diff --git a/src/room/Room.ts b/src/room/Room.ts
index 77cf22f972..5b1db655f2 100644
--- a/src/room/Room.ts
+++ b/src/room/Room.ts
@@ -1862,6 +1862,11 @@ class Room extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<RoomEventCallbacks>)
     if (info) {
       participant.updateInfo(info);
     }
+    // in order to keep backwards compatibility, manually trigger a attributes changed event after creating the participant
+    if (Object.keys(info.attributes).length > 0) {
+      participant.emit(ParticipantEvent.AttributesChanged, info.attributes);
+    }
+
     return participant;
   }