diff --git a/src/app/ReadClient.cpp b/src/app/ReadClient.cpp
index bbc1c68a4b87b8..f89c8bee528fa9 100644
--- a/src/app/ReadClient.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ReadClient.cpp
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR ReadClient::ProcessReportData(System::PacketBufferHandle && aPayload,
             // a subscription and have a valid value for mMaxInterval which the function
             // relies on.
             //
+            mpCallback.RefreshLiveness(*this);
             err = RefreshLivenessCheckTimer();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/app/ReadClient.h b/src/app/ReadClient.h
index 3d66f5deab02cb..ebe4de89988f7e 100644
--- a/src/app/ReadClient.h
+++ b/src/app/ReadClient.h
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ class ReadClient : public Messaging::ExchangeDelegate
 
         virtual ~Callback() = default;
 
+        /**
+         * Used to notify a (maybe empty) report data is received from peer and the subscription and the peer is alive.
+         *
+         * This object MUST continue to exist after this call is completed. The application shall wait until it
+         * receives an OnDone call to destroy the object.
+         *
+         */
+        virtual void RefreshLiveness(const ReadClient & apReadClient) {}
+
         /**
          * Used to signal the commencement of processing of the first attribute or event report received in a given exchange.
          *