diff --git a/tgbotapi/types.py b/tgbotapi/types.py
index 5378930..dda330a 100644
--- a/tgbotapi/types.py
+++ b/tgbotapi/types.py
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ def __init__(self, message_id, from_user, sender_chat, date, chat, options):
         self.forward_from_message_id = None
         self.forward_from = None
         self.forward_date = None
+        self.is_automatic_forward = False
         self.reply_to_message = None
         self.via_bot = None
         self.has_protected_content = False
@@ -343,6 +344,8 @@ def de_json(cls, obj_type):
             opts['forward_signature'] = obj['forward_signature']
         if 'forward_date' in obj:
             opts['forward_date'] = obj['forward_date']
+        if 'is_automatic_forward' in obj:
+            opts['is_automatic_forward'] = obj['is_automatic_forward']
         if 'reply_to_message' in obj:
             opts['reply_to_message'] = Message.de_json(obj['reply_to_message'])
         if 'via_bot' in obj: