diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
index 8bd57bcb7..0e067c0b2 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 fragment commentView on Comment {
     id
     body
+    created_at
     user {
         id
         name: displayName
diff --git a/graph/typeDefs.js b/graph/typeDefs.js
index 75deee196..3d484d976 100644
--- a/graph/typeDefs.js
+++ b/graph/typeDefs.js
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ type Comment {
 
   # the current status of a comment.
   status: COMMENT_STATUS
+
+  # the time when the comment was created
+  created_at: String!
 }
 
 enum ITEM_TYPE {