diff --git a/apps/ndn-consumer-zipf-mandelbrot.cc b/apps/ndn-consumer-zipf-mandelbrot.cc
index c0e84d8..9982738 100644
--- a/apps/ndn-consumer-zipf-mandelbrot.cc
+++ b/apps/ndn-consumer-zipf-mandelbrot.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #include "ns3/ndn-app-face.h"
 #include "ns3/ndn-interest.h"
 #include "ns3/ndn-content-object.h"
+
+#include "ns3/ndnSIM/utils/ndn-fw-hop-count-tag.h"
+
 #include <math.h>
 
 
@@ -176,6 +179,9 @@
 
   m_rtt->SentSeq (SequenceNumber32 (seq), 1);
 
+  FwHopCountTag hopCountTag;
+  packet->AddPacketTag (hopCountTag);
+  
   m_protocolHandler (packet);
 
   ConsumerZipfMandelbrot::ScheduleNextPacket ();