diff --git a/sw/airborne/boards/ardrone/navdata.c b/sw/airborne/boards/ardrone/navdata.c
index 7ce108cbec..8c54c69a77 100644
--- a/sw/airborne/boards/ardrone/navdata.c
+++ b/sw/airborne/boards/ardrone/navdata.c
@@ -193,10 +193,12 @@ bool_t navdata_init()
 
   previousUltrasoundHeight = 0;
   nav_port.checksum_errors = 0;
+  nav_port.lost_imu_frames = 0;
   nav_port.bytesRead = 0;
   nav_port.totalBytesRead = 0;
   nav_port.packetsRead = 0;
   nav_port.isInitialized = TRUE;
+  nav_port.last_packet_number = 0;
 
 #if DOWNLINK
   register_periodic_telemetry(DefaultPeriodic, "ARDRONE_NAVDATA", send_navdata);
@@ -343,6 +345,15 @@ void navdata_update()
         nav_port.checksum_errors++;
       }
 
+      nav_port.last_packet_number++;
+      if (nav_port.last_packet_number != navdata.nu_trame)
+      {
+        printf("Lost Navdata frame: %d should have been %d\n",navdata.nu_trame, nav_port.last_packet_number);
+        nav_port.lost_imu_frames++;
+      }
+      nav_port.last_packet_number = navdata.nu_trame;
+      //printf("%d\r",navdata.nu_trame);
+
       // When we already dropped a packet or checksum is correct
       if(last_checksum_wrong || navdata.chksum == checksum) {
         // Invert byte order so that TELEMETRY works better
diff --git a/sw/airborne/boards/ardrone/navdata.h b/sw/airborne/boards/ardrone/navdata.h
index f41b52a9c0..f075c77c39 100644
--- a/sw/airborne/boards/ardrone/navdata.h
+++ b/sw/airborne/boards/ardrone/navdata.h
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ typedef struct {
     uint32_t totalBytesRead;
     uint32_t packetsRead;
     uint32_t checksum_errors;
+    uint32_t lost_imu_frames;
+    uint16_t last_packet_number;
     uint8_t buffer[NAVDATA_BUFFER_SIZE];
 } navdata_port;