diff --git a/freedcs/telemetry/migrations/0007_telemetry_transport.py b/freedcs/telemetry/migrations/0007_telemetry_transport.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29395d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freedcs/telemetry/migrations/0007_telemetry_transport.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.0.6 on 2020-06-08 20:07
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('telemetry', '0006_auto_20200603_1317'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='telemetry',
+            name='transport',
+            field=models.CharField(choices=[('http', 'http'), ('mqtt', 'mqtt')], default='http', max_length=4),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/freedcs/telemetry/models.py b/freedcs/telemetry/models.py
index 2c8a04b..60f1ff0 100644
--- a/freedcs/telemetry/models.py
+++ b/freedcs/telemetry/models.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ from api.models import Device
 class Telemetry(models.Model):
     device = models.ForeignKey(Device, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     time = models.DateTimeField(primary_key=True, auto_now_add=True)
+    transport = models.CharField(max_length=4,
+                                 choices=[('http', 'http'), ('mqtt', 'mqtt')],
+                                 default='http')
     clock = models.IntegerField(
         validators=[MinValueValidator(0)],
         null=True)
diff --git a/freedcs/telemetry/serializers.py b/freedcs/telemetry/serializers.py
index 2149af4..372039b 100644
--- a/freedcs/telemetry/serializers.py
+++ b/freedcs/telemetry/serializers.py
@@ -11,4 +11,10 @@ class TelemetrySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Telemetry
-        fields = ('time', 'device', 'clock', 'payload',)
+        fields = ('time', 'device', 'clock', 'transport', 'payload',)
+        read_only_fields = ['transport']
+
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        validated_data['transport'] = 'http'
+        telemetry = Telemetry.objects.create(**validated_data)
+        return telemetry