diff --git a/waku/nwaku.go b/waku/nwaku.go
index dc77de5..689bd92 100644
--- a/waku/nwaku.go
+++ b/waku/nwaku.go
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ import (
 const requestTimeout = 30 * time.Second
 const MsgChanBufferSize = 100
 const TopicHealthChanBufferSize = 100
+const ConnectionChangeChanBufferSize = 100
 
 type WakuConfig struct {
 	Host                        string           `json:"host,omitempty"`
@@ -430,11 +431,12 @@ func GoCallback(ret C.int, msg *C.char, len C.size_t, resp unsafe.Pointer) {
 
 // WakuNode represents an instance of an nwaku node
 type WakuNode struct {
-	wakuCtx         unsafe.Pointer
-	config          *WakuConfig
-	logger          *zap.Logger
-	MsgChan         chan common.Envelope
-	TopicHealthChan chan topicHealth
+	wakuCtx              unsafe.Pointer
+	config               *WakuConfig
+	logger               *zap.Logger
+	MsgChan              chan common.Envelope
+	TopicHealthChan      chan topicHealth
+	ConnectionChangeChan chan connectionChange
 }
 
 func NewWakuNode(config *WakuConfig, logger *zap.Logger) (*WakuNode, error) {
@@ -469,6 +471,7 @@ func NewWakuNode(config *WakuConfig, logger *zap.Logger) (*WakuNode, error) {
 
 	n.MsgChan = make(chan common.Envelope, MsgChanBufferSize)
 	n.TopicHealthChan = make(chan topicHealth, TopicHealthChanBufferSize)
+	n.ConnectionChangeChan = make(chan connectionChange, ConnectionChangeChanBufferSize)
 
 	// Notice that the events for self node are handled by the 'MyEventCallback' method
 	C.cGoWakuSetEventCallback(n.wakuCtx)
@@ -526,6 +529,11 @@ type topicHealth struct {
 	TopicHealth string `json:"topicHealth"`
 }
 
+type connectionChange struct {
+	PeerId    peer.ID `json:"peerId"`
+	PeerEvent string  `json:"peerEvent"`
+}
+
 func (n *WakuNode) OnEvent(eventStr string) {
 	jsonEvent := jsonEvent{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(eventStr), &jsonEvent)
@@ -539,6 +547,8 @@ func (n *WakuNode) OnEvent(eventStr string) {
 		n.parseMessageEvent(eventStr)
 	case "relay_topic_health_change":
 		n.parseTopicHealthChangeEvent(eventStr)
+	case "connection_change":
+		n.parseConnectionChangeEvent(eventStr)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -560,6 +570,16 @@ func (n *WakuNode) parseTopicHealthChangeEvent(eventStr string) {
 	n.TopicHealthChan <- topicHealth
 }
 
+func (n *WakuNode) parseConnectionChangeEvent(eventStr string) {
+
+	connectionChange := connectionChange{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(eventStr), &connectionChange)
+	if err != nil {
+		n.logger.Error("could not parse connection change", zap.Error(err))
+	}
+	n.ConnectionChangeChan <- connectionChange
+}
+
 func (n *WakuNode) GetNumConnectedRelayPeers(optPubsubTopic ...string) (int, error) {
 	var pubsubTopic string
 	if len(optPubsubTopic) == 0 {
diff --git a/waku/nwaku_test.go b/waku/nwaku_test.go
index d0975e1..65e7c9b 100644
--- a/waku/nwaku_test.go
+++ b/waku/nwaku_test.go
@@ -553,3 +553,89 @@ func TestTopicHealth(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, node2.Stop())
 
 }
+
+func TestConnectionChange(t *testing.T) {
+	logger, err := zap.NewDevelopment()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	clusterId := uint16(16)
+	shardId := uint16(64)
+
+	// start node1
+	wakuConfig1 := WakuConfig{
+		Relay:           true,
+		LogLevel:        "DEBUG",
+		Discv5Discovery: false,
+		ClusterID:       clusterId,
+		Shards:          []uint16{shardId},
+		Discv5UdpPort:   9060,
+		TcpPort:         60060,
+	}
+
+	node1, err := New(&wakuConfig1, logger.Named("node1"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, node1.Start())
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+
+	// start node2
+	wakuConfig2 := WakuConfig{
+		Relay:           true,
+		LogLevel:        "DEBUG",
+		Discv5Discovery: false,
+		ClusterID:       clusterId,
+		Shards:          []uint16{shardId},
+		Discv5UdpPort:   9061,
+		TcpPort:         60061,
+	}
+	node2, err := New(&wakuConfig2, logger.Named("node2"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, node2.Start())
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	multiaddr2, err := node2.ListenAddresses()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, multiaddr2)
+
+	// node1 dials node2 so they become peers
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), requestTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	err = node1.DialPeer(ctx, multiaddr2[0])
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	// Check that both nodes now have one connected peer
+	peerCount1, err := node1.PeerCount()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, peerCount1 == 1, "node1 should have 1 peer")
+	peerCount2, err := node2.PeerCount()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, peerCount2 == 1, "node2 should have 1 peer")
+
+	peerId1, err := node1.node.PeerID()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Wait to receive connectionChange event
+	select {
+	case connectionChange := <-node2.node.ConnectionChangeChan:
+		require.NotNil(t, connectionChange, "connectionChange should be updated")
+		require.Equal(t, connectionChange.PeerEvent, "Joined", "connectionChange Joined event should be emitted")
+		require.Equal(t, connectionChange.PeerId, peerId1, "connectionChange event should contain node 1's peerId")
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Timeout: No connectionChange event received within 10 seconds")
+	}
+
+	// Disconnect from node1
+	err = node2.node.DisconnectPeerByID(peerId1)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Wait to receive connectionChange event
+	select {
+	case connectionChange := <-node2.node.ConnectionChangeChan:
+		require.NotNil(t, connectionChange, "connectionChange should be updated")
+		require.Equal(t, connectionChange.PeerEvent, "Left", "connectionChange Left event should be emitted")
+		require.Equal(t, connectionChange.PeerId, peerId1, "connectionChange event should contain node 1's peerId")
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Timeout: No connectionChange event received within 10 seconds")
+	}
+
+	// Stop nodes
+	require.NoError(t, node1.Stop())
+	require.NoError(t, node2.Stop())
+}