diff --git a/repeater/main.py b/repeater/main.py
index 0eb5ea4..773b842 100644
--- a/repeater/main.py
+++ b/repeater/main.py
@@ -1441,6 +1441,52 @@ class RepeaterDaemon:
 
         return stats
 
+    def _companion_battery_mv(self) -> int:
+        """Battery voltage in mV for the companion core-stats frame.
+
+        MeshCore companion clients show the battery of the device they are
+        connected to. A Python repeater has no battery of its own, but a sensor
+        plug-in often reports one -- an attached UPS HAT, or the battery of an
+        openHop modem the repeater is driving -- so surface the first sensor
+        publishing a usable voltage instead of always reporting 0.
+
+        Returns 0 when nothing is available, which is what clients already
+        expect for a mains-powered node.
+        """
+        if not self.sensor_manager:
+            return 0
+        try:
+            readings = (self.sensor_manager.get_summary() or {}).get("readings") or []
+        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - defensive; stats must never raise
+            logger.debug("companion battery lookup failed", exc_info=True)
+            return 0
+
+        for reading in readings:
+            if not isinstance(reading, dict) or not reading.get("ok"):
+                continue
+            data = reading.get("data")
+            if not isinstance(data, dict):
+                continue
+
+            millivolts = data.get("battery_voltage_mv")
+            if millivolts is None:
+                volts = data.get("battery_voltage_v")
+                if volts is None:
+                    continue
+                try:
+                    millivolts = float(volts) * 1000.0
+                except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                    continue
+            try:
+                millivolts = round(float(millivolts))
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                continue
+
+            # The core-stats frame packs battery_mv as an unsigned 16-bit int.
+            if 0 < millivolts <= 0xFFFF:
+                return millivolts
+        return 0
+
     async def _get_companion_stats(self, stats_type: int) -> dict:
         """Return stats dict for companion CMD_GET_STATS (format expected by frame_server + meshcore_py)."""
         from repeater.companion.constants import (
@@ -1459,7 +1505,7 @@ class RepeaterDaemon:
             queue_len += getattr(getattr(bridge, "message_queue", None), "count", 0) or 0
         if stats_type == STATS_TYPE_CORE:
             return {
-                "battery_mv": 0,
+                "battery_mv": self._companion_battery_mv(),
                 "uptime_secs": uptime_secs,
                 "errors": 0,
                 "queue_len": min(255, queue_len),
diff --git a/tests/test_companion_battery_mv.py b/tests/test_companion_battery_mv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e34290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_companion_battery_mv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+"""Companion core-stats battery reporting.
+
+The MeshCore companion frame packs ``battery_mv``; clients show it as the
+connected device's battery. The repeater used to hardcode 0, so companion apps
+always showed no battery even when a sensor plug-in was reporting one.
+"""
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+from repeater.main import RepeaterDaemon
+
+
+def _base_config():
+    return {
+        "repeater": {
+            "node_name": "node-test",
+            "mode": "forward",
+            "latitude": 1.0,
+            "longitude": 2.0,
+        },
+        "logging": {"level": "INFO"},
+    }
+
+
+def _daemon(readings=None):
+    daemon = RepeaterDaemon(_base_config(), radio=object())
+    daemon.sensor_manager = (
+        None if readings is None else SimpleNamespace(get_summary=lambda: {"readings": readings})
+    )
+    return daemon
+
+
+def _reading(name, data, ok=True):
+    return {"name": name, "type": name, "ok": ok, "timestamp": "t", "data": data}
+
+
+def test_returns_zero_without_a_sensor_manager():
+    assert _daemon()._companion_battery_mv() == 0
+
+
+def test_reads_battery_voltage_mv():
+    daemon = _daemon([_reading("modem", {"battery_voltage_mv": 4213})])
+    assert daemon._companion_battery_mv() == 4213
+
+
+def test_derives_millivolts_from_volts():
+    daemon = _daemon([_reading("modem", {"battery_voltage_v": 3.72})])
+    assert daemon._companion_battery_mv() == 3720
+
+
+def test_skips_failed_and_batteryless_readings():
+    daemon = _daemon(
+        [
+            _reading("broken", {"battery_voltage_mv": 4100}, ok=False),
+            _reading("system-health", {"cpu_percent": 12.0}),
+            _reading("modem", {"battery_voltage_mv": 3980}),
+        ]
+    )
+    assert daemon._companion_battery_mv() == 3980
+
+
+def test_ignores_out_of_range_and_unparseable_values():
+    for data in (
+        {"battery_voltage_mv": 0},
+        {"battery_voltage_mv": 70000},
+        {"battery_voltage_mv": "n/a"},
+        {"battery_voltage_v": None},
+    ):
+        assert _daemon([_reading("modem", data)])._companion_battery_mv() == 0
+
+
+def test_never_raises_when_the_sensor_manager_misbehaves():
+    def boom():
+        raise RuntimeError("sensor manager exploded")
+
+    daemon = RepeaterDaemon(_base_config(), radio=object())
+    daemon.sensor_manager = SimpleNamespace(get_summary=boom)
+    assert daemon._companion_battery_mv() == 0