diff --git a/peer.go b/peer.go
index 247daab7..33639a9b 100644
--- a/peer.go
+++ b/peer.go
@@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ func (p *peer) Start() error {
 	peerLog.Debugf("Loaded %v active channels from database with "+
 		"NodeKey(%x)", len(activeChans), p.PubKey())
 
-	if err := p.loadActiveChannels(activeChans); err != nil {
+	msgs, err := p.loadActiveChannels(activeChans)
+	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to load channels: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -362,6 +363,17 @@ func (p *peer) Start() error {
 	go p.channelManager()
 	go p.pingHandler()
 
+	// Now that the peer has started up, we send any channel sync messages
+	// that must be resent for borked channels.
+	if len(msgs) > 0 {
+		peerLog.Infof("Sending %d channel sync messages to peer after "+
+			"loading active channels", len(msgs))
+		if err := p.SendMessage(true, msgs...); err != nil {
+			peerLog.Warnf("Failed sending channel sync "+
+				"messages to peer %v: %v", p, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -400,14 +412,22 @@ func (p *peer) QuitSignal() <-chan struct{} {
 }
 
 // loadActiveChannels creates indexes within the peer for tracking all active
-// channels returned by the database.
-func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) error {
+// channels returned by the database. It returns a slice of channel reestablish
+// messages that should be sent to the peer immediately, in case we have borked
+// channels that haven't been closed yet.
+func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) (
+	[]lnwire.Message, error) {
+
+	// Return a slice of messages to send to the peers in case the channel
+	// cannot be loaded normally.
+	var msgs []lnwire.Message
+
 	for _, dbChan := range chans {
 		lnChan, err := lnwallet.NewLightningChannel(
 			p.server.cc.signer, dbChan, p.server.sigPool,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
 		chanPoint := &dbChan.FundingOutpoint
@@ -427,6 +447,22 @@ func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) error {
 		case dbChan.HasChanStatus(channeldb.ChanStatusLocalDataLoss):
 			peerLog.Warnf("ChannelPoint(%v) has status %v, won't "+
 				"start.", chanPoint, dbChan.ChanStatus())
+
+			// To help our peer recover from a potential data loss,
+			// we resend our channel reestablish message if the
+			// channel is in a borked state. We won't process any
+			// channel reestablish message sent from the peer, but
+			// that's okay since the assumption is that we did when
+			// marking the channel borked.
+			chanSync, err := dbChan.ChanSyncMsg(false)
+			if err != nil {
+				peerLog.Errorf("Unable to create channel "+
+					"reestablish message for channel %v: "+
+					"%v", chanPoint, err)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			msgs = append(msgs, chanSync)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -440,7 +476,7 @@ func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) error {
 
 		_, currentHeight, err := p.server.cc.chainIO.GetBestBlock()
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
 		// Before we register this new link with the HTLC Switch, we'll
@@ -449,7 +485,7 @@ func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) error {
 		graph := p.server.chanDB.ChannelGraph()
 		info, p1, p2, err := graph.FetchChannelEdgesByOutpoint(chanPoint)
 		if err != nil && err != channeldb.ErrEdgeNotFound {
-			return err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
 		// We'll filter out our policy from the directional channel
@@ -497,7 +533,7 @@ func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) error {
 			*chanPoint,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
 		// Create the link and add it to the switch.
@@ -506,8 +542,8 @@ func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) error {
 			currentHeight, true,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to add link %v to switch: %v",
-				chanPoint, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to add link %v to "+
+				"switch: %v", chanPoint, err)
 		}
 
 		p.activeChanMtx.Lock()
@@ -515,7 +551,7 @@ func (p *peer) loadActiveChannels(chans []*channeldb.OpenChannel) error {
 		p.activeChanMtx.Unlock()
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return msgs, nil
 }
 
 // addLink creates and adds a new link from the specified channel.