diff --git a/p2p/message.go b/p2p/message.go
index be6405d6f..5ab5ab73e 100644
--- a/p2p/message.go
+++ b/p2p/message.go
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import (
 // structure, encode the payload into a byte array and create a
 // separate Msg with a bytes.Reader as Payload for each send.
 type Msg struct {
-	Code    uint64
-	Size    uint32 // size of the paylod
-	Payload io.Reader
+	Code       uint64
+	Size       uint32 // size of the paylod
+	Payload    io.Reader
+	ReceivedAt time.Time
 }
 
 // Decode parses the RLP content of a message into
diff --git a/p2p/peer.go b/p2p/peer.go
index 1262ba64a..bc0e6eb5f 100644
--- a/p2p/peer.go
+++ b/p2p/peer.go
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ func (p *Peer) readLoop(errc chan<- error) {
 			errc <- err
 			return
 		}
+		msg.ReceivedAt = time.Now()
 		if err = p.handle(msg); err != nil {
 			errc <- err
 			return