diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/RecordingIndicator.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/RecordingIndicator.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2e8f78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/RecordingIndicator.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { useRoomContext } from '@livekit/components-react'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { RoomEvent } from 'livekit-client'
+
+export const RecordingIndicator = () => {
+  const room = useRoomContext()
+  const [isRecording, setIsRecording] = useState(room.isRecording)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleRecordingStatusChanges = (isRecording: boolean) => {
+      setIsRecording(isRecording)
+    }
+    room.on(RoomEvent.RecordingStatusChanged, handleRecordingStatusChanges)
+    return () => {
+      room.off(RoomEvent.RecordingStatusChanged, handleRecordingStatusChanges)
+    }
+  }, [room])
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      style={{
+        display: 'flex',
+        justifyContent: 'center',
+        alignItems: 'center',
+        flexDirection: 'column',
+        width: '100%',
+      }}
+    >
+      Room is recording: {isRecording ? 'yes' : 'no'}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
index 5504a370..99b6ffa0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { participantsStore } from '@/stores/participants'
 import { FocusLayout } from '../components/FocusLayout'
 import { ParticipantTile } from '../components/ParticipantTile'
 import { MainNotificationToast } from '@/features/notifications/MainNotificationToast'
+import { RecordingIndicator } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/RecordingIndicator.tsx'
 
 const LayoutWrapper = styled(
   'div',
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ export function VideoConference({
           onWidgetChange={widgetUpdate}
         >
           <div className="lk-video-conference-inner">
+            <RecordingIndicator />
             <LayoutWrapper>
               <div
                 style={{ display: 'flex', position: 'relative', width: '100%' }}