diff --git a/packages/client/src/events/__tests__/participant.test.ts b/packages/client/src/events/__tests__/participant.test.ts
index 59340b9d7c..7b4d5a8c70 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/events/__tests__/participant.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/events/__tests__/participant.test.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,47 @@ describe('Participant events', () => {
 
       expect(state.participants).toEqual([]);
     });
+
+    it('sets a server-side pin when isPinned is true', () => {
+      const state = new CallState();
+      state.setSortParticipantsBy(noopComparator());
+
+      const onParticipantJoined = watchParticipantJoined(state);
+      const now = Date.now();
+
+      onParticipantJoined({
+        // @ts-expect-error incomplete data
+        participant: {
+          userId: 'user-id',
+          sessionId: 'session-id',
+        },
+        isPinned: true,
+      });
+
+      const participant = state.findParticipantBySessionId('session-id');
+      expect(participant?.pin).toBeDefined();
+      expect(participant?.pin?.isLocalPin).toBe(false);
+      expect(participant?.pin?.pinnedAt).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(now);
+    });
+
+    it('does not set a pin when isPinned is false', () => {
+      const state = new CallState();
+      state.setSortParticipantsBy(noopComparator());
+
+      const onParticipantJoined = watchParticipantJoined(state);
+
+      onParticipantJoined({
+        // @ts-expect-error incomplete data
+        participant: {
+          userId: 'user-id',
+          sessionId: 'session-id',
+        },
+        isPinned: false,
+      });
+
+      const participant = state.findParticipantBySessionId('session-id');
+      expect(participant?.pin).toBeUndefined();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('orphaned tracks reconciliation', () => {
diff --git a/packages/client/src/events/participant.ts b/packages/client/src/events/participant.ts
index a9725deca3..b927446fec 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/events/participant.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/events/participant.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export const watchParticipantJoined = (state: CallState) => {
         StreamVideoParticipantPatch | undefined,
         Partial<StreamVideoParticipant>
       >(participant, orphanedTracks, {
+        ...(e.isPinned && { pin: { isLocalPin: false, pinnedAt: Date.now() } }),
         viewportVisibilityState: {
           videoTrack: VisibilityState.UNKNOWN,
           screenShareTrack: VisibilityState.UNKNOWN,
diff --git a/packages/client/src/gen/video/sfu/event/events.ts b/packages/client/src/gen/video/sfu/event/events.ts
index 12d102d5cd..4e45616d88 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/gen/video/sfu/event/events.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/gen/video/sfu/event/events.ts
@@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ export interface ParticipantJoined {
    * @generated from protobuf field: stream.video.sfu.models.Participant participant = 2;
    */
   participant?: Participant;
+  /**
+   * @generated from protobuf field: bool is_pinned = 3;
+   */
+  isPinned: boolean;
 }
 /**
  * ParticipantJoined is fired when a user leaves a call
@@ -1557,6 +1561,7 @@ class ParticipantJoined$Type extends MessageType<ParticipantJoined> {
     super('stream.video.sfu.event.ParticipantJoined', [
       { no: 1, name: 'call_cid', kind: 'scalar', T: 9 /*ScalarType.STRING*/ },
       { no: 2, name: 'participant', kind: 'message', T: () => Participant },
+      { no: 3, name: 'is_pinned', kind: 'scalar', T: 8 /*ScalarType.BOOL*/ },
     ]);
   }
 }