diff --git a/sdk/src/sysvar/mod.rs b/sdk/src/sysvar/mod.rs
index 4e1869295b..4a955e1161 100644
--- a/sdk/src/sysvar/mod.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/sysvar/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub mod clock;
 pub mod fees;
 pub mod rewards;
 pub mod slot_hashes;
+pub mod stake_history;
 
 pub fn is_sysvar_id(id: &Pubkey) -> bool {
     clock::check_id(id) || fees::check_id(id) || rewards::check_id(id) || slot_hashes::check_id(id)
diff --git a/sdk/src/sysvar/stake_history.rs b/sdk/src/sysvar/stake_history.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a722f521e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/src/sysvar/stake_history.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+//! named accounts for synthesized data accounts for bank state, etc.
+//!
+//! this account carries history about stake activations and de-activations
+//!
+use crate::account::Account;
+use crate::sysvar;
+use bincode::serialized_size;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+pub use crate::timing::Epoch;
+
+const ID: [u8; 32] = [
+    6, 167, 213, 23, 25, 53, 132, 208, 254, 237, 155, 179, 67, 29, 19, 32, 107, 229, 68, 40, 27,
+    87, 184, 86, 108, 197, 55, 95, 244, 0, 0, 0,
+];
+
+crate::solana_name_id!(ID, "SysvarStakeHistory1111111111111111111111111");
+
+pub const MAX_STAKE_HISTORY: usize = 512; // it should never take as many as 512 epochs to warm up or cool down
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Default)]
+pub struct StakeHistoryEntry {
+    pub previous_effective: u64, // effective stake at the previous epoch
+    pub activating: u64,         // requested to be warmed up, not fully activated yet
+    pub deactivating: u64,       // requested to be cooled down, not fully deactivated yet
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Default)]
+pub struct StakeHistory {
+    inner: HashMap<Epoch, StakeHistoryEntry>,
+}
+
+impl StakeHistory {
+    pub fn from(account: &Account) -> Option<Self> {
+        account.deserialize_data().ok()
+    }
+    pub fn to(&self, account: &mut Account) -> Option<()> {
+        account.serialize_data(self).ok()
+    }
+
+    pub fn size_of() -> usize {
+        serialized_size(
+            &(0..MAX_STAKE_HISTORY)
+                .map(|i| (i as u64, StakeHistoryEntry::default()))
+                .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>(),
+        )
+        .unwrap() as usize
+    }
+    pub fn add(&mut self, epoch: Epoch, entry: StakeHistoryEntry) {
+        self.inner.insert(epoch, entry);
+
+        if self.len() > MAX_STAKE_HISTORY {
+            let oldest = *self.inner.keys().min().unwrap();
+            self.inner.remove(&oldest);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for StakeHistory {
+    type Target = HashMap<Epoch, StakeHistoryEntry>;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.inner
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn create_account(lamports: u64) -> Account {
+    let mut account = Account::new(lamports, StakeHistory::size_of(), &sysvar::id());
+    StakeHistory::default().to(&mut account).unwrap();
+    account
+}
+
+use crate::account::KeyedAccount;
+use crate::instruction::InstructionError;
+pub fn from_keyed_account(account: &KeyedAccount) -> Result<StakeHistory, InstructionError> {
+    if !check_id(account.unsigned_key()) {
+        return Err(InstructionError::InvalidArgument);
+    }
+    StakeHistory::from(account.account).ok_or(InstructionError::InvalidArgument)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_create_account() {
+        let lamports = 42;
+        let account = create_account(lamports);
+        assert_eq!(account.data.len(), StakeHistory::size_of());
+
+        let stake_history = StakeHistory::from(&account);
+        assert_eq!(stake_history, Some(StakeHistory::default()));
+
+        let mut stake_history = stake_history.unwrap();
+        for i in 0..MAX_STAKE_HISTORY as u64 + 1 {
+            stake_history.add(
+                i,
+                StakeHistoryEntry {
+                    activating: i,
+                    ..StakeHistoryEntry::default()
+                },
+            );
+        }
+        assert_eq!(stake_history.len(), MAX_STAKE_HISTORY);
+        assert_eq!(*stake_history.keys().min().unwrap(), 1);
+    }
+}