diff --git a/app/models/sdg/goal.rb b/app/models/sdg/goal.rb
index c342dde35..167dc2bf4 100644
--- a/app/models/sdg/goal.rb
+++ b/app/models/sdg/goal.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class SDG::Goal < ApplicationRecord
   validates :code, presence: true, uniqueness: true, inclusion: { in: 1..17 }
 
   has_many :targets, dependent: :destroy
+  has_many :local_targets, dependent: :destroy
 
   def title
     I18n.t("sdg.goals.goal_#{code}.title")
diff --git a/app/models/sdg/local_target.rb b/app/models/sdg/local_target.rb
index 6711519d1..1bc9a9a0e 100644
--- a/app/models/sdg/local_target.rb
+++ b/app/models/sdg/local_target.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ class SDG::LocalTarget < ApplicationRecord
   include Comparable
   include SDG::Related
 
-  delegate :goal, to: :target
-
   translates :title, touch: true
   translates :description, touch: true
   include Globalizable
@@ -14,8 +12,12 @@ class SDG::LocalTarget < ApplicationRecord
   validates :code, presence: true, uniqueness: true,
     format: ->(local_target) { /\A#{local_target.target&.code}\.\d+/ }
   validates :target, presence: true
+  validates :goal, presence: true
 
   belongs_to :target
+  belongs_to :goal
+
+  before_validation :set_related_goal
 
   def self.[](code)
     find_by!(code: code)
@@ -40,4 +42,8 @@ class SDG::LocalTarget < ApplicationRecord
     def subcode
       code.split(".").last
     end
+
+    def set_related_goal
+      self.goal ||= target&.goal
+    end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20210123100638_add_goals_to_local_targets.rb b/db/migrate/20210123100638_add_goals_to_local_targets.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b74846f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20210123100638_add_goals_to_local_targets.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddGoalsToLocalTargets < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    add_reference :sdg_local_targets, :goal
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index c06db2e50..25e23d4cb 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_07_125458) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_100638) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_trgm"
@@ -1322,7 +1322,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_07_125458) do
     t.string "code"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.bigint "goal_id"
     t.index ["code"], name: "index_sdg_local_targets_on_code", unique: true
+    t.index ["goal_id"], name: "index_sdg_local_targets_on_goal_id"
     t.index ["target_id"], name: "index_sdg_local_targets_on_target_id"
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/factories/sdg.rb b/spec/factories/sdg.rb
index 42073cf67..1f933eb04 100644
--- a/spec/factories/sdg.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/sdg.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     sequence(:description) { |n| "Help for Local Target #{n}" }
 
     target { SDG::Target[code.rpartition(".").first] }
+    goal { SDG::Goal[code.split(".")[0]] }
   end
 
   factory :sdg_phase, class: "SDG::Phase" do
diff --git a/spec/models/sdg/local_target_spec.rb b/spec/models/sdg/local_target_spec.rb
index 6bea11139..ecccc2a3d 100644
--- a/spec/models/sdg/local_target_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/sdg/local_target_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe SDG::LocalTarget do
   end
 
   it "is not valid without a code" do
-    expect(build(:sdg_local_target, code: nil, target: SDG::Target[1.1])).not_to be_valid
+    expect(build(:sdg_local_target, code: nil, target: SDG::Target[1.1], goal: SDG::Goal[1])).not_to be_valid
   end
 
   it "is not valid when code does not include associated target code" do
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ describe SDG::LocalTarget do
     expect(build(:sdg_local_target, target: nil)).not_to be_valid
   end
 
+  describe "#set_related_goal" do
+    it "before validation set related goal" do
+      local_target = build(:sdg_local_target, code: "1.1.1", target: SDG::Target["1.1"], goal: nil)
+
+      expect(local_target).to be_valid
+      expect(local_target.goal).to eq(SDG::Goal[1])
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#goal" do
     it "returns the target goal" do
       local_target = create(:sdg_local_target, code: "1.1.1")