diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 481b3cbb5..b7796cf6a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Changes from ns-3.39 to ns-3-dev
 * (energy) Support for battery presets and cell packs.
 * (energy) Documentation was updated and reformatted.
 * (lr-wpan) Removed unnecessary bcst filter from `LrWpanMac::PdDataIndication` which also blocked the correct reception of beacon request commands.
-* (lr-wpan) Add the functions to set or get the capability field via bitmap (a 8 bit int).
+* (lr-wpan) Added the functions to set or get the capability field via bitmap (a 8 bit int).
+* (lr-wpan) Added the possibility to obtain the LQI from a received `MlmeAssociateIndicationParams`.
 
 ### Changes to build system
 
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 239ccf26e..7e9586cc8 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ requirements (Note: not all ns-3 features are available on all systems):
 - (wifi) Added support for 802.11be TID-to-Link Mapping
 - (energy) - !1329 - Extensions to battery discharge module
 - (lr-wpan) - !1604 - Add CapabilityField bitmap functions
+- (lr-wpan) - !1645 - Add LQI to MlmeAssociateIndicationParams
 
 ### Bugs fixed
 
diff --git a/src/lr-wpan/model/lr-wpan-mac.cc b/src/lr-wpan/model/lr-wpan-mac.cc
index 439a7abc7..e7ac24e7b 100644
--- a/src/lr-wpan/model/lr-wpan-mac.cc
+++ b/src/lr-wpan/model/lr-wpan-mac.cc
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ LrWpanMac::LrWpanMac()
     m_numCsmacaRetry = 0;
     m_txPkt = nullptr;
     m_rxPkt = nullptr;
+    m_lastRxFrameLqi = 0;
     m_ifs = 0;
 
     m_macLIFSPeriod = 40;
@@ -2093,9 +2094,10 @@ LrWpanMac::PdDataIndication(uint32_t psduLength, Ptr<Packet> p, uint8_t lqi)
                     m_setMacState.Cancel();
                     ChangeMacState(MAC_IDLE);
 
-                    // save received packet to process the appropriate indication/response after
-                    // sending ACK (PD-DATA.confirm)
+                    // save received packet and LQI to process the appropriate indication/response
+                    // after sending ACK (PD-DATA.confirm)
                     m_rxPkt = originalPkt->Copy();
+                    m_lastRxFrameLqi = lqi;
 
                     // LOG Commands with ACK required.
                     CommandPayloadHeader receivedMacPayload;
@@ -3176,9 +3178,13 @@ LrWpanMac::PdDataConfirm(LrWpanPhyEnumeration status)
                 {
                     if (!m_mlmeAssociateIndicationCallback.IsNull())
                     {
+                        // NOTE: The LQI parameter is not part of the standard but found
+                        // in some implementations as is required for higher layers (See Zboss
+                        // implementation).
                         MlmeAssociateIndicationParams associateParams;
                         associateParams.capabilityInfo = receivedMacPayload.GetCapabilityField();
                         associateParams.m_extDevAddr = receivedMacHdr.GetExtSrcAddr();
+                        associateParams.lqi = m_lastRxFrameLqi;
                         m_mlmeAssociateIndicationCallback(associateParams);
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/lr-wpan/model/lr-wpan-mac.h b/src/lr-wpan/model/lr-wpan-mac.h
index 7e4d3a90b..0f0b11152 100644
--- a/src/lr-wpan/model/lr-wpan-mac.h
+++ b/src/lr-wpan/model/lr-wpan-mac.h
@@ -447,9 +447,11 @@ struct McpsDataIndicationParams
  */
 struct MlmeAssociateIndicationParams
 {
-    Mac64Address m_extDevAddr; //!< The extended address of the device requesting association
-    CapabilityField
-        capabilityInfo; //!< The operational capabilities of the device requesting association.
+    Mac64Address m_extDevAddr;      //!< The extended address of the device requesting association
+    CapabilityField capabilityInfo; //!< The operational capabilities of
+                                    //!< the device requesting association.
+    u_int8_t lqi{0}; //!< The link quality indicator of the received associate request command
+                     //!< (Not officially supported in the standard but found in implementations)
 };
 
 /**
@@ -2218,6 +2220,11 @@ class LrWpanMac : public Object
      */
     uint8_t m_numCsmacaRetry;
 
+    /**
+     * Keep track of the last received frame Link Quality Indicator
+     */
+    uint8_t m_lastRxFrameLqi;
+
     /**
      * Scheduler event for the ACK timeout of the currently transmitted data
      * packet.