diff --git a/cmd/.gitignore b/cmd/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c38481fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+upgrade-test*
diff --git a/settings/settings.go b/settings/settings.go
index ae6e0d88a..d134e044e 100644
--- a/settings/settings.go
+++ b/settings/settings.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func AddConnections(id string, version uint64, envConns map[string]astrocore.Env
 	connections = AppendEnvironmentConnections(connections, envConns)
 
 	baseCmd := "airflow connections "
-	var baseAddCmd, baseRmCmd, baseListCmd, connIDArg, connTypeArg, connURIArg, connExtraArg, connHostArg, connLoginArg, connPasswordArg, connSchemaArg, connPortArg string
+	var baseAddCmd, baseRmCmd, baseListCmd, connIDArg, connDescriptionArg, connTypeArg, connURIArg, connExtraArg, connHostArg, connLoginArg, connPasswordArg, connSchemaArg, connPortArg string
 	if version >= AirflowVersionTwo {
 		// Airflow 2.0.0 command
 		// based on https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/2.0.0/cli-and-env-variables-ref.html
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ func AddConnections(id string, version uint64, envConns map[string]astrocore.Env
 		baseRmCmd = baseCmd + "delete "
 		baseListCmd = baseCmd + "list -o plain"
 		connIDArg = ""
+		connDescriptionArg = "--conn-description"
 		connTypeArg = "--conn-type"
 		connURIArg = "--conn-uri"
 		connExtraArg = "--conn-extra"
@@ -194,6 +195,10 @@ func AddConnections(id string, version uint64, envConns map[string]astrocore.Env
 		}
 
 		airflowCommand = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s '%s' ", baseAddCmd, connIDArg, conn.ConnID)
+		if objectValidator(0, conn.ConnDescription) {
+			airflowCommand += fmt.Sprintf("%s '%s' ", connDescriptionArg, conn.ConnDescription)
+			j++
+		}
 		if objectValidator(0, conn.ConnType) {
 			airflowCommand += fmt.Sprintf("%s '%s' ", connTypeArg, conn.ConnType)
 			j++
diff --git a/settings/testfiles/airflow_settings_export.yaml b/settings/testfiles/airflow_settings_export.yaml
index d6479b427..32b286c06 100644
--- a/settings/testfiles/airflow_settings_export.yaml
+++ b/settings/testfiles/airflow_settings_export.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 airflow:
   connections:
   - conn_id: local_postgres
+    conn_description: ""
     conn_type: postgres
     conn_host: example.db.example.com
     conn_schema: schema
diff --git a/settings/types.go b/settings/types.go
index eabfb4da6..d28d6b37f 100644
--- a/settings/types.go
+++ b/settings/types.go
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ type Connections []Connection
 
 // Connection contains structure of airflow connection
 type Connection struct {
-	ConnID       string      `mapstructure:"conn_id" yaml:"conn_id"`
-	ConnType     string      `mapstructure:"conn_type" yaml:"conn_type"`
-	ConnHost     string      `mapstructure:"conn_host" yaml:"conn_host"`
-	ConnSchema   string      `mapstructure:"conn_schema" yaml:"conn_schema"`
-	ConnLogin    string      `mapstructure:"conn_login" yaml:"conn_login"`
-	ConnPassword string      `mapstructure:"conn_password" yaml:"conn_password"`
-	ConnPort     int         `mapstructure:"conn_port" yaml:"conn_port"`
-	ConnURI      string      `mapstructure:"conn_uri" yaml:"conn_uri"`
-	ConnExtra    interface{} `mapstructure:"conn_extra" yaml:"conn_extra"`
+	ConnID          string      `mapstructure:"conn_id" yaml:"conn_id"`
+	ConnDescription string      `mapstructure:"conn_description" yaml:"conn_description"`
+	ConnType        string      `mapstructure:"conn_type" yaml:"conn_type"`
+	ConnHost        string      `mapstructure:"conn_host" yaml:"conn_host"`
+	ConnSchema      string      `mapstructure:"conn_schema" yaml:"conn_schema"`
+	ConnLogin       string      `mapstructure:"conn_login" yaml:"conn_login"`
+	ConnPassword    string      `mapstructure:"conn_password" yaml:"conn_password"`
+	ConnPort        int         `mapstructure:"conn_port" yaml:"conn_port"`
+	ConnURI         string      `mapstructure:"conn_uri" yaml:"conn_uri"`
+	ConnExtra       interface{} `mapstructure:"conn_extra" yaml:"conn_extra"`
 }
 
 // Pools contains structure of airflow pools