diff --git a/lib/DummyKeyProvider.ts b/lib/DummyKeyProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0c5b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/DummyKeyProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// just for demonstration purposes, extremely insecure
+
+import { BaseKeyProvider, createKeyMaterialFromString } from 'livekit-client';
+
+export class DummyKeyProvider extends BaseKeyProvider {
+  readonly participantKeys = new Map([
+    ['dev1', 'dev1key'],
+    ['dev2', 'dev2key'],
+  ]);
+
+  async setKey(participantId: string) {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const cryptoKey = await createKeyMaterialFromString(this.participantKeys.get(participantId));
+    this.onSetEncryptionKey(cryptoKey, participantId);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/client-utils.ts b/lib/client-utils.ts
index a2401c8..a3471ea 100644
--- a/lib/client-utils.ts
+++ b/lib/client-utils.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,14 @@ export function useServerUrl(region?: string) {
   });
   return serverUrl;
 }
+
+export function encodePassphrase(bytes: Uint8Array) {
+  const binString = Array.from(bytes, (x) => String.fromCodePoint(x)).join('');
+  return btoa(binString);
+}
+
+export function decodePassphrase(base64String: string) {
+  const binString = atob(base64String);
+  // @ts-ignore
+  return Uint8Array.from(binString, (m) => m.codePointAt(0));
+}
diff --git a/pages/custom/index.tsx b/pages/custom/index.tsx
index 3ae4ef1..aeed27a 100644
--- a/pages/custom/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/custom/index.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,43 @@
 import { formatChatMessageLinks, LiveKitRoom, VideoConference } from '@livekit/components-react';
-import { LogLevel } from 'livekit-client';
+import { ExternalE2EEKeyProvider, LogLevel, Room, RoomOptions, VideoPresets } from 'livekit-client';
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
 import { DebugMode } from '../../lib/Debug';
+import { decodePassphrase } from '../../lib/client-utils';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 export default function CustomRoomConnection() {
   const router = useRouter();
   const { liveKitUrl, token } = router.query;
+
+  const hash = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.location.hash;
+  const keyProvider = new ExternalE2EEKeyProvider();
+  if (hash) {
+    keyProvider.setKey(decodePassphrase(hash.substring(1)));
+  }
+
+  const worker =
+    typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+    new Worker(new URL('livekit-client/e2ee-worker', import.meta.url));
+
+  const roomOptions = useMemo((): RoomOptions => {
+    return {
+      publishDefaults: {
+        videoSimulcastLayers: [VideoPresets.h540, VideoPresets.h216],
+      },
+      adaptiveStream: { pixelDensity: 'screen' },
+      dynacast: true,
+      e2ee:
+        hash && worker
+          ? {
+              keyProvider,
+              worker,
+            }
+          : undefined,
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const room = useMemo(() => new Room(roomOptions), []);
+
   if (typeof liveKitUrl !== 'string') {
     return <h2>Missing LiveKit URL</h2>;
   }
@@ -16,7 +48,7 @@ export default function CustomRoomConnection() {
   return (
     <main data-lk-theme="default">
       {liveKitUrl && (
-        <LiveKitRoom token={token} serverUrl={liveKitUrl} audio={true} video={true}>
+        <LiveKitRoom room={room} token={token} serverUrl={liveKitUrl} audio={true} video={true}>
           <VideoConference chatMessageFormatter={formatChatMessageLinks} />
           <DebugMode logLevel={LogLevel.info} />
         </LiveKitRoom>
diff --git a/pages/index.tsx b/pages/index.tsx
index f988333..008af42 100644
--- a/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type { GetServerSideProps, InferGetServerSidePropsType } from 'next';
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
-import React, { ReactElement } from 'react';
+import React, { ReactElement, useState } from 'react';
 import styles from '../styles/Home.module.css';
+import { encodePassphrase } from '../lib/client-utils';
 
 interface TabsProps {
   children: ReactElement[];
@@ -38,13 +39,28 @@ function Tabs(props: TabsProps) {
 
 function DemoMeetingTab({ label }: { label: string }) {
   const router = useRouter();
+  const [e2ee, setE2ee] = useState(false);
   const startMeeting = () => {
-    router.push(`/rooms/${generateRoomId()}`);
+    if (e2ee) {
+      const phrase = encodePassphrase(crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(256)));
+      router.push(`/rooms/${generateRoomId()}#${phrase}`);
+    } else {
+      router.push(`/rooms/${generateRoomId()}`);
+    }
   };
   return (
     <div className={styles.tabContent}>
-      <p style={{ marginTop: 0 }}>Try LiveKit Meet for free with our live demo project.</p>
-      <button className="lk-button" onClick={startMeeting}>
+      <p style={{ margin: 0 }}>Try LiveKit Meet for free with our live demo project.</p>
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: '1rem' }}>
+        <input
+          id="use-e2ee"
+          type="checkbox"
+          checked={e2ee}
+          onChange={(ev) => setE2ee(ev.target.checked)}
+        ></input>
+        <label htmlFor="use-e2ee">Enable end-to-end encryption</label>
+      </div>
+      <button style={{ marginTop: '1rem' }} className="lk-button" onClick={startMeeting}>
         Start Meeting
       </button>
     </div>
@@ -53,12 +69,19 @@ function DemoMeetingTab({ label }: { label: string }) {
 
 function CustomConnectionTab({ label }: { label: string }) {
   const router = useRouter();
+  const [e2ee, setE2ee] = useState(false);
+
   const onSubmit: React.FormEventHandler<HTMLFormElement> = (event) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     const formData = new FormData(event.target as HTMLFormElement);
     const serverUrl = formData.get('serverUrl');
     const token = formData.get('token');
-    router.push(`/custom/?liveKitUrl=${serverUrl}&token=${token}`);
+    if (e2ee) {
+      const passphrase = encodePassphrase(crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(256)));
+      router.push(`/custom/?liveKitUrl=${serverUrl}&token=${token}#${passphrase}`);
+    } else {
+      router.push(`/custom/?liveKitUrl=${serverUrl}&token=${token}`);
+    }
   };
   return (
     <form className={styles.tabContent} onSubmit={onSubmit}>
@@ -80,6 +103,15 @@ function CustomConnectionTab({ label }: { label: string }) {
         rows={9}
         style={{ padding: '1px 2px', fontSize: 'inherit', lineHeight: 'inherit' }}
       />
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: '1rem' }}>
+        <input
+          id="use-e2ee"
+          type="checkbox"
+          checked={e2ee}
+          onChange={(ev) => setE2ee(ev.target.checked)}
+        ></input>
+        <label htmlFor="use-e2ee">Enable end-to-end encryption</label>
+      </div>
       <hr
         style={{ width: '100%', borderColor: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15)', marginBlock: '1rem' }}
       />
diff --git a/pages/rooms/[name].tsx b/pages/rooms/[name].tsx
index da3828c..cadbd8f 100644
--- a/pages/rooms/[name].tsx
+++ b/pages/rooms/[name].tsx
@@ -6,14 +6,22 @@ import {
   VideoConference,
   formatChatMessageLinks,
 } from '@livekit/components-react';
-import { LogLevel, RoomConnectOptions, RoomOptions, VideoPresets } from 'livekit-client';
+import {
+  ExternalE2EEKeyProvider,
+  LogLevel,
+  Room,
+  RoomConnectOptions,
+  RoomOptions,
+  VideoPresets,
+} from 'livekit-client';
 
 import type { NextPage } from 'next';
 import Head from 'next/head';
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
 import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { DebugMode } from '../../lib/Debug';
-import { useServerUrl } from '../../lib/client-utils';
+import { decodePassphrase, useServerUrl } from '../../lib/client-utils';
+import { DummyKeyProvider } from '../../lib/DummyKeyProvider';
 
 const Home: NextPage = () => {
   const router = useRouter();
@@ -78,6 +86,16 @@ const ActiveRoom = ({ roomName, userChoices, onLeave }: ActiveRoomProps) => {
 
   const liveKitUrl = useServerUrl(region as string | undefined);
 
+  const hash = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.location.hash;
+  const keyProvider = new ExternalE2EEKeyProvider();
+  if (hash) {
+    keyProvider.setKey(decodePassphrase(hash.substring(1)));
+  }
+
+  const worker =
+    typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+    new Worker(new URL('livekit-client/e2ee-worker', import.meta.url));
+
   const roomOptions = useMemo((): RoomOptions => {
     return {
       videoCaptureDefaults: {
@@ -95,9 +113,20 @@ const ActiveRoom = ({ roomName, userChoices, onLeave }: ActiveRoomProps) => {
       },
       adaptiveStream: { pixelDensity: 'screen' },
       dynacast: true,
+      e2ee:
+        hash && worker
+          ? {
+              keyProvider,
+              worker,
+            }
+          : undefined,
     };
   }, [userChoices, hq]);
 
+  const room = useMemo(() => new Room(roomOptions), []);
+
+  room.setE2EEEnabled(true);
+
   const connectOptions = useMemo((): RoomConnectOptions => {
     return {
       autoSubscribe: false,
@@ -108,9 +137,9 @@ const ActiveRoom = ({ roomName, userChoices, onLeave }: ActiveRoomProps) => {
     <>
       {liveKitUrl && (
         <LiveKitRoom
+          room={room}
           token={token}
           serverUrl={liveKitUrl}
-          options={roomOptions}
           connectOptions={connectOptions}
           video={userChoices.videoEnabled}
           audio={userChoices.audioEnabled}