diff --git a/Sources/LiveKit/Participant/Participant.swift b/Sources/LiveKit/Participant/Participant.swift
index 58e1a52a2..de2da3e00 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveKit/Participant/Participant.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveKit/Participant/Participant.swift
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ public class Participant: NSObject, ObservableObject, Loggable {
         _state.trackPublications.values.filter { $0.kind == .video }
     }
 
+    @objc
+    public var agentState: AgentState {
+        guard case .agent = kind else { return .unknown }
+        guard let attrString = _state.attributes[agentStateAttributeKey] else { return .connecting }
+        guard let state = AgentState.fromString(attrString) else { return .connecting }
+        return state
+    }
+
     var info: Livekit_ParticipantInfo?
 
     // Reference to the Room this Participant belongs to
diff --git a/Sources/LiveKit/Types/AgentState.swift b/Sources/LiveKit/Types/AgentState.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de37b8767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/LiveKit/Types/AgentState.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 LiveKit
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+let agentStateAttributeKey = "lk.agent.state"
+
+@objc
+public enum AgentState: Int {
+    case unknown
+    case disconnected
+    case connecting
+    case initializing
+    case listening
+    case thinking
+    case speaking
+}
+
+extension AgentState {
+    static func fromString(_ rawString: String?) -> AgentState? {
+        switch rawString {
+        case "initializing": return .initializing
+        case "listening": return .listening
+        case "thinking": return .thinking
+        case "speaking": return .speaking
+        default: return unknown
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+extension AgentState: CustomStringConvertible {
+    public var description: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .unknown: return "Unknown"
+        case .disconnected: return "Disconnected"
+        case .connecting: return "Connecting"
+        case .initializing: return "Initializing"
+        case .listening: return "Listening"
+        case .thinking: return "Thinking"
+        case .speaking: return "Speaking"
+        }
+    }
+}