diff --git a/src/room/Room.ts b/src/room/Room.ts
index d18ef0f30e..2092fdcb4f 100644
--- a/src/room/Room.ts
+++ b/src/room/Room.ts
@@ -2098,7 +2098,13 @@ class Room extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<RoomEventCallbacks>)
     // find the participant
     const participant = this.remoteParticipants.get(packet.participantIdentity);
     if (packet.value.case === 'user') {
-      this.handleUserPacket(participant, packet.value.value, packet.kind, encryptionType);
+      this.handleUserPacket(
+        participant,
+        packet.value.value,
+        packet.kind,
+        encryptionType,
+        packet.participantIdentity,
+      );
     } else if (packet.value.case === 'transcription') {
       this.handleTranscription(participant, packet.value.value);
     } else if (packet.value.case === 'sipDtmf') {
@@ -2148,6 +2154,7 @@ class Room extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<RoomEventCallbacks>)
     userPacket: UserPacket,
     kind: DataPacket_Kind,
     encryptionType: Encryption_Type,
+    participantIdentity: string,
   ) => {
     this.emit(
       RoomEvent.DataReceived,
@@ -2156,6 +2163,7 @@ class Room extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<RoomEventCallbacks>)
       kind,
       userPacket.topic,
       encryptionType,
+      participantIdentity,
     );
 
     // also emit on the participant
@@ -3061,6 +3069,7 @@ export type RoomEventCallbacks = {
     kind?: DataPacket_Kind,
     topic?: string,
     encryptionType?: Encryption_Type,
+    participantIdentity?: string,
   ) => void;
   sipDTMFReceived: (dtmf: SipDTMF, participant?: RemoteParticipant) => void;
   transcriptionReceived: (
diff --git a/src/room/events.ts b/src/room/events.ts
index 65bde87535..f4580f4b16 100644
--- a/src/room/events.ts
+++ b/src/room/events.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export enum RoomEvent {
    * Data packets provides the ability to use LiveKit to send/receive arbitrary payloads.
    * All participants in the room will receive the messages sent to the room.
    *
-   * args: (payload: NonSharedUint8Array, participant: [[Participant]], kind: [[DataPacket_Kind]], topic?: string)
+   * args: (payload: NonSharedUint8Array, participant: [[Participant]] | undefined, kind: [[DataPacket_Kind]], topic?: string, encryptionType?: Encryption_Type, participantIdentity?: string)
    */
   DataReceived = 'dataReceived',