Elliot Watt says it would be a "dream" to play for Scotland as the Motherwell midfielder looks to recapture the form he felt had him pushing for a call-up.
The 25-year-old missed five weeks with a muscle injury before playing 45 minutes in Motherwell's 1-1 draw against Rangers on Wednesday.
Watt has been one of the most influential players in the Steelmen's stunning season in which they sit fourth and have lost just four times in 33 matches.
"Listen, it would be a dream come true to get into the [Scotland] squad one day. I'd be lying if I sat here and said that it hadn't crossed my mind at all," said Watt.
"It is something that I think about and, the level I was playing at before the injury, I felt as though I maybe would have been knocking on that door and into those conversations, which was the frustrating part about the injury.
"So now it's the mindset of getting back to those levels, mainly to help the club and the journey that we're on and where we want to get to. I touched on European football, that's an aim for the club. That's where we want to get to.
"But ultimately, if that coincides with a Scotland call-up, then that would be the dream."
Before his time on the sidelines, Watt was linked with a January move to Rangers.
"I was coming off the back of winning player of the month in the league and I felt as though my form was in an amazing spot, the form of my life really," he added.
"I try to play through these little things and ultimately probably would have made it worse, I went from maybe missing one game to missing four.
"But I'm still relatively young and these are things I need to learn from quickly because ultimately it could have cost me even more."