diff --git a/src/globals.cpp b/src/globals.cpp
index 139a01fbddf6..16ae9b6daac5 100644
--- a/src/globals.cpp
+++ b/src/globals.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ namespace Globals {
 
 int nghost;
 
+bool is_restart;
+
 // all of these global variables are set at the start of main():
 int my_rank; // MPI rank of this process
 int nranks;  // total number of MPI ranks
diff --git a/src/globals.hpp b/src/globals.hpp
index 870a0803d8ce..ad0daafe6a4b 100644
--- a/src/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/globals.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct SparseConfig {
 };
 
 extern int my_rank, nranks, nghost;
+extern bool is_restart;
 
 extern SparseConfig sparse_config;
 
diff --git a/src/parthenon_manager.cpp b/src/parthenon_manager.cpp
index b0ec6ac971ae..26b5909e8775 100644
--- a/src/parthenon_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/parthenon_manager.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ ParthenonStatus ParthenonManager::ParthenonInitEnv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   Globals::nranks = 1;
 #endif // MPI_PARALLEL
 
+  Globals::is_restart = IsRestart();
+
   Kokkos::initialize(argc, argv);
 
   // pgrete: This is a hack to disable allocation tracking until the Kokkos