diff --git a/docs/proto/proto-docs.md b/docs/proto/proto-docs.md
index bed0967db1..9c609e8b4a 100644
--- a/docs/proto/proto-docs.md
+++ b/docs/proto/proto-docs.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 - [cosmwasm/wasm/v1/ibc.proto](#cosmwasm/wasm/v1/ibc.proto)
     - [MsgIBCCloseChannel](#cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgIBCCloseChannel)
     - [MsgIBCSend](#cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgIBCSend)
+    - [MsgIBCSendResponse](#cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgIBCSendResponse)
   
 - [cosmwasm/wasm/v1/proposal.proto](#cosmwasm/wasm/v1/proposal.proto)
     - [AccessConfigUpdate](#cosmwasm.wasm.v1.AccessConfigUpdate)
@@ -573,6 +574,21 @@ MsgIBCSend
 
 
 
+
+<a name="cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgIBCSendResponse"></a>
+
+### MsgIBCSendResponse
+MsgIBCSendResponse
+
+
+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| `sequence` | [uint64](#uint64) |  | Sequence number of the IBC packet sent |
+
+
+
+
+
  <!-- end messages -->
 
  <!-- end enums -->
@@ -1457,7 +1473,7 @@ MsgStoreCode submit Wasm code to the system
 
 | Field | Type | Label | Description |
 | ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
-| `sender` | [string](#string) |  | Sender is the that actor that signed the messages |
+| `sender` | [string](#string) |  | Sender is the actor that signed the messages |
 | `wasm_byte_code` | [bytes](#bytes) |  | WASMByteCode can be raw or gzip compressed |
 | `instantiate_permission` | [AccessConfig](#cosmwasm.wasm.v1.AccessConfig) |  | InstantiatePermission access control to apply on contract creation, optional |
 
diff --git a/proto/cosmwasm/wasm/v1/ibc.proto b/proto/cosmwasm/wasm/v1/ibc.proto
index d880a7078f..feaad2936d 100644
--- a/proto/cosmwasm/wasm/v1/ibc.proto
+++ b/proto/cosmwasm/wasm/v1/ibc.proto
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ message MsgIBCSend {
   bytes data = 6;
 }
 
+// MsgIBCSendResponse
+message MsgIBCSendResponse {
+  // Sequence number of the IBC packet sent
+  uint64 sequence = 1;
+}
+
 // MsgIBCCloseChannel port and channel need to be owned by the contract
 message MsgIBCCloseChannel {
   string channel = 2 [ (gogoproto.moretags) = "yaml:\"source_channel\"" ];
diff --git a/x/wasm/keeper/handler_plugin.go b/x/wasm/keeper/handler_plugin.go
index 82c9dbdf47..bff3550eaa 100644
--- a/x/wasm/keeper/handler_plugin.go
+++ b/x/wasm/keeper/handler_plugin.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func NewIBCRawPacketHandler(chk types.ChannelKeeper, cak types.CapabilityKeeper)
 }
 
 // DispatchMsg publishes a raw IBC packet onto the channel.
-func (h IBCRawPacketHandler) DispatchMsg(ctx sdk.Context, _ sdk.AccAddress, contractIBCPortID string, msg wasmvmtypes.CosmosMsg) (events []sdk.Event, data [][]byte, err error) {
+func (h IBCRawPacketHandler) DispatchMsg(ctx sdk.Context, _ sdk.AccAddress, contractIBCPortID string, msg wasmvmtypes.CosmosMsg) ([]sdk.Event, [][]byte, error) {
 	if msg.IBC == nil || msg.IBC.SendPacket == nil {
 		return nil, nil, types.ErrUnknownMsg
 	}
@@ -188,7 +188,18 @@ func (h IBCRawPacketHandler) DispatchMsg(ctx sdk.Context, _ sdk.AccAddress, cont
 		ConvertWasmIBCTimeoutHeightToCosmosHeight(msg.IBC.SendPacket.Timeout.Block),
 		msg.IBC.SendPacket.Timeout.Timestamp,
 	)
-	return nil, nil, h.channelKeeper.SendPacket(ctx, channelCap, packet)
+
+	if err := h.channelKeeper.SendPacket(ctx, channelCap, packet); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, sdkerrors.Wrap(err, "failed to send packet")
+	}
+
+	resp := &types.MsgIBCSendResponse{Sequence: sequence}
+	val, err := resp.Marshal()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, sdkerrors.Wrap(err, "failed to marshal IBC send response")
+	}
+
+	return nil, [][]byte{val}, nil
 }
 
 var _ Messenger = MessageHandlerFunc(nil)
diff --git a/x/wasm/keeper/handler_plugin_test.go b/x/wasm/keeper/handler_plugin_test.go
index 2a41d8a997..ffa63b692d 100644
--- a/x/wasm/keeper/handler_plugin_test.go
+++ b/x/wasm/keeper/handler_plugin_test.go
@@ -308,14 +308,23 @@ func TestIBCRawPacketHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			capturedPacket = nil
 			// when
 			h := NewIBCRawPacketHandler(spec.chanKeeper, spec.capKeeper)
-			data, evts, gotErr := h.DispatchMsg(ctx, RandomAccountAddress(t), ibcPort, wasmvmtypes.CosmosMsg{IBC: &wasmvmtypes.IBCMsg{SendPacket: &spec.srcMsg}})
+			evts, data, gotErr := h.DispatchMsg(ctx, RandomAccountAddress(t), ibcPort, wasmvmtypes.CosmosMsg{IBC: &wasmvmtypes.IBCMsg{SendPacket: &spec.srcMsg}})
 			// then
 			require.True(t, spec.expErr.Is(gotErr), "exp %v but got %#+v", spec.expErr, gotErr)
 			if spec.expErr != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			assert.Nil(t, data)
+
 			assert.Nil(t, evts)
+			require.NotNil(t, data)
+
+			expMsg := types.MsgIBCSendResponse{Sequence: 1}
+
+			actualMsg := types.MsgIBCSendResponse{}
+			err := actualMsg.Unmarshal(data[0])
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, expMsg, actualMsg)
 			assert.Equal(t, spec.expPacketSent, capturedPacket)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/x/wasm/types/ibc.pb.go b/x/wasm/types/ibc.pb.go
index 370b4aef85..5e63f615a1 100644
--- a/x/wasm/types/ibc.pb.go
+++ b/x/wasm/types/ibc.pb.go
@@ -79,6 +79,50 @@ func (m *MsgIBCSend) XXX_DiscardUnknown() {
 
 var xxx_messageInfo_MsgIBCSend proto.InternalMessageInfo
 
+// MsgIBCSendResponse
+type MsgIBCSendResponse struct {
+	// Sequence number of the IBC packet sent
+	Sequence uint64 `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=sequence,proto3" json:"sequence,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) Reset()         { *m = MsgIBCSendResponse{} }
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*MsgIBCSendResponse) ProtoMessage()    {}
+func (*MsgIBCSendResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return fileDescriptor_af0d1c43ea53c4b9, []int{1}
+}
+
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
+	return m.Unmarshal(b)
+}
+
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) XXX_Marshal(b []byte, deterministic bool) ([]byte, error) {
+	if deterministic {
+		return xxx_messageInfo_MsgIBCSendResponse.Marshal(b, m, deterministic)
+	} else {
+		b = b[:cap(b)]
+		n, err := m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return b[:n], nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) XXX_Merge(src proto.Message) {
+	xxx_messageInfo_MsgIBCSendResponse.Merge(m, src)
+}
+
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) XXX_Size() int {
+	return m.Size()
+}
+
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) XXX_DiscardUnknown() {
+	xxx_messageInfo_MsgIBCSendResponse.DiscardUnknown(m)
+}
+
+var xxx_messageInfo_MsgIBCSendResponse proto.InternalMessageInfo
+
 // MsgIBCCloseChannel port and channel need to be owned by the contract
 type MsgIBCCloseChannel struct {
 	Channel string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=channel,proto3" json:"channel,omitempty" yaml:"source_channel"`
@@ -88,7 +132,7 @@ func (m *MsgIBCCloseChannel) Reset()         { *m = MsgIBCCloseChannel{} }
 func (m *MsgIBCCloseChannel) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
 func (*MsgIBCCloseChannel) ProtoMessage()    {}
 func (*MsgIBCCloseChannel) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_af0d1c43ea53c4b9, []int{1}
+	return fileDescriptor_af0d1c43ea53c4b9, []int{2}
 }
 
 func (m *MsgIBCCloseChannel) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
@@ -124,32 +168,35 @@ var xxx_messageInfo_MsgIBCCloseChannel proto.InternalMessageInfo
 
 func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*MsgIBCSend)(nil), "cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgIBCSend")
+	proto.RegisterType((*MsgIBCSendResponse)(nil), "cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgIBCSendResponse")
 	proto.RegisterType((*MsgIBCCloseChannel)(nil), "cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgIBCCloseChannel")
 }
 
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("cosmwasm/wasm/v1/ibc.proto", fileDescriptor_af0d1c43ea53c4b9) }
 
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 }
 
 func (m *MsgIBCSend) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
@@ -199,6 +246,34 @@ func (m *MsgIBCSend) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
 }
 
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:size])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	return m.MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA[:size])
+}
+
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	i := len(dAtA)
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.Sequence != 0 {
+		i = encodeVarintIbc(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Sequence))
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x8
+	}
+	return len(dAtA) - i, nil
+}
+
 func (m *MsgIBCCloseChannel) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
 	size := m.Size()
 	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
@@ -264,6 +339,18 @@ func (m *MsgIBCSend) Size() (n int) {
 	return n
 }
 
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) Size() (n int) {
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if m.Sequence != 0 {
+		n += 1 + sovIbc(uint64(m.Sequence))
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 func (m *MsgIBCCloseChannel) Size() (n int) {
 	if m == nil {
 		return 0
@@ -440,6 +527,76 @@ func (m *MsgIBCSend) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (m *MsgIBCSendResponse) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowIbc
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: MsgIBCSendResponse: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: MsgIBCSendResponse: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Sequence", wireType)
+			}
+			m.Sequence = 0
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowIbc
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				m.Sequence |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipIbc(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if (skippy < 0) || (iNdEx+skippy) < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthIbc
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (m *MsgIBCCloseChannel) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 	l := len(dAtA)
 	iNdEx := 0
diff --git a/x/wasm/types/tx.pb.go b/x/wasm/types/tx.pb.go
index ed9d4add68..5d4994afbd 100644
--- a/x/wasm/types/tx.pb.go
+++ b/x/wasm/types/tx.pb.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const _ = proto.GoGoProtoPackageIsVersion3 // please upgrade the proto package
 
 // MsgStoreCode submit Wasm code to the system
 type MsgStoreCode struct {
-	// Sender is the that actor that signed the messages
+	// Sender is the actor that signed the messages
 	Sender string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=sender,proto3" json:"sender,omitempty"`
 	// WASMByteCode can be raw or gzip compressed
 	WASMByteCode []byte `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=wasm_byte_code,json=wasmByteCode,proto3" json:"wasm_byte_code,omitempty"`