diff --git a/src/laminar.cpp b/src/laminar.cpp
index 196fbce..c164c7e 100644
--- a/src/laminar.cpp
+++ b/src/laminar.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ void Laminar::assignNewJobs() {
                 run->startedAt = time(0);
                 run->build = ++buildNums[run->name];
                 run->laminarHome = homeDir;
+                // set the last known result if exists
+                db->stmt("SELECT result FROM builds WHERE name = ? ORDER BY completedAt DESC LIMIT 1")
+                 .bind(run->name)
+                 .fetch<int>([=](int result){
+                    run->lastResult = RunState(result);
+                });
 
                 fs::path wd = fs::path(homeDir)/"run"/run->name/std::to_string(run->build);
                 if(!fs::is_directory(wd) && !fs::create_directory(wd)) {
diff --git a/src/run.cpp b/src/run.cpp
index ec426d4..cf1b84e 100644
--- a/src/run.cpp
+++ b/src/run.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ std::string to_string(const RunState& rs) {
 
 Run::Run() {
     result = RunState::SUCCESS;
-
+    lastResult = RunState::UNKNOWN;
 }
 
 Run::~Run() {
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ bool Run::step() {
             setenv("PATH", PATH.c_str(), true);
             setenv("lBuildNum", buildNum.c_str(), true);
             setenv("lJobName", name.c_str(), true);
+            setenv("lResult", to_string(result).c_str(), true);
+            setenv("lLastResult", to_string(lastResult).c_str(), true);
             setenv("lWorkspace", (fs::path(laminarHome)/"run"/name/"workspace").string().c_str(), true);
             for(auto& pair : params) {
                 setenv(pair.first.c_str(), pair.second.c_str(), false);
diff --git a/src/run.h b/src/run.h
index 7ba48db..f1334ea 100644
--- a/src/run.h
+++ b/src/run.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public:
     std::function<void(const Run*)> notifyCompletion;
     Node* node;
     RunState result;
+    RunState lastResult;
     std::string laminarHome;
     std::string name;
     std::string wd;