diff --git a/consensus/reactor_test.go b/consensus/reactor_test.go
index 2758f3fab..8e3ab3456 100644
--- a/consensus/reactor_test.go
+++ b/consensus/reactor_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	sm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/state"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+	tmtime "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types/time"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -266,6 +267,36 @@ func TestReactorRecordsVotesAndBlockParts(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, true, ps.BlockPartsSent() > 0, "number of votes sent should have increased")
 }
 
+// Test we record last block times from other peers.
+func TestReactorRecordsLastBlockTime(t *testing.T) {
+	timeStart := tmtime.Now()
+
+	N := 4
+	css := randConsensusNet(N, "consensus_reactor_test", newMockTickerFunc(true), newCounter)
+	reactors, eventChans, eventBuses := startConsensusNet(t, css, N)
+	defer stopConsensusNet(log.TestingLogger(), reactors, eventBuses)
+
+	// Wait a couple of blocks.
+	timeoutWaitGroup(t, N, func(j int) {
+		<-eventChans[j]
+	}, css)
+	timeoutWaitGroup(t, N, func(j int) {
+		<-eventChans[j]
+	}, css)
+
+	// Get peer
+	peer := reactors[1].Switch.Peers().List()[0]
+	// Get peer state
+	ps := peer.Get(types.PeerStateKey).(*PeerState)
+
+	assert.NotNil(t, ps.GetLastBlockTime())
+	assert.True(t, ps.GetLastBlockTime().After(timeStart),
+		"LastBlockTime should be some time after the time we started tests (%v), got %v",
+		timeStart,
+		ps.GetLastBlockTime(),
+	)
+}
+
 //-------------------------------------------------------------
 // ensure we can make blocks despite cycling a validator set