diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
index 13534f9bf..296877a8a 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub struct ContactObject {
     status: String,
     display_name: String,
     id: u32,
+    last_seen: i64,
     name: String,
     profile_image: Option<String>, // BLOBS
     name_and_addr: String,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ impl ContactObject {
             status: contact.get_status().to_owned(),
             display_name: contact.get_display_name().to_owned(),
             id: contact.id.to_u32(),
+            last_seen: contact.last_seen(),
             name: contact.get_name().to_owned(),
             profile_image, //BLOBS
             name_and_addr: contact.get_name_n_addr(),
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
index 076541d45..d9578240a 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/types.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export type Contact = {
   status: string;
   displayName: string;
   id: U32;
+  lastSeen: I64;
   name: string;
   profileImage: string | null;
   nameAndAddr: string;