diff --git a/lib/imap.js b/lib/imap.js
index 9850c46..f4054ad 100644
--- a/lib/imap.js
+++ b/lib/imap.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function ImapConnection (options) {
       keywords: [],
       permFlags: [],
       name: null,
-      messages: { total: 0, new: 0 }
+      messages: { total: 0, new: 0, unseen: 0 }
     },
     ext: {
       // Capability-specific state info
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ ImapConnection.prototype.connect = function(loginCb) {
               uidvalidity: undefined,
               messages: {
                 total: undefined,
-                new: undefined
+                new: undefined,
+                unseen: undefined
               }
             };
             if (m.attributes) {
@@ -422,6 +423,9 @@ ImapConnection.prototype.connect = function(loginCb) {
                   case 'RECENT':
                     ret.messages.new = parseInt(m.attributes[++i], 10);
                   break;
+                  case 'UNSEEN':
+                    ret.messages.unseen = parseInt(m.attributes[++i], 10);
+                  break;
                   case 'MESSAGES':
                     ret.messages.total = parseInt(m.attributes[++i], 10);
                   break;
@@ -463,7 +467,9 @@ ImapConnection.prototype.connect = function(loginCb) {
             } else if (/^ALERT$/i.test(code))
               self.emit('alert', m[3]);
             else if (state.status === STATES.BOXSELECTING) {
-              if (m = /^UIDVALIDITY (\d+)/i.exec(code))
+              if (m = /^UNSEEN (\d+)/i.exec(code))
+                state.box.messages.unseen = parseInt(m[1], 10);
+              else if (m = /^UIDVALIDITY (\d+)/i.exec(code))
                 state.box.uidvalidity = m[1];
               else if (m = /^UIDNEXT (\d+)/i.exec(code))
                 state.box.uidnext = m[1];
@@ -671,7 +677,7 @@ ImapConnection.prototype.status = function(boxName, cb) {
 
   var cmd = 'STATUS "';
   cmd += utils.escape(boxName);
-  cmd += '" (MESSAGES RECENT UIDVALIDITY)';
+  cmd += '" (MESSAGES RECENT UNSEEN UIDVALIDITY)';
 
   this._send(cmd, cb);
 };
@@ -1238,6 +1244,7 @@ ImapConnection.prototype._resetBox = function() {
   this._state.box.name = null;
   this._state.box.messages.total = 0;
   this._state.box.messages.new = 0;
+  this._state.box.messages.unseen = 0;
 };
 
 ImapConnection.prototype._noop = function() {