diff --git a/classes/Foreign_link.php b/classes/Foreign_link.php
index afc0e21804..af2b3f189d 100644
--- a/classes/Foreign_link.php
+++ b/classes/Foreign_link.php
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class Foreign_link extends Memcached_DataObject
     public $noticesync;                      // tinyint(1)   not_null default_1
     public $friendsync;                      // tinyint(1)   not_null default_2
     public $profilesync;                     // tinyint(1)   not_null default_1
+    public $last_noticesync;                 // datetime()
+    public $last_friendsync;                 // datetime()
     public $created;                         // datetime()   not_null
     public $modified;                        // timestamp()   not_null default_CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 
diff --git a/classes/laconica.ini b/classes/laconica.ini
index 529454d99b..c054195884 100755
--- a/classes/laconica.ini
+++ b/classes/laconica.ini
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ credentials = 2
 noticesync = 145
 friendsync = 145
 profilesync = 145
+last_noticesync = 14
+last_friendsync = 14
 created = 142
 modified = 384
 
diff --git a/db/laconica.sql b/db/laconica.sql
index 5b57494d98..c9730098e3 100644
--- a/db/laconica.sql
+++ b/db/laconica.sql
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ create table foreign_link (
      noticesync tinyint not null default 1 comment 'notice synchronization, bit 1 = sync outgoing, bit 2 = sync incoming, bit 3 = filter local replies',
      friendsync tinyint not null default 2 comment 'friend synchronization, bit 1 = sync outgoing, bit 2 = sync incoming',
      profilesync tinyint not null default 1 comment 'profile synchronization, bit 1 = sync outgoing, bit 2 = sync incoming',
+     last_noticesync datetime default null comment 'last time notices were imported',
+     last_friendsync datetime default null comment 'last time friends were imported',
      created datetime not null comment 'date this record was created',
      modified timestamp comment 'date this record was modified',