diff --git a/src/Dapr.Workflow/WorkflowState.cs b/src/Dapr.Workflow/WorkflowState.cs
index 3082cd8a6..d2651e4f5 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Workflow/WorkflowState.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Workflow/WorkflowState.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ internal WorkflowState(WorkflowMetadata? metadata)
         _metadata = metadata;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the name of the requested workflow that the state corresponds to. 
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? WorkflowName => _metadata?.Name;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a value indicating whether the requested workflow instance exists.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Dapr.Workflow.Test/WorkflowStateTests.cs b/test/Dapr.Workflow.Test/WorkflowStateTests.cs
index 8cc093f2a..cc35d7c7d 100644
--- a/test/Dapr.Workflow.Test/WorkflowStateTests.cs
+++ b/test/Dapr.Workflow.Test/WorkflowStateTests.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public void Properties_ShouldReturnDefaults_WhenMetadataIsNull()
         Assert.Equal(DateTime.MinValue, state.LastUpdatedAt.DateTime);
         Assert.Equal(WorkflowRuntimeStatus.Unknown, state.RuntimeStatus);
         Assert.Null(state.FailureDetails);
+        Assert.Null(state.WorkflowName);
 
         Assert.Equal(default, state.ReadInputAs<int>());
         Assert.Equal(default, state.ReadOutputAs<int>());
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ public void Properties_ShouldReflectMetadata_WhenPresent()
         Assert.Equal(created, state.CreatedAt.DateTime);
         Assert.Equal(updated, state.LastUpdatedAt.DateTime);
         Assert.Equal(WorkflowRuntimeStatus.Running, state.RuntimeStatus);
+        Assert.Equal("wf", state.WorkflowName);
     }
 
     [Fact]