diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30a4bc9715..703883327c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Improvements 
 
+* (x/gov) [#19853](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/19853) Emit `depositor` in `EventTypeProposalDeposit`.
 * (x/gov) [#19844](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/19844) Emit the proposer of governance proposals.
 
 ## Bug Fixes
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go b/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
index 9693c5168e..9229c30432 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper/deposit.go
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ func (keeper Keeper) AddDeposit(ctx context.Context, proposalID uint64, deposito
 	sdkCtx.EventManager().EmitEvent(
 		sdk.NewEvent(
 			types.EventTypeProposalDeposit,
+			sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyDepositor, depositorAddr.String()),
 			sdk.NewAttribute(sdk.AttributeKeyAmount, depositAmount.String()),
 			sdk.NewAttribute(types.AttributeKeyProposalID, fmt.Sprintf("%d", proposalID)),
 		),
diff --git a/x/gov/types/events.go b/x/gov/types/events.go
index e91d9d7f4a..8f04e47cca 100644
--- a/x/gov/types/events.go
+++ b/x/gov/types/events.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const (
 	AttributeKeyVoter                       = "voter"
 	AttributeKeyOption                      = "option"
 	AttributeKeyProposalID                  = "proposal_id"
+	AttributeKeyDepositor                   = "depositor"
 	AttributeKeyProposalMessages            = "proposal_messages" // Msg type_urls in the proposal
 	AttributeKeyVotingPeriodStart           = "voting_period_start"
 	AttributeKeyProposalLog                 = "proposal_log"                // log of proposal execution