diff --git a/libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/encryption/EncryptionService.kt b/libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/encryption/EncryptionService.kt
index 333cfb709b..f82cdc1969 100644
--- a/libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/encryption/EncryptionService.kt
+++ b/libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/encryption/EncryptionService.kt
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ interface EncryptionService {
     suspend fun enableBackups(): Result<Unit>
 
     /**
-     * Enable recovery. Observe enableProgressStateFlow to get progress and recovery key.
+     * Enable recovery and return the SDK-generated recovery key on success.
+     * Observe [enableRecoveryProgressStateFlow] for in-progress UI updates.
+     *
+     * @param waitForBackupsToUpload when true, suspends until existing room keys finish uploading.
+     * @param passphrase optional user-supplied passphrase. When set, the SDK derives the
+     *   secret-storage key from it instead of a random base58 key; the passphrase can later be
+     *   passed to [recover], and the returned base58 key should not be surfaced to the user.
      */
-    suspend fun enableRecovery(waitForBackupsToUpload: Boolean): Result<Unit>
+    suspend fun enableRecovery(waitForBackupsToUpload: Boolean, passphrase: String? = null): Result<String>
 
     /**
      * Change the recovery and return the new recovery key.
diff --git a/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/encryption/RustEncryptionService.kt b/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/encryption/RustEncryptionService.kt
index f67b7cb7e1..74f235f9f8 100644
--- a/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/encryption/RustEncryptionService.kt
+++ b/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/encryption/RustEncryptionService.kt
@@ -131,19 +131,28 @@ class RustEncryptionService(
 
     override suspend fun enableRecovery(
         waitForBackupsToUpload: Boolean,
-    ): Result<Unit> = withContext(dispatchers.io) {
+        passphrase: String?,
+    ): Result<String> = withContext(dispatchers.io) {
         runCatchingExceptions {
-            service.enableRecovery(
+            // The key arrives as the suspend return value (like resetRecoveryKey), avoiding a
+            // flow/return-value race; the listener only feeds sub-progress.
+            enableRecoveryProgressStateFlow.value = EnableRecoveryProgress.Starting
+            val key = service.enableRecovery(
                 waitForBackupsToUpload = waitForBackupsToUpload,
                 progressListener = object : EnableRecoveryProgressListener {
                     override fun onUpdate(status: RustEnableRecoveryProgress) {
                         enableRecoveryProgressStateFlow.value = enableRecoveryProgressMapper.map(status)
                     }
                 },
-                passphrase = null,
+                passphrase = passphrase,
             )
-                // enableRecovery returns the encryption key, but we read it from the state flow
-                .let { }
+            // Pin Done explicitly so observers get a coherent terminal value. For the passphrase
+            // path the user never sees the SDK base58 key, so keep it out of this session-scoped
+            // (in-memory) flow entirely; the caller still receives it as the return value and is
+            // responsible for scrubbing it. The auto-generated path must retain the key here since
+            // that is how it is surfaced to the user.
+            enableRecoveryProgressStateFlow.value = EnableRecoveryProgress.Done(if (passphrase != null) "" else key)
+            key
         }.mapFailure {
             it.mapRecoveryException()
         }
diff --git a/libraries/matrix/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/test/encryption/FakeEncryptionService.kt b/libraries/matrix/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/test/encryption/FakeEncryptionService.kt
index 04e3779298..e090319821 100644
--- a/libraries/matrix/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/test/encryption/FakeEncryptionService.kt
+++ b/libraries/matrix/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/test/encryption/FakeEncryptionService.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class FakeEncryptionService(
     private val pinUserIdentityResult: (UserId) -> Result<Unit> = { lambdaError() },
     private val withdrawVerificationResult: (UserId) -> Result<Unit> = { lambdaError() },
     private val getUserIdentityResult: (UserId) -> Result<IdentityState?> = { lambdaError() },
-    private val enableRecoveryLambda: (Boolean) -> Result<Unit> = { lambdaError() },
+    private val enableRecoveryLambda: (Boolean, String?) -> Result<String> = { _, _ -> lambdaError() },
+    private val resetRecoveryKeyLambda: () -> Result<String> = { Result.success(FAKE_RECOVERY_KEY) },
 ) : EncryptionService {
     private var disableRecoveryFailure: Exception? = null
     override val backupStateStateFlow: MutableStateFlow<BackupState> = MutableStateFlow(BackupState.UNKNOWN)
@@ -90,11 +91,11 @@ class FakeEncryptionService(
     }
 
     override suspend fun resetRecoveryKey(): Result<String> = simulateLongTask {
-        return Result.success(FAKE_RECOVERY_KEY)
+        return resetRecoveryKeyLambda()
     }
 
-    override suspend fun enableRecovery(waitForBackupsToUpload: Boolean): Result<Unit> = simulateLongTask {
-        return enableRecoveryLambda(waitForBackupsToUpload)
+    override suspend fun enableRecovery(waitForBackupsToUpload: Boolean, passphrase: String?): Result<String> = simulateLongTask {
+        return enableRecoveryLambda(waitForBackupsToUpload, passphrase)
     }
 
     fun givenWaitForBackupUploadSteadyStateFlow(flow: Flow<BackupUploadState>) {