diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
index 1e0bf71c2..fb663594a 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#pragma warning disable CS1591
+#pragma warning disable CS1591
+using Discord.WebSocket;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
@@ -17,5 +18,7 @@ namespace Discord.API.Gateway
         public Optional<int[]> ShardingParams { get; set; }
         [JsonProperty("guild_subscriptions")]
         public Optional<bool> GuildSubscriptions { get; set; }
+        [JsonProperty("presence")]
+        public Optional<StatusUpdateParams> Presence { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/ConnectionManager.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/ConnectionManager.cs
index 8c9c743cb..c0a7f173c 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/ConnectionManager.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/ConnectionManager.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Discord.Net;
+using Discord.WebSocket;
 
 namespace Discord
 {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Discord
             });
         }
 
-        public virtual async Task StartAsync()
+        public virtual async Task StartAsync(SocketPresence? presence = null)
         {
             await AcquireConnectionLock().ConfigureAwait(false);
             var reconnectCancelToken = new CancellationTokenSource();
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
index 9313f0711..4d9221241 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ namespace Discord.API
             await _sentGatewayMessageEvent.InvokeAsync(opCode).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
-        public async Task SendIdentifyAsync(int largeThreshold = 100, int shardID = 0, int totalShards = 1, bool guildSubscriptions = true, RequestOptions options = null)
+        public async Task SendIdentifyAsync(int largeThreshold = 100, int shardID = 0, int totalShards = 1, bool guildSubscriptions = true, Optional<StatusUpdateParams> presence = default, RequestOptions options = null)
         {
             options = RequestOptions.CreateOrClone(options);
             var props = new Dictionary<string, string>
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ namespace Discord.API
                 Token = AuthToken,
                 Properties = props,
                 LargeThreshold = largeThreshold,
-                GuildSubscriptions = guildSubscriptions
+                GuildSubscriptions = guildSubscriptions,
+                Presence = presence
             };
             if (totalShards > 1)
                 msg.ShardingParams = new int[] { shardID, totalShards };
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
index ed142d001..2dc7ee18c 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
@@ -221,6 +221,25 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override async Task StartAsync()
             => await _connection.StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public async Task StartAsync(UserStatus status, string name = null, string streamUrl = null, ActivityType type = ActivityType.Playing)
+        {
+            Status = status;
+            if (status == UserStatus.AFK)
+                _statusSince = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+            else
+                _statusSince = null;
+            if (name != null)
+            {
+                if (streamUrl != null)
+                    Activity = new StreamingGame(name, streamUrl);
+                else
+                    Activity = new Game(name, type);
+            }
+            await StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override async Task StopAsync()
             => await _connection.StopAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -242,14 +261,27 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
                 else
                 {
                     await _gatewayLogger.DebugAsync("Identifying").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    await ApiClient.SendIdentifyAsync(shardID: ShardId, totalShards: TotalShards, guildSubscriptions: _guildSubscriptions).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    if (Activity is RichGame)
+                        throw new NotSupportedException("Outgoing Rich Presences are not supported via WebSocket.");
+                    await ApiClient.SendIdentifyAsync(shardID: ShardId, totalShards: TotalShards, guildSubscriptions: _guildSubscriptions, presence: new StatusUpdateParams
+                    {
+                        Game = Activity == null ? null : new GameModel
+                        {
+                            Name = Activity.Name,
+                            Type = Activity.Type,
+                            StreamUrl = Activity is StreamingGame sg ? sg.Url : null,
+                        },
+                        Status = Status,
+                        IsAFK = Status == UserStatus.AFK,
+                        IdleSince = _statusSince != null ? _statusSince.Value.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds() : (long?)null
+                    }).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
 
                 //Wait for READY
                 await _connection.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                await _gatewayLogger.DebugAsync("Sending Status").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                await SendStatusAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                /*await _gatewayLogger.DebugAsync("Sending Status").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await SendStatusAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);*/
             }
             finally
             {