diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/common/metadata/workflow/WorkflowTask.java b/common/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/common/metadata/workflow/WorkflowTask.java
index 88e71e3c75..e3d18a7c0d 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/common/metadata/workflow/WorkflowTask.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/common/metadata/workflow/WorkflowTask.java
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ public void setTasks(List<WorkflowTask> tasks) {
 
     @ProtoField(id = 28)
     private String expression;
+
+    @ProtoField(id = 29)
+    private String joinStatus;
+
     /*
     Map of events to be emitted when the task status changed.
     key can be comma separated values of the status changes prefixed with "on"<STATUS>
@@ -545,6 +549,14 @@ public void setExpression(String expression) {
         this.expression = expression;
     }
 
+    public String getJoinStatus() {
+        return joinStatus;
+    }
+
+    public void setJoinStatus(String joinStatus) {
+        this.joinStatus = joinStatus;
+    }
+
     private Collection<List<WorkflowTask>> children() {
         Collection<List<WorkflowTask>> workflowTaskLists = new LinkedList<>();
 
@@ -737,6 +749,7 @@ && isOptional() == that.isOptional()
                 && Objects.equals(getForkTasks(), that.getForkTasks())
                 && Objects.equals(getSubWorkflowParam(), that.getSubWorkflowParam())
                 && Objects.equals(getJoinOn(), that.getJoinOn())
+                && Objects.equals(getJoinStatus(), that.getJoinStatus())
                 && Objects.equals(getSink(), that.getSink())
                 && Objects.equals(isAsyncComplete(), that.isAsyncComplete())
                 && Objects.equals(getDefaultExclusiveJoinTask(), that.getDefaultExclusiveJoinTask())
@@ -767,6 +780,7 @@ public int hashCode() {
                 getStartDelay(),
                 getSubWorkflowParam(),
                 getJoinOn(),
+                getJoinStatus(),
                 getSink(),
                 isAsyncComplete(),
                 isOptional(),
diff --git a/grpc/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/grpc/AbstractProtoMapper.java b/grpc/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/grpc/AbstractProtoMapper.java
index 1a9c9878e6..efcfe8a9af 100644
--- a/grpc/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/grpc/AbstractProtoMapper.java
+++ b/grpc/src/main/java/com/netflix/conductor/grpc/AbstractProtoMapper.java
@@ -1393,6 +1393,9 @@ public WorkflowTaskPb.WorkflowTask toProto(WorkflowTask from) {
         if (from.getExpression() != null) {
             to.setExpression( from.getExpression() );
         }
+        if (from.getJoinStatus() != null) {
+            to.setJoinStatus( from.getJoinStatus() );
+        }
         return to.build();
     }
 
@@ -1438,6 +1441,7 @@ public WorkflowTask fromProto(WorkflowTaskPb.WorkflowTask from) {
         to.setRetryCount( from.getRetryCount() );
         to.setEvaluatorType( from.getEvaluatorType() );
         to.setExpression( from.getExpression() );
+        to.setJoinStatus( from.getJoinStatus() );
         return to;
     }
 
diff --git a/grpc/src/main/proto/model/workflowtask.proto b/grpc/src/main/proto/model/workflowtask.proto
index 8855a714fd..a180614a32 100644
--- a/grpc/src/main/proto/model/workflowtask.proto
+++ b/grpc/src/main/proto/model/workflowtask.proto
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ message WorkflowTask {
     int32 retry_count = 26;
     string evaluator_type = 27;
     string expression = 28;
+    string join_status = 29;
 }