diff --git a/src/ripple/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp b/src/ripple/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp
index 53cae3b1b4..be3c642fbe 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp
@@ -1601,6 +1601,11 @@ void NetworkOPsImp::pubValidation (STValidation::ref val)
         jvObj [jss::ledger_hash]           = to_string (val->getLedgerHash ());
         jvObj [jss::signature]             = strHex (val->getSignature ());
 
+        auto const seq = *(*val)[~sfLedgerSequence];
+
+        if (seq != 0)
+            jvObj [jss::ledger_index]      = to_string (seq);
+
         for (auto i = mSubValidations.begin (); i != mSubValidations.end (); )
         {
             if (auto p = i->second.lock())