diff --git a/shared/uavobjectdefinition/receiverstatus.xml b/shared/uavobjectdefinition/receiverstatus.xml
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+<xml>
+    <object name="ReceiverStatus" singleinstance="true" settings="false" category="System" priority="true">
+	<description>Receiver status.</description>
+	<field name="Quality" units="%" type="uint8" elements="1" defaultvalue="0"/>
+
+	<access gcs="readonly" flight="readwrite"/>
+        <telemetrygcs acked="false" updatemode="manual" period="0"/>
+        <telemetryflight acked="false" updatemode="periodic" period="1000"/>
+        <logging updatemode="manual" period="0"/>
+    </object>
+</xml>