diff --git a/ipc/api/src/cross.rs b/ipc/api/src/cross.rs
index 6c3e70b39..051f124a9 100644
--- a/ipc/api/src/cross.rs
+++ b/ipc/api/src/cross.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ pub struct IpcEnvelope {
     /// outgoing nonce for the envelope.
     /// This nonce is set by the gateway when committing the message for propagation
     pub nonce: u64,
+    /// original nonce of the message from the source network
+    pub original_nonce: u64,
 }
 
 impl IpcEnvelope {
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ impl IpcEnvelope {
             to,
             value,
             nonce: 0,
+            original_nonce: 0,
             message: Default::default(),
         })
     }
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ impl IpcEnvelope {
             to,
             value,
             nonce: 0,
+            original_nonce: 0,
             message: Default::default(),
         })
     }
diff --git a/ipc/api/src/evm.rs b/ipc/api/src/evm.rs
index d19a853a3..b1540a6a6 100644
--- a/ipc/api/src/evm.rs
+++ b/ipc/api/src/evm.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ macro_rules! cross_msg_types {
                         .map_err(|e| anyhow!("cannot convert `to`` ipc address due to: {e:}"))?,
                     value: val,
                     nonce: value.nonce,
+                    original_nonce: value.original_nonce,
                     message: ethers::core::types::Bytes::from(value.message),
                 };
                 Ok(c)
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ macro_rules! cross_msg_types {
                     kind: IpcMsgKind::try_from(value.kind)?,
                     message: value.message.to_vec(),
                     nonce: value.nonce,
+                    original_nonce: value.original_nonce,
                 };
                 Ok(s)
             }