diff --git a/protos/SignalService.proto b/protos/SignalService.proto
index 7527f6b54..d94cbdfc5 100644
--- a/protos/SignalService.proto
+++ b/protos/SignalService.proto
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ message Unsend {
 
 message MessageRequestResponse {
   // @required
-  required bool isApproved = 1;
+  required bool                      isApproved                = 1;
+  optional bytes                     profileKey                = 2;
+  optional DataMessage.LokiProfile   profile                   = 3;
 }
 
 message Content {
diff --git a/ts/models/conversation.ts b/ts/models/conversation.ts
index fd2fe7f21..96eddfe49 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversation.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversation.ts
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
 
     const messageRequestResponseParams: MessageRequestResponseParams = {
       timestamp,
-      // lokiProfile: UserUtils.getOurProfile(), // we can't curently include our profile in that response
+      lokiProfile: UserUtils.getOurProfile(),
     };
 
     const messageRequestResponse = new MessageRequestResponse(messageRequestResponseParams);
diff --git a/ts/receiver/contentMessage.ts b/ts/receiver/contentMessage.ts
index 110a807c4..a61bc8eaa 100644
--- a/ts/receiver/contentMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/receiver/contentMessage.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 } from '../interactions/conversations/unsendingInteractions';
 import { ConversationTypeEnum } from '../models/conversationAttributes';
 import { findCachedBlindedMatchOrLookupOnAllServers } from '../session/apis/open_group_api/sogsv3/knownBlindedkeys';
+import { appendFetchAvatarAndProfileJob } from './userProfileImageUpdates';
 
 export async function handleSwarmContentMessage(envelope: EnvelopePlus, messageHash: string) {
   try {
@@ -604,6 +605,11 @@ async function handleMessageRequestResponse(
   messageRequestResponse: SignalService.MessageRequestResponse
 ) {
   const { isApproved } = messageRequestResponse;
+  if (!isApproved) {
+    window?.log?.error('handleMessageRequestResponse: isApproved is false -- dropping message.');
+    await removeFromCache(envelope);
+    return;
+  }
   if (!messageRequestResponse) {
     window?.log?.error('handleMessageRequestResponse: Invalid parameters -- dropping message.');
     await removeFromCache(envelope);
@@ -674,6 +680,14 @@ async function handleMessageRequestResponse(
     }
   }
 
+  if (messageRequestResponse.profile && !isEmpty(messageRequestResponse.profile)) {
+    void appendFetchAvatarAndProfileJob(
+      conversationToApprove,
+      messageRequestResponse.profile,
+      messageRequestResponse.profileKey
+    );
+  }
+
   if (!conversationToApprove || conversationToApprove.didApproveMe() === isApproved) {
     if (conversationToApprove) {
       await conversationToApprove.commit();
diff --git a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/controlMessage/MessageRequestResponse.ts b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/controlMessage/MessageRequestResponse.ts
index 95bde6a94..60d6e13a5 100644
--- a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/controlMessage/MessageRequestResponse.ts
+++ b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/controlMessage/MessageRequestResponse.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,47 @@
+import ByteBuffer from 'bytebuffer';
+import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import { SignalService } from '../../../../protobuf';
+import { LokiProfile } from '../../../../types/Message';
 import { ContentMessage } from '../ContentMessage';
 import { MessageParams } from '../Message';
 
 // tslint:disable-next-line: no-empty-interface
-export interface MessageRequestResponseParams extends MessageParams {}
+export interface MessageRequestResponseParams extends MessageParams {
+  lokiProfile?: LokiProfile;
+}
 
 export class MessageRequestResponse extends ContentMessage {
   // we actually send a response only if it is an accept
   // private readonly isApproved: boolean;
+  private readonly profileKey?: Uint8Array;
+  private readonly displayName?: string;
+  private readonly avatarPointer?: string;
 
   constructor(params: MessageRequestResponseParams) {
     super({
       timestamp: params.timestamp,
     } as MessageRequestResponseParams);
+
+    if (params.lokiProfile && params.lokiProfile.profileKey) {
+      if (
+        params.lokiProfile.profileKey instanceof Uint8Array ||
+        (params.lokiProfile.profileKey as any) instanceof ByteBuffer
+      ) {
+        this.profileKey = new Uint8Array(params.lokiProfile.profileKey);
+      } else {
+        this.profileKey = new Uint8Array(
+          ByteBuffer.wrap(params.lokiProfile.profileKey).toArrayBuffer()
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.displayName = params.lokiProfile && params.lokiProfile.displayName;
+
+    // no need to iclude the avatarPointer if there is no profileKey associated with it.
+    this.avatarPointer =
+      params.lokiProfile?.avatarPointer && !isEmpty(this.profileKey)
+        ? params.lokiProfile.avatarPointer
+        : undefined;
   }
 
   public contentProto(): SignalService.Content {
@@ -22,8 +51,27 @@ export class MessageRequestResponse extends ContentMessage {
   }
 
   public messageRequestResponseProto(): SignalService.MessageRequestResponse {
+    let profileKey: Uint8Array | undefined;
+    let profile: SignalService.DataMessage.LokiProfile | undefined;
+    if (this.avatarPointer || this.displayName) {
+      profile = new SignalService.DataMessage.LokiProfile();
+
+      if (this.avatarPointer) {
+        profile.profilePicture = this.avatarPointer;
+      }
+
+      if (this.displayName) {
+        profile.displayName = this.displayName;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (this.profileKey && this.profileKey.length) {
+      profileKey = this.profileKey;
+    }
     return new SignalService.MessageRequestResponse({
       isApproved: true,
+      profileKey,
+      profile,
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/visibleMessage/VisibleMessage.ts b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/visibleMessage/VisibleMessage.ts
index c5fe43d0c..166e6804b 100644
--- a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/visibleMessage/VisibleMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/visibleMessage/VisibleMessage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import ByteBuffer from 'bytebuffer';
+import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import { DataMessage } from '..';
 import { SignalService } from '../../../../protobuf';
 import { LokiProfile } from '../../../../types/Message';
@@ -108,7 +109,12 @@ export class VisibleMessage extends DataMessage {
     }
 
     this.displayName = params.lokiProfile && params.lokiProfile.displayName;
-    this.avatarPointer = params.lokiProfile && params.lokiProfile.avatarPointer;
+    // no need to iclude the avatarPointer if there is no profileKey associated with it.
+    this.avatarPointer =
+      params.lokiProfile?.avatarPointer && !isEmpty(this.profileKey)
+        ? params.lokiProfile.avatarPointer
+        : undefined;
+
     this.preview = params.preview;
     this.reaction = params.reaction;
     this.syncTarget = params.syncTarget;
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ export class VisibleMessage extends DataMessage {
       }
       dataMessage.profile = profile;
     }
+
     if (this.profileKey && this.profileKey.length) {
       dataMessage.profileKey = this.profileKey;
     }