diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 447c60400..2d24ca35c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermi
 ### BUG FIXES:
 
 - [consensus] [\#4895](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/4895) Cache the address of the validator to reduce querying a remote KMS (@joe-bowman)
+- [blockchain/v2] Correctly set block store base in status responses (@erikgrinaker)
diff --git a/blockchain/v2/io.go b/blockchain/v2/io.go
index 70240aed6..54e8c1518 100644
--- a/blockchain/v2/io.go
+++ b/blockchain/v2/io.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type iIO interface {
 	sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error
 	sendBlockToPeer(block *types.Block, peerID p2p.ID) error
 	sendBlockNotFound(height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error
-	sendStatusResponse(height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error
+	sendStatusResponse(base int64, height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error
 
 	broadcastStatusRequest(base int64, height int64)
 
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ func (sio *switchIO) sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sio *switchIO) sendStatusResponse(height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error {
+func (sio *switchIO) sendStatusResponse(base int64, height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error {
 	peer := sio.sw.Peers().Get(peerID)
 	if peer == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("peer not found")
 	}
-	msgBytes := cdc.MustMarshalBinaryBare(&bcStatusResponseMessage{Height: height})
+	msgBytes := cdc.MustMarshalBinaryBare(&bcStatusResponseMessage{Base: base, Height: height})
 
 	if queued := peer.TrySend(BlockchainChannel, msgBytes); !queued {
 		return fmt.Errorf("peer queue full")
diff --git a/blockchain/v2/reactor.go b/blockchain/v2/reactor.go
index 98ea58306..8a7019b55 100644
--- a/blockchain/v2/reactor.go
+++ b/blockchain/v2/reactor.go
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) Receive(chID byte, src p2p.Peer, msgBytes []byte) {
 
 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
 	case *bcStatusRequestMessage:
-		if err := r.io.sendStatusResponse(r.store.Height(), src.ID()); err != nil {
+		if err := r.io.sendStatusResponse(r.store.Base(), r.store.Height(), src.ID()); err != nil {
 			r.logger.Error("Could not send status message to peer", "src", src)
 		}
 
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ func (r *BlockchainReactor) Receive(chID byte, src p2p.Peer, msgBytes []byte) {
 
 // AddPeer implements Reactor interface
 func (r *BlockchainReactor) AddPeer(peer p2p.Peer) {
-	err := r.io.sendStatusResponse(r.store.Height(), peer.ID())
+	err := r.io.sendStatusResponse(r.store.Base(), r.store.Height(), peer.ID())
 	if err != nil {
 		r.logger.Error("Could not send status message to peer new", "src", peer.ID, "height", r.SyncHeight())
 	}
diff --git a/blockchain/v2/reactor_test.go b/blockchain/v2/reactor_test.go
index b1dc21f49..ef6cb20f9 100644
--- a/blockchain/v2/reactor_test.go
+++ b/blockchain/v2/reactor_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendBlockRequest(peerID p2p.ID, height int64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendStatusResponse(height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error {
+func (sio *mockSwitchIo) sendStatusResponse(base int64, height int64, peerID p2p.ID) error {
 	sio.mtx.Lock()
 	defer sio.mtx.Unlock()
 	sio.numStatusResponse++