diff --git a/ably.d.ts b/ably.d.ts
index cfeb56c63d..5433d5b63f 100644
--- a/ably.d.ts
+++ b/ably.d.ts
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ declare namespace Types {
     /**
      * Enters the presence set for the channel, passing a `data` payload. A `clientId` is required to be present on a channel.
      *
-     * @param data - The payload associated with the presence member.
+     * @param data - The data payload or {@link PresenceMessage} associated with the presence member.
      * @param callback - A function which will be called upon completion of the operation. If the operation succeeded, then the function will be called with `null`. If it failed, the function will be called with information about the error.
      */
     enter(data?: any, callback?: errorCallback): void;
@@ -2467,14 +2467,14 @@ declare namespace Types {
     /**
      * Updates the `data` payload for a presence member. If called before entering the presence set, this is treated as an {@link PresenceAction.ENTER} event.
      *
-     * @param data - The payload to update for the presence member.
+     * @param data - The data payload or {@link PresenceMessage} object to update for the presence member.
      * @param callback - A function which will be called upon completion of the operation. If the operation succeeded, then the function will be called with `null`. If it failed, the function will be called with information about the error.
      */
     update(data?: any, callback?: errorCallback): void;
     /**
      * Leaves the presence set for the channel. A client must have previously entered the presence set before they can leave it.
      *
-     * @param data - The payload associated with the presence member.
+     * @param data - The data payload or {@link PresenceMessage} associated with the presence member.
      * @param callback - A function which will be called upon completion of the operation. If the operation succeeded, then the function will be called with `null`. If it failed, the function will be called with information about the error.
      */
     leave(data?: any, callback?: errorCallback): void;
@@ -2488,7 +2488,7 @@ declare namespace Types {
      * Enters the presence set of the channel for a given `clientId`. Enables a single client to update presence on behalf of any number of clients using a single connection. The library must have been instantiated with an API key or a token bound to a wildcard `clientId`.
      *
      * @param clientId - The ID of the client to enter into the presence set.
-     * @param data - The payload associated with the presence member.
+     * @param data - The data payload or {@link PresenceMessage} associated with the presence member.
      * @param callback - A function which will be called upon completion of the operation. If the operation succeeded, then the function will be called with `null`. If it failed, the function will be called with information about the error.
      */
     enterClient(clientId: string, data?: any, callback?: errorCallback): void;
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ declare namespace Types {
      * Updates the `data` payload for a presence member using a given `clientId`. Enables a single client to update presence on behalf of any number of clients using a single connection. The library must have been instantiated with an API key or a token bound to a wildcard `clientId`.
      *
      * @param clientId - The ID of the client to update in the presence set.
-     * @param data - The payload to update for the presence member.
+     * @param data - The data payload or {@link PresenceMessage} object to update for the presence member.
      * @param callback - A function which will be called upon completion of the operation. If the operation succeeded, then the function will be called with `null`. If it failed, the function will be called with information about the error.
      */
     updateClient(clientId: string, data?: any, callback?: errorCallback): void;
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@ declare namespace Types {
      * Leaves the presence set of the channel for a given `clientId`. Enables a single client to update presence on behalf of any number of clients using a single connection. The library must have been instantiated with an API key or a token bound to a wildcard `clientId`.
      *
      * @param clientId - The ID of the client to leave the presence set for.
-     * @param data - The payload associated with the presence member.
+     * @param data - The data payload or {@link PresenceMessage} associated with the presence member.
      * @param callback - A function which will be called upon completion of the operation. If the operation succeeded, then the function will be called with `null`. If it failed, the function will be called with information about the error.
      */
     leaveClient(clientId: string, data?: any, callback?: errorCallback): void;
@@ -3208,6 +3208,10 @@ declare namespace Types {
      * This will typically be empty as all presence messages received from Ably are automatically decoded client-side using this value. However, if the message encoding cannot be processed, this attribute will contain the remaining transformations not applied to the data payload.
      */
     encoding: string;
+    /**
+     * A JSON object of arbitrary key-value pairs that may contain metadata, and/or ancillary payloads. Valid payloads include `headers`.
+     */
+    extras: any;
     /**
      * A unique ID assigned to each `PresenceMessage` by Ably.
      */
@@ -3236,6 +3240,14 @@ declare namespace Types {
      * @param channelOptions - A {@link ChannelOptions} object containing the cipher.
      */
     fromEncodedArray: (JsonArray: any[], channelOptions?: ChannelOptions) => PresenceMessage[];
+
+    /**
+     * Initialises a `PresenceMessage` from a `PresenceMessage`-like object.
+     *
+     * @param values - The values to intialise the `PresenceMessage` from.
+     * @param stringifyAction - Whether to convert the `action` field from a number to a string.
+     */
+    fromValues(values: PresenceMessage | Record<string, unknown>, stringifyAction?: boolean): PresenceMessage;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/common/lib/client/realtimepresence.ts b/src/common/lib/client/realtimepresence.ts
index 4cbc4148d5..8837e07f6f 100644
--- a/src/common/lib/client/realtimepresence.ts
+++ b/src/common/lib/client/realtimepresence.ts
@@ -153,10 +153,8 @@ class RealtimePresence extends Presence {
       'channel = ' + channel.name + ', id = ' + id + ', client = ' + (clientId || '(implicit) ' + getClientId(this))
     );
 
-    const presence = PresenceMessage.fromValues({
-      action: action,
-      data: data,
-    });
+    const presence = PresenceMessage.fromData(data);
+    presence.action = action;
     if (id) {
       presence.id = id;
     }
diff --git a/src/common/lib/types/presencemessage.ts b/src/common/lib/types/presencemessage.ts
index b258d7e3a9..593172acb2 100644
--- a/src/common/lib/types/presencemessage.ts
+++ b/src/common/lib/types/presencemessage.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class PresenceMessage {
   connectionId?: string;
   data?: string | Buffer | Uint8Array;
   encoding?: string;
+  extras?: any;
   size?: number;
 
   static Actions = ['absent', 'present', 'enter', 'leave', 'update'];
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ class PresenceMessage {
     action: number;
     data: string | Buffer | Uint8Array;
     encoding?: string;
+    extras?: any;
   } {
     /* encode data to base64 if present and we're returning real JSON;
      * although msgpack calls toJSON(), we know it is a stringify()
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ class PresenceMessage {
       action: toActionValue(this.action as string),
       data: data,
       encoding: encoding,
+      extras: this.extras,
     };
   }
 
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ class PresenceMessage {
         result += '; data (buffer)=' + Platform.BufferUtils.base64Encode(this.data);
       else result += '; data (json)=' + JSON.stringify(this.data);
     }
+    if (this.extras) {
+      result += '; extras=' + JSON.stringify(this.extras);
+    }
     result += ']';
     return result;
   }
@@ -155,6 +161,15 @@ class PresenceMessage {
     });
   }
 
+  static fromData(data: unknown): PresenceMessage {
+    if (data instanceof PresenceMessage) {
+      return data;
+    }
+    return PresenceMessage.fromValues({
+      data,
+    });
+  }
+
   static getMessagesSize = Message.getMessagesSize;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/realtime/presence.test.js b/test/realtime/presence.test.js
index 359ca588a4..6a7e911902 100644
--- a/test/realtime/presence.test.js
+++ b/test/realtime/presence.test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ define(['ably', 'shared_helper', 'async', 'chai'], function (Ably, helper, async
   var createPM = Ably.Realtime.ProtocolMessage.fromDeserialized;
   var closeAndFinish = helper.closeAndFinish;
   var monitorConnection = helper.monitorConnection;
+  var PresenceMessage = Ably.Realtime.PresenceMessage;
 
   function extractClientIds(presenceSet) {
     return utils
@@ -370,6 +371,43 @@ define(['ably', 'shared_helper', 'async', 'chai'], function (Ably, helper, async
       monitorConnection(done, clientRealtime);
     });
 
+    /*
+     * Attach to channel, enter presence channel with extras and check received
+     * PresenceMessage has extras.
+     */
+    it('presenceMessageExtras', function (done) {
+      var clientRealtime = helper.AblyRealtime({ clientId: testClientId, tokenDetails: authToken });
+      var channelName = 'presenceMessageExtras';
+      var clientChannel = clientRealtime.channels.get(channelName);
+      var presence = clientChannel.presence;
+      presence.subscribe(
+        function (presenceMessage) {
+          try {
+            expect(presenceMessage.extras).to.deep.equal(
+              { headers: { key: 'value' } },
+              'extras should have headers "key=value"'
+            );
+          } catch (err) {
+            closeAndFinish(done, clientRealtime, err);
+            return;
+          }
+          closeAndFinish(done, clientRealtime);
+        },
+        function onPresenceSubscribe(err) {
+          if (err) {
+            closeAndFinish(done, clientRealtime, err);
+            return;
+          }
+          clientChannel.presence.enter(
+            PresenceMessage.fromValues({
+              extras: { headers: { key: 'value' } },
+            })
+          );
+        }
+      );
+      monitorConnection(done, clientRealtime);
+    });
+
     /*
      * Enter presence channel (without attaching), detach, then enter again to reattach
      */