diff --git a/configobject/objecttypes/host/hoststate/hoststate.go b/configobject/objecttypes/host/hoststate/hoststate.go
index 187a6338..4da59f81 100644
--- a/configobject/objecttypes/host/hoststate/hoststate.go
+++ b/configobject/objecttypes/host/hoststate/hoststate.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var (
 		"state_type",
 		"soft_state",
 		"hard_state",
+		"previous_hard_state",
 		"attempt",
 		"severity",
 		"output",
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ type HostState struct {
 	StateType					float32	`json:"state_type"`
 	SoftState					float32	`json:"state"`
 	HardState					float32	`json:"NONE"` //TODO (NoH): I'm not sure where to get this from
+	PreviousHardState 			uint8 	`json:"previous_hard_state"`
 	Attempt						float32	`json:"check_attempt"`
 	Severity					float32	`json:"severity"`
 	Output						string	`json:"output"`
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ func (h *HostState) UpdateValues() []interface{} {
 		utils.IcingaStateTypeToString(h.StateType),
 		h.SoftState,
 		h.HardState,
+		h.PreviousHardState,
 		h.Attempt,
 		h.Severity,
 		h.Output,
diff --git a/configobject/objecttypes/service/servicestate/servicestate.go b/configobject/objecttypes/service/servicestate/servicestate.go
index 718ec7b4..feb2fbcf 100644
--- a/configobject/objecttypes/service/servicestate/servicestate.go
+++ b/configobject/objecttypes/service/servicestate/servicestate.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var (
 		"state_type",
 		"soft_state",
 		"hard_state",
+		"previous_hard_state",
 		"attempt",
 		"severity",
 		"output",
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ type ServiceState struct {
 	StateType					float32	`json:"state_type"`
 	SoftState					float32	`json:"state"`
 	HardState					float32	`json:"NONE"` //TODO (NoH): I'm not sure where to get this from
+	PreviousHardState 			uint8 	`json:"previous_hard_state"`
 	Attempt						float32	`json:"check_attempt"`
 	Severity					float32	`json:"severity"`
 	Output						string	`json:"output"`
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ func (s *ServiceState) UpdateValues() []interface{} {
 		utils.IcingaStateTypeToString(s.StateType),
 		s.SoftState,
 		s.HardState,
+		s.PreviousHardState,
 		s.Attempt,
 		s.Severity,
 		s.Output,
diff --git a/configobject/statesync/statesync.go b/configobject/statesync/statesync.go
index 595bd958..bf1bf439 100644
--- a/configobject/statesync/statesync.go
+++ b/configobject/statesync/statesync.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func syncStates(super *supervisor.Supervisor, objectType string) {
 				_, errExec := super.Dbw.SqlExecTx(
 					tx,
 					mysqlObservers[objectType],
-					`REPLACE INTO `+objectType+`_state (`+objectType+`_id, environment_id, state_type, soft_state, hard_state, attempt, severity, output, long_output, performance_data,`+
+					`REPLACE INTO `+objectType+`_state (`+objectType+`_id, environment_id, state_type, soft_state, hard_state, previous_hard_state, attempt, severity, output, long_output, performance_data,`+
 						`check_commandline, is_problem, is_handled, is_reachable, is_flapping, is_acknowledged, acknowledgement_comment_id,`+
 						`in_downtime, execution_time, latency, timeout, check_source, last_update, last_state_change, last_soft_state,`+
 						`last_hard_state, next_check, next_update) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)`,
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func syncStates(super *supervisor.Supervisor, objectType string) {
 					redisStateTypeToDBStateType(values["state_type"]),
 					values["state"],
 					values["last_hard_state"],
+					values["previous_hard_state"],
 					values["check_attempt"],
 					redisIntToDBInt(values["severity"]),
 					values["output"],
diff --git a/etc/schema/mysql/host.sql b/etc/schema/mysql/host.sql
index 03e29771..12c96b5b 100644
--- a/etc/schema/mysql/host.sql
+++ b/etc/schema/mysql/host.sql
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ CREATE TABLE host_state (
   state_type enum('hard', 'soft') NOT NULL,
   soft_state tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
   hard_state tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  previous_hard_state tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
   attempt tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
   severity smallint unsigned NOT NULL,
 
diff --git a/etc/schema/mysql/service.sql b/etc/schema/mysql/service.sql
index 6a186a2b..f3736f37 100644
--- a/etc/schema/mysql/service.sql
+++ b/etc/schema/mysql/service.sql
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ CREATE TABLE service_state (
   state_type enum('hard', 'soft') NOT NULL,
   soft_state tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
   hard_state tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  previous_hard_state tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
   attempt tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL,
   severity smallint unsigned NOT NULL,