diff --git a/.changeset/identify-distinct-id-in-properties.md b/.changeset/identify-distinct-id-in-properties.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02fe5a475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/identify-distinct-id-in-properties.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"posthog": patch
+---
+
+Include `distinct_id` in `$identify` event properties for parity with the iOS SDK.
diff --git a/posthog/src/main/java/com/posthog/PostHog.kt b/posthog/src/main/java/com/posthog/PostHog.kt
index b74829757..b1d067199 100644
--- a/posthog/src/main/java/com/posthog/PostHog.kt
+++ b/posthog/src/main/java/com/posthog/PostHog.kt
@@ -1319,6 +1319,7 @@ public class PostHog private constructor(
 
         val props = mutableMapOf<String, Any>()
         props["alias"] = alias
+        props["distinct_id"] = distinctId
 
         capture(PostHogEventName.CREATE_ALIAS.event, properties = props)
     }
@@ -1459,6 +1460,7 @@ public class PostHog private constructor(
         if (shouldIdentify || shouldTransitionToIdentified) config.notifyIntegrationsChanged()
 
         if (shouldIdentify) {
+            props["distinct_id"] = distinctId
             capture(
                 PostHogEventName.IDENTIFY.event,
                 distinctId = distinctId,
diff --git a/posthog/src/test/java/com/posthog/PostHogTest.kt b/posthog/src/test/java/com/posthog/PostHogTest.kt
index 90f52559e..bdba41717 100644
--- a/posthog/src/test/java/com/posthog/PostHogTest.kt
+++ b/posthog/src/test/java/com/posthog/PostHogTest.kt
@@ -1702,6 +1702,7 @@ internal class PostHogTest {
         val theEvent = batch.batch.first()
         assertEquals("\$identify", theEvent.event)
         assertEquals(DISTINCT_ID, theEvent.distinctId)
+        assertEquals(DISTINCT_ID, theEvent.properties!!["distinct_id"] as String)
         assertNotNull(theEvent.properties!!["\$anon_distinct_id"])
         assertEquals(userProps, theEvent.properties!!["\$set"])
         assertEquals(userPropsOnce, theEvent.properties!!["\$set_once"])