diff --git a/app/appmessage/message.go b/app/appmessage/message.go
index 73fd76607..55636cfa7 100644
--- a/app/appmessage/message.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/message.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const (
 	CmdBlockWithTrustedDataV4
 	CmdRequestIBDChainBlockLocator
 	CmdIBDChainBlockLocator
+	CmdRequestPastDiff
 
 	// rpc
 	CmdGetCurrentNetworkRequestMessage
diff --git a/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestpastdiff.go b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestpastdiff.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d4a74254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/appmessage/p2p_msgrequestpastdiff.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2016 The btcsuite developers
+// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package appmessage
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+)
+
+// MsgRequestPastDiff implements the Message interface and represents a kaspa
+// RequestHeaders message. It is used to request a past diff past(RequestedHash) \setminus past(HasHash)
+type MsgRequestPastDiff struct {
+	baseMessage
+	HasHash       *externalapi.DomainHash
+	RequestedHash *externalapi.DomainHash
+}
+
+// Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part
+// of the Message interface implementation.
+func (msg *MsgRequestPastDiff) Command() MessageCommand {
+	return CmdRequestPastDiff
+}
+
+// NewMsgRequestPastDiff returns a new kaspa RequestPastDiff message that conforms to the
+// Message interface using the passed parameters and defaults for the remaining
+// fields.
+func NewMsgRequestPastDiff(hasHash, requestedHash *externalapi.DomainHash) *MsgRequestPastDiff {
+	return &MsgRequestPastDiff{
+		HasHash:       hasHash,
+		RequestedHash: requestedHash,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/p2p_request_past_diff.go b/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/p2p_request_past_diff.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21e6c4c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/p2p_request_past_diff.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package protowire
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_RequestPastDiff) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "KaspadMessage_RequestPastDiff is nil")
+	}
+	return x.RequestPastDiff.toAppMessage()
+}
+
+func (x *RequestPastDiffMessage) toAppMessage() (appmessage.Message, error) {
+	if x == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errorNil, "RequestPastDiffMessage is nil")
+	}
+	hasHash, err := x.HasHash.toDomain()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	requestedHash, err := x.RequestedHash.toDomain()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &appmessage.MsgRequestPastDiff{
+		HasHash:       hasHash,
+		RequestedHash: requestedHash,
+	}, nil
+
+}
+
+func (x *KaspadMessage_RequestPastDiff) fromAppMessage(msgRequestPastDiff *appmessage.MsgRequestPastDiff) error {
+	x.RequestPastDiff = &RequestPastDiffMessage{
+		HasHash:       domainHashToProto(msgRequestPastDiff.HasHash),
+		RequestedHash: domainHashToProto(msgRequestPastDiff.RequestedHash),
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/wire.go b/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/wire.go
index bd708ccf1..50a82803c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/wire.go
+++ b/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire/wire.go
@@ -345,6 +345,13 @@ func toP2PPayload(message appmessage.Message) (isKaspadMessage_Payload, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		return payload, nil
+	case *appmessage.MsgRequestPastDiff:
+		payload := new(KaspadMessage_RequestPastDiff)
+		err := payload.fromAppMessage(message)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return payload, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, nil
 	}