diff --git a/src/go/mongolib/proto/profiler_status.go b/src/go/mongolib/proto/profiler_status.go
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+package proto
+
+// ProfilerStatus is a struct to hold the results of db.getProfilingLevel()
+//		var ps proto.ProfilerStatus
+//		err := db.Run(bson.M{"profile": -1}, &ps)
+type ProfilerStatus struct {
+	Was      int64 `bson:"was"`
+	SlowMs   int64 `bson:"slowms"`
+	GleStats struct {
+		ElectionID string `bson:"electionId"`
+		LastOpTime int64  `bson:"lastOpTime"`
+	} `bson:"$gleStats"`
+}