diff --git a/src/@types/handshake-interface.ts b/src/@types/handshake-interface.ts
index 9bd7240..a8de48b 100644
--- a/src/@types/handshake-interface.ts
+++ b/src/@types/handshake-interface.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import PeerId from "peer-id";
 export interface IHandshake {
   session: NoiseSession;
   remotePeer: PeerId;
+  earlyData: Uint8Array;
   encrypt(plaintext: bytes, session: NoiseSession): bytes;
   decrypt(ciphertext: bytes, session: NoiseSession): {plaintext: bytes; valid: boolean};
 }
diff --git a/src/handshake-ik.ts b/src/handshake-ik.ts
index 983cf2e..d2675a1 100644
--- a/src/handshake-ik.ts
+++ b/src/handshake-ik.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class IKHandshake implements IHandshake {
   public isInitiator: boolean;
   public session: NoiseSession;
   public remotePeer!: PeerId;
+  public earlyData: Uint8Array;
 
   private payload: bytes;
   private prologue: bytes32;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export class IKHandshake implements IHandshake {
     }
     this.ik = handshake || new IK();
     this.session = this.ik.initSession(this.isInitiator, this.prologue, this.staticKeypair, remoteStaticKey);
+    this.earlyData = Buffer.alloc(0)
   }
 
   public async stage0(): Promise<void> {
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ export class IKHandshake implements IHandshake {
         const decodedPayload = await decodePayload(plaintext);
         this.remotePeer = this.remotePeer || await getPeerIdFromPayload(decodedPayload);
         await verifySignedPayload(this.session.hs.rs, decodedPayload, this.remotePeer);
+        this.setEarlyData(decodedPayload.data);
         logger("IK Stage 0 - Responder successfully verified payload!");
       } catch (e) {
         logger("Responder breaking up with IK handshake in stage 0.");
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ export class IKHandshake implements IHandshake {
         const decodedPayload = await decodePayload(plaintext);
         this.remotePeer = this.remotePeer || await getPeerIdFromPayload(decodedPayload);
         await verifySignedPayload(receivedMessageBuffer.ns.slice(0, 32), decodedPayload, this.remotePeer);
+        this.setEarlyData(decodedPayload.data);
         logger("IK Stage 1 - Initiator successfully verified payload!");
       } catch (e) {
         logger("Initiator breaking up with IK handshake in stage 1.");
@@ -128,4 +132,10 @@ export class IKHandshake implements IHandshake {
       return encryption ? session.cs2 : session.cs1;
     }
   }
+
+  private setEarlyData(data: Uint8Array|null|undefined): void {
+    if(data){
+      this.earlyData = data;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/handshake-xx-fallback.ts b/src/handshake-xx-fallback.ts
index 6217bc5..9b29e2b 100644
--- a/src/handshake-xx-fallback.ts
+++ b/src/handshake-xx-fallback.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export class XXFallbackHandshake extends XXHandshake {
         const decodedPayload = await decodePayload(plaintext);
         this.remotePeer = this.remotePeer || await getPeerIdFromPayload(decodedPayload);
         await verifySignedPayload(this.session.hs.rs, decodedPayload, this.remotePeer);
+        if(decodedPayload.data){
+          this.earlyData = decodedPayload.data;
+        }
       } catch (e) {
         throw new Error(`Error occurred while verifying signed payload from responder: ${e.message}`);
       }
diff --git a/src/handshake-xx.ts b/src/handshake-xx.ts
index 41360e5..44baa1f 100644
--- a/src/handshake-xx.ts
+++ b/src/handshake-xx.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export class XXHandshake implements IHandshake {
   public isInitiator: boolean;
   public session: NoiseSession;
   public remotePeer!: PeerId;
+  public earlyData: Uint8Array;
 
   protected payload: bytes;
   protected connection: WrappedConnection;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ export class XXHandshake implements IHandshake {
     }
     this.xx = handshake || new XX();
     this.session = this.xx.initSession(this.isInitiator, this.prologue, this.staticKeypair);
+    this.earlyData = Buffer.alloc(0)
   }
 
   // stage 0
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ export class XXHandshake implements IHandshake {
         const decodedPayload = await decodePayload(plaintext);
         this.remotePeer = this.remotePeer || await getPeerIdFromPayload(decodedPayload);
         this.remotePeer = await verifySignedPayload(receivedMessageBuffer.ns, decodedPayload, this.remotePeer);
+        this.setEarlyData(decodedPayload.data)
       } catch (e) {
         throw new Error(`Error occurred while verifying signed payload: ${e.message}`);
       }
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ export class XXHandshake implements IHandshake {
         const decodedPayload = await decodePayload(plaintext);
         this.remotePeer = this.remotePeer || await getPeerIdFromPayload(decodedPayload);
         await verifySignedPayload(this.session.hs.rs, decodedPayload, this.remotePeer);
+        this.setEarlyData(decodedPayload.data)
       } catch (e) {
         throw new Error(`Error occurred while verifying signed payload: ${e.message}`);
       }
@@ -146,4 +150,10 @@ export class XXHandshake implements IHandshake {
       return encryption ? session.cs2 : session.cs1;
     }
   }
+
+  private setEarlyData(data: Uint8Array|null|undefined): void {
+    if(data){
+      this.earlyData = data
+    }
+  }
 }