diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.cc b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.cc
index 911a06981a7e495902a0bc0f3ae980d34156ae1d..316a4a32e0db490331c4e8746cde53c264ae6f66 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.cc
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ namespace LOFAR
       // Generic information
       settings.realTime = getBool("Cobalt.realTime", false);
       settings.observationID = getUint32("Observation.ObsID", 0);
+      settings.momID         = getUint32("Observation.momID", 0);
       settings.commandStream = getString("Cobalt.commandStream", "null:");
       settings.startTime = getTime("Observation.startTime", "2013-01-01 00:00:00");
       settings.stopTime  = getTime("Observation.stopTime",  "2013-01-01 00:01:00");
diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.h b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.h
index 8c9361fdbab97aa3692fa2c82e8080210ef0c854..5c99148bee65924870d3fdfcb6fe06eca3264f00 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.h
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/src/Parset.h
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ namespace LOFAR
       // key: Observation.ObsID
       unsigned observationID;
 
+      // The MoM observation number
+      //
+      // key: Observation.momID
+      unsigned momID;
+
       // Command stream, or null: if not used
       //
       // key: Cobalt.commandStream
diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/test/tParset.cc b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/test/tParset.cc
index 1b80fa02e6c2c7783b2268aa9bdde8f97a0203c1..a07e2c33f430ea9da88058e8c0b71e9dc8849b78 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/test/tParset.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/CoInterface/test/tParset.cc
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ TEST(observationID) {
   CHECK_EQUAL(12345U, ps.settings.observationID);
 }
 
+TEST(momID) {
+  Parset ps = makeDefaultTestParset("Observation.momID", "12345");
+
+  CHECK_EQUAL(12345U, ps.settings.momID);
+}
+
 TEST(startTime) {
   Parset ps = makeDefaultTestParset("Observation.startTime", "2013-03-17 10:55:08");