diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/IntentData.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/IntentData.java
index 3eea0d5..0abfd12 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/IntentData.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/IntentData.java
@@ -56,10 +56,28 @@
         return intent.key();
     }
 
+    public Timestamp version() {
+        return version;
+    }
+
     public void setState(IntentState newState) {
         this.state = newState;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the version for this intent data.
+     * <p>
+     * The store should call this method only once when the IntentData is
+     * first passed into the pending map. Ideally, an IntentData is timestamped
+     * on the same thread that the called used to submit the intents.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param version the version/timestamp for this intent data
+     */
+    public void setVersion(Timestamp version) {
+        this.version = version;
+    }
+
     public void setInstallables(List<Intent> installables) {
         this.installables = ImmutableList.copyOf(installables);
     }