diff --git a/packages/messaging/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/messaging/ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingSerializer.java b/packages/messaging/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/messaging/ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingSerializer.java
index 6f7213c0e0..e3a2f23465 100644
--- a/packages/messaging/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/messaging/ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingSerializer.java
+++ b/packages/messaging/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/messaging/ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingSerializer.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public class ReactNativeFirebaseMessagingSerializer {
   private static final String KEY_ERROR = "error";
   private static final String KEY_TO = "to";
   private static final String KEY_TTL = "ttl";
+  private static final String KEY_PRIORITY = "priority";
+  private static final String KEY_ORIGINAL_PRIORITY = "originalPriority";
   private static final String EVENT_MESSAGE_SENT = "messaging_message_sent";
   private static final String EVENT_MESSAGES_DELETED = "messaging_message_deleted";
   private static final String EVENT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED = "messaging_message_received";
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ static WritableMap remoteMessageToWritableMap(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) {
     messageMap.putMap(KEY_DATA, dataMap);
     messageMap.putDouble(KEY_TTL, remoteMessage.getTtl());
     messageMap.putDouble(KEY_SENT_TIME, remoteMessage.getSentTime());
+    messageMap.putInt(KEY_PRIORITY, remoteMessage.getPriority());
+    messageMap.putInt(KEY_ORIGINAL_PRIORITY, remoteMessage.getOriginalPriority());
 
     if (remoteMessage.getNotification() != null) {
       messageMap.putMap(
diff --git a/packages/messaging/lib/index.d.ts b/packages/messaging/lib/index.d.ts
index 7d526ac7be..663c084b7b 100644
--- a/packages/messaging/lib/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/messaging/lib/index.d.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,46 @@ export namespace FirebaseMessagingTypes {
      * Options for features provided by the FCM SDK for Web.
      */
     fcmOptions: FcmOptions;
+
+    /**
+     * Priority - android-specific, undefined on non-android platforms, default PRIORITY_UNKNOWN
+     */
+    priority?: MessagePriority;
+
+    /**
+     * Original priority - android-specific, undefined on non-android platforms, default PRIORITY_UNKNOWN
+     */
+    originalPriority?: MessagePriority;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Represents the priority of a RemoteMessage
+   *
+   * Note: this is an android-specific property of RemoteMessages
+   *
+   * See https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/blob/b6d01070d246b74f02c42da5691f99f52763e48b/firebase-messaging/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/messaging/RemoteMessage.java#L57-L64
+   *
+   * Example:
+   *
+   * ```js
+   * firebase.messaging.MessagePriority.PRIORITY_NORMAL;
+   * ```
+   */
+  export enum MessagePriority {
+    /**
+     * Unknown priority, this will be returned as the default on non-android platforms
+     */
+    PRIORITY_UNKNOWN = 0,
+
+    /**
+     * High priority - Activities may start foreground services if they receive high priority messages
+     */
+    PRIORITY_HIGH = 1,
+
+    /**
+     * Normal priority - Activities have restrictions and may only perform unobtrusive actions on receipt
+     */
+    PRIORITY_NORMAL = 2,
   }
 
   /**