diff --git a/mesh.proto b/mesh.proto
index 07efcab..9224dca 100644
--- a/mesh.proto
+++ b/mesh.proto
@@ -719,6 +719,12 @@ message MyNodeInfo {
    */
   uint32 error_count = 9;
 
+  /*
+   * The total number of reboots this node has ever encountered
+   * (well - since the last time we discarded preferences)
+   */
+  uint32 reboot_count = 10;
+
   /*
    * How long before we consider a message abandoned and we can clear our
    * caches of any messages in flight Normally quite large to handle the worst case