diff --git a/control/controlclient/direct.go b/control/controlclient/direct.go
index 9c69faadf..fd1349f69 100644
--- a/control/controlclient/direct.go
+++ b/control/controlclient/direct.go
@@ -1065,6 +1065,24 @@ func undeltaPeers(mapRes *tailcfg.MapResponse, prev []*tailcfg.Node) {
 		}
 	}
 	sortNodes(newFull)
+
+	if mapRes.PeerSeenChange != nil {
+		peerByID := make(map[tailcfg.NodeID]*tailcfg.Node, len(newFull))
+		for _, n := range newFull {
+			peerByID[n.ID] = n
+		}
+		now := time.Now()
+		for nodeID, seen := range mapRes.PeerSeenChange {
+			if n, ok := peerByID[nodeID]; ok {
+				if seen {
+					n.LastSeen = &now
+				} else {
+					n.LastSeen = nil
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	mapRes.Peers = newFull
 	mapRes.PeersChanged = nil
 	mapRes.PeersRemoved = nil
diff --git a/tailcfg/tailcfg.go b/tailcfg/tailcfg.go
index 04ba9bd3d..e22c55150 100644
--- a/tailcfg/tailcfg.go
+++ b/tailcfg/tailcfg.go
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import (
 //     7: 2020-12-15: FilterRule.SrcIPs accepts CIDRs+ranges, doesn't warn about 0.0.0.0/::
 //     8: 2020-12-19: client can receive IPv6 addresses and routes if beta enabled server-side
 //     9: 2020-12-30: client doesn't auto-add implicit search domains from peers; only DNSConfig.Domains
-const CurrentMapRequestVersion = 9
+//    10: 2021-01-17: client understands MapResponse.PeerSeenChange
+const CurrentMapRequestVersion = 10
 
 type ID int64
 
@@ -636,6 +637,11 @@ type MapResponse struct {
 	// PeersRemoved are the NodeIDs that are no longer in the peer list.
 	PeersRemoved []NodeID `json:",omitempty"`
 
+	// PeerSeenChange contains information on how to update peers' LastSeen
+	// times. If the value is false, the peer is gone. If the value is true,
+	// the LastSeen time is now. Absent means unchanged.
+	PeerSeenChange map[NodeID]bool `json:",omitempty"`
+
 	// DNS is the same as DNSConfig.Nameservers.
 	//
 	// TODO(dmytro): should be sent in DNSConfig.Nameservers once clients have updated.