diff --git a/go/base/context.go b/go/base/context.go
index 3211067..3026dc5 100644
--- a/go/base/context.go
+++ b/go/base/context.go
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ type MigrationContext struct {
 	RenameTablesEndTime                    time.Time
 	pointOfInterestTime                    time.Time
 	pointOfInterestTimeMutex               *sync.Mutex
+	CurrentHeartbeatLag                    int64
 	CurrentLag                             int64
 	currentProgress                        uint64
 	ThrottleHTTPStatusCode                 int64
diff --git a/go/logic/migrator.go b/go/logic/migrator.go
index 908a42f..83e4228 100644
--- a/go/logic/migrator.go
+++ b/go/logic/migrator.go
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ func (this *Migrator) onChangelogEvent(dmlEvent *binlog.BinlogDMLEvent) (err err
 	switch hint := dmlEvent.NewColumnValues.StringColumn(2); hint {
 	case "state":
 		return this.onChangelogStateEvent(dmlEvent)
+	case "heartbeat":
+		return this.onChangelogHeartbeatEvent(dmlEvent)
 	default:
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -251,6 +253,16 @@ func (this *Migrator) onChangelogStateEvent(dmlEvent *binlog.BinlogDMLEvent) (er
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (this *Migrator) onChangelogHeartbeatEvent(dmlEvent *binlog.BinlogDMLEvent) (err error) {
+	changelogHeartbeatString := dmlEvent.NewColumnValues.StringColumn(3)
+	if lag, err := parseChangelogHeartbeat(changelogHeartbeatString); err != nil {
+		return this.migrationContext.Log.Errore(err)
+	} else {
+		atomic.StoreInt64(&this.migrationContext.CurrentHeartbeatLag, int64(lag))
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // listenOnPanicAbort aborts on abort request
 func (this *Migrator) listenOnPanicAbort() {
 	err := <-this.migrationContext.PanicAbort