diff --git a/app/migrations/20180518_uphold.js b/app/migrations/20180518_uphold.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..044caa2b8ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/migrations/20180518_uphold.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+const compareVersions = require('compare-versions')
+
+// per https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/14152
+// add fingerprint exception for existing users for uphold.com
+module.exports = (data) => {
+  // don't apply if:
+  // - user chooses to block all fingerprinting (global setting)
+  // - user is not upgrading from 0.22.714 or earlier
+  if ((data.fingerprintingProtectionAll && data.fingerprintingProtectionAll.enabled) ||
+    !data.lastAppVersion) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  let migrationNeeded = false
+
+  try {
+    migrationNeeded = compareVersions(data.lastAppVersion, '0.22.714') !== 1
+  } catch (e) {}
+
+  if (migrationNeeded) {
+    const pattern = 'https?://uphold.com'
+    if (!data.siteSettings) {
+      data.siteSettings = {}
+    }
+    if (!data.siteSettings[pattern]) {
+      data.siteSettings[pattern] = {}
+    }
+    let targetSetting = data.siteSettings[pattern]
+    if (targetSetting.fingerprintingProtection == null) {
+      targetSetting.fingerprintingProtection = 'allowAllFingerprinting'
+    }
+  }
+
+  return migrationNeeded
+}
diff --git a/app/migrations/pre.js b/app/migrations/pre.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9486a8148c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/migrations/pre.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+module.exports = (data) => {
+  let migrations = [
+    require('./20180518_uphold')
+    // TODO: put additional migrations here
+  ]
+
+  migrations.forEach((migration) => {
+    migration(data)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/app/sessionStore.js b/app/sessionStore.js
index d92d4eb7711..d04af74c088 100644
--- a/app/sessionStore.js
+++ b/app/sessionStore.js
@@ -929,6 +929,11 @@ module.exports.runPreMigrations = (data) => {
     }
   }
 
+  // TODO: consider moving all of the above logic into here
+  // see https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10488
+  const runMigrations = require('./migrations/pre')
+  runMigrations(data)
+
   return data
 }
 
diff --git a/js/data/siteSettingsList.js b/js/data/siteSettingsList.js
index a149ae78d74..8b587e71c64 100644
--- a/js/data/siteSettingsList.js
+++ b/js/data/siteSettingsList.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports.defaultSiteSettingsList = [
     },
     {
       "name" : "fingerprintingProtection",
-      "pattern" : "https://uphold.com",
+      "pattern" : "https?://uphold.com",
       "value" : "allowAllFingerprinting"
     }
 ]
diff --git a/test/unit/app/migrations/20180518_upholdTest.js b/test/unit/app/migrations/20180518_upholdTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..547ece2f0d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/app/migrations/20180518_upholdTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+/* global describe, it */
+const assert = require('assert')
+
+const migration = require('../../../../app/migrations/20180518_uphold')
+
+require('../../braveUnit')
+
+describe('20180518_uphold migration', function () {
+  it('does not run if global fingerprint protection is enabled', function () {
+    let data = {
+      fingerprintingProtectionAll: {
+        enabled: true
+      },
+      lastAppVersion: '0.22.714'
+    }
+    assert.equal(migration(data), false)
+  })
+
+  it('does not run if last app version is missing (new installs)', function () {
+    let data = {}
+    assert.equal(migration(data), false)
+  })
+
+  it('does not run if last app version is greater than 0.22.714', function () {
+    let data = {
+      lastAppVersion: '0.22.715'
+    }
+    assert.equal(migration(data), false)
+  })
+
+  it('runs if last app version is 0.22.714', function () {
+    let data = {
+      lastAppVersion: '0.22.714'
+    }
+    assert.equal(migration(data), true)
+  })
+
+  it('runs if last app version is older than 0.22.714', function () {
+    let data = {
+      lastAppVersion: '0.22.13'
+    }
+    assert.equal(migration(data), true)
+  })
+
+  it('sets fingerprintingProtection for the site (if not already set)', function () {
+    let data = {
+      lastAppVersion: '0.22.13'
+    }
+    migration(data)
+    assert.equal(data.siteSettings['https?://uphold.com'].fingerprintingProtection, 'allowAllFingerprinting')
+  })
+
+  it('does not overwrite an existing fingerprintingProtection setting for the site', function () {
+    let data = {
+      lastAppVersion: '0.22.13',
+      siteSettings: {
+        'https?://uphold.com': {
+          fingerprintingProtection: 'blockAllFingerprinting'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    migration(data)
+    assert.equal(data.siteSettings['https?://uphold.com'].fingerprintingProtection, 'blockAllFingerprinting')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/app/sessionStoreTest.js b/test/unit/app/sessionStoreTest.js
index 21e6dea9495..ac1f60d53c4 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/sessionStoreTest.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/sessionStoreTest.js
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ describe('sessionStore unit tests', function () {
           'https://www.youtube.com': {
             autoplay: true
           },
-          'https://uphold.com': {
+          'https?://uphold.com': {
             fingerprintingProtection: 'allowAllFingerprinting'
           }
         }