diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 77644fd980..e25ab6e497 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -17846,3 +17846,9 @@ David  28 Sept 2004
     client/
         client_state.C
         cs_data.C
+
+David  28 Sept 2004
+    - parse message seqnos in GUI RPC client
+
+    lib/
+        gui_rpc_client.C,h
diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client.C b/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
index d6582d5e0e..69a0b33930 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ int MESSAGE::parse(MIOFILE& in) {
         }
         else if (parse_int(buf, "<pri>", priority)) continue;
         else if (parse_int(buf, "<time>", timestamp)) continue;
+        else if (parse_int(buf, "<seqno>", seqno)) continue;
     }
     return ERR_XML_PARSE;
 }
diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client.h b/lib/gui_rpc_client.h
index 0284730dda..349e988bac 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client.h
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class MESSAGE {
 public:
     std::string project;
     int priority;
+    int seqno;
     int timestamp;
     std::string body;