diff --git a/swupd/create_manifests.go b/swupd/create_manifests.go
index 395ac08..2296afa 100644
--- a/swupd/create_manifests.go
+++ b/swupd/create_manifests.go
@@ -410,12 +410,18 @@ func CreateManifests(version uint32, minVersion uint32, format uint, statedir st
 	newMoM := Manifest{
 		Name: "MoM",
 		Header: ManifestHeader{
-			Format:    format,
-			Version:   version,
-			Previous:  lastVersion,
-			TimeStamp: timeStamp,
+			Format:     format,
+			Version:    version,
+			MinVersion: minVersion,
+			Previous:   lastVersion,
+			TimeStamp:  timeStamp,
 		},
 	}
+	// if min-version wasn't explicitly set we need to carry the header forward
+	// from the old MoM
+	if newMoM.Header.MinVersion == 0 && oldMoM.Header.MinVersion > 0 {
+		newMoM.Header.MinVersion = oldMoM.Header.MinVersion
+	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Writing manifest files...")
 	newFull, err := newMoM.writeBundleManifests(newManifests, verOutput)
diff --git a/swupd/manifest.go b/swupd/manifest.go
index 97e7643..20865fd 100644
--- a/swupd/manifest.go
+++ b/swupd/manifest.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type ManifestHeader struct {
 	Format      uint
 	Version     uint32
 	Previous    uint32
+	MinVersion  uint32
 	FileCount   uint32
 	TimeStamp   time.Time
 	ContentSize uint64
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ func readManifestFileHeaderLine(fields []string, m *Manifest) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid manifest, %v", err)
 		}
 		m.Header.Previous = uint32(parsed)
+	case "minversion:":
+		if parsed, err = strconv.ParseUint(fields[1], 10, 32); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid manifest, %v", err)
+		}
+		m.Header.MinVersion = uint32(parsed)
 	case "filecount:":
 		if parsed, err = strconv.ParseUint(fields[1], 10, 32); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid manifest, %v", err)
@@ -294,7 +300,8 @@ var manifestTemplate = template.Must(template.New("manifest").Parse(`
 MANIFEST	{{.Format}}
 version:	{{.Version}}
 previous:	{{.Previous}}
-filecount:	{{.FileCount}}
+{{ if ne .MinVersion 0 }}minversion:	{{.MinVersion}}
+{{ end }}filecount:	{{.FileCount}}
 timestamp:	{{(.TimeStamp.Unix)}}
 contentsize:	{{.ContentSize -}}
 {{range .Includes}}