diff --git a/daemon/peer.c b/daemon/peer.c
index 462ccd7bb..e14e37c6c 100644
--- a/daemon/peer.c
+++ b/daemon/peer.c
@@ -2001,6 +2001,7 @@ static struct peer *new_peer(struct lightningd_state *dstate,
 	peer->local.commit = peer->remote.commit = NULL;
 	peer->local.staging_cstate = peer->remote.staging_cstate = NULL;
 
+	peer->anchor.min_depth = get_block_height(peer->dstate);
 	htlc_map_init(&peer->htlcs);
 	
 	/* FIXME: Attach IO logging for this peer. */
diff --git a/daemon/peer.h b/daemon/peer.h
index 08e4f0399..3953acc42 100644
--- a/daemon/peer.h
+++ b/daemon/peer.h
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ struct peer {
 		u64 satoshis;
 		u8 *witnessscript;
 
+		/* Minimum possible depth for anchor */
+		unsigned int min_depth;
+
 		/* If we're creating anchor, this tells us where to source it */
 		struct anchor_input *input;