2abfea657a..7b545f01800d702be043423ccda942b907fc3d9f 100644
--- a/config/gitlab_loose_foreign_keys.yml
+++ b/config/gitlab_loose_foreign_keys.yml
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ security_scans:
   - table: p_ci_builds
     column: build_id
     on_delete: async_delete
+snippets:
+  - table: organizations
+    column: organization_id
+    on_delete: async_nullify
 terraform_state_versions:
   - table: ci_builds
     column: ci_build_id
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240606124806_add_organization_id_to_snippets.rb b/db/migrate/20240606124806_add_organization_id_to_snippets.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e781036c95a86fabfc67895500c5445cbe4a4c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240606124806_add_organization_id_to_snippets.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddOrganizationIdToSnippets < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.2]
+  DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION_ID = 1
+
+  milestone '17.2'
+
+  enable_lock_retries!
+
+  def change
+    add_column :snippets, :organization_id, :bigint, default: DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION_ID, null: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20240613214355_add_index_for_organization_id_on_snippets.rb b/db/post_migrate/20240613214355_add_index_for_organization_id_on_snippets.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..927f2b06d5c32267bc2e3b14c104b27150eca306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20240613214355_add_index_for_organization_id_on_snippets.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddIndexForOrganizationIdOnSnippets < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.2]
+  milestone '17.2'
+
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  TABLE_NAME = :snippets
+  INDEX_NAME = 'index_snippets_on_organization_id'
+
+  def up
+    add_concurrent_index TABLE_NAME, :organization_id, name: INDEX_NAME
+  end
+
+  def down
+    remove_concurrent_index_by_name TABLE_NAME, INDEX_NAME
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20240606124806 b/db/schema_migrations/20240606124806
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc37ec0fc24b521ac5ca05678f5bd8a228b14410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20240606124806
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+73631774f68f3d4012b413d549458316c70e5828b83b387d77329249fa661514
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20240613214355 b/db/schema_migrations/20240613214355
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..de48c74bd1b61a670b02a1154bbe7083970b7da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20240613214355
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5eaea04d560ff1d1a5c604aba0f847edfc03cafb0b8b9103677e1061608109a8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index f7a6a01befcf1f03c201fc7d2734a6b8183bf33e..3121ad08a0c3e8f960d4c36c3fe58ac6463559ab 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -17296,7 +17296,8 @@ CREATE TABLE snippets (
     secret boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
     repository_read_only boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
     imported smallint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
-    imported_from smallint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL
+    imported_from smallint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
+    organization_id bigint DEFAULT 1
 );
 
 CREATE SEQUENCE snippets_id_seq
@@ -28618,6 +28619,8 @@ CREATE INDEX index_snippets_on_id_and_created_at ON snippets USING btree (id, cr
 
 CREATE INDEX index_snippets_on_id_and_type ON snippets USING btree (id, type);
 
+CREATE INDEX index_snippets_on_organization_id ON snippets USING btree (organization_id);
+
 CREATE INDEX index_snippets_on_project_id_and_title ON snippets USING btree (project_id, title);
 
 CREATE INDEX index_snippets_on_project_id_and_visibility_level ON snippets USING btree (project_id, visibility_level);
diff --git a/spec/db/schema_spec.rb b/spec/db/schema_spec.rb
index 503106eeec1d3bc33f16f6d49d7e3c0fe9cbb968..bbc1b5184400d343dee42e888bef61b07dfb5b01 100644
--- a/spec/db/schema_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/db/schema_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     users: [%w[accepted_term_id]],
     ci_builds: [%w[partition_id stage_id], %w[partition_id execution_config_id]], # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/142804#note_1745483081
     p_ci_builds: [%w[partition_id stage_id], %w[partition_id execution_config_id]], # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/142804#note_1745483081
-    ai_testing_terms_acceptances: %w[user_id] # testing terms only have 1 entry, and if the user is deleted the record should remain
+    ai_testing_terms_acceptances: %w[user_id], # testing terms only have 1 entry, and if the user is deleted the record should remain
+    snippets: %w[organization_id] # this index is added in an async manner, hence it needs to be ignored in the first phase.
   }.with_indifferent_access.freeze
 
   TABLE_PARTITIONS = %w[ci_builds_metadata].freeze
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
index 4749d884305663cda9cfd253803dd9485d8363d8..7edeeeb25909cb1a8e360d08bdbaae5d3804f9d3 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ snippets:
 - snippet_repository
 - statistics
 - repository_storage_moves
+- organization
 releases:
 - author
 - project
diff --git a/spec/models/organizations/organization_spec.rb b/spec/models/organizations/organization_spec.rb
index 868fd2cc5835931d1ac093a38a787127056ac9cb..a0eab9852315ffc656879f0939adadb8ce0b6aba 100644
--- a/spec/models/organizations/organization_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/organizations/organization_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:users).through(:organization_users).inverse_of(:organizations) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:organization_users).inverse_of(:organization) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many :projects }
+    it { is_expected.to have_many :snippets }
   end
 
   describe 'validations' do
diff --git a/spec/models/snippet_spec.rb b/spec/models/snippet_spec.rb
index 96dba4f18592cca79077bb9ac1a4483183bef15d..fcb6fe8b1dddf27cbf4f46bfd6fdb702b4a22a38 100644
--- a/spec/models/snippet_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/snippet_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   end
 
   describe 'associations' do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:organization) }
     it { is_expected.to belong_to(:author).class_name('User') }
     it { is_expected.to belong_to(:project) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:notes).dependent(:destroy) }
@@ -515,6 +516,15 @@
     it { is_expected.to match_array(snippet) }
   end
 
+  describe 'with loose foreign keys' do
+    context 'on organization_id' do
+      it_behaves_like 'cleanup by a loose foreign key' do
+        let_it_be(:parent) { create(:organization) }
+        let_it_be(:model) { create(:snippet, organization: parent) }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#participants' do
     let_it_be(:project) { create(:project, :public) }
     let_it_be(:snippet) { create(:snippet, content: 'foo', project: project) }