diff --git a/.changeset/elevenlabs-stt-previous-text.md b/.changeset/elevenlabs-stt-previous-text.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8346d7029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/elevenlabs-stt-previous-text.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@livekit/agents-plugin-elevenlabs': minor
+---
+
+Support previous text context for ElevenLabs realtime STT.
diff --git a/plugins/elevenlabs/src/stt.test.ts b/plugins/elevenlabs/src/stt.test.ts
index aae58a8b1..868d40fd1 100644
--- a/plugins/elevenlabs/src/stt.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/elevenlabs/src/stt.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 LiveKit, Inc.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-import { mergeFrames, stt as sttLib } from '@livekit/agents';
+import { log, mergeFrames, stt as sttLib } from '@livekit/agents';
 import { AudioFrame, AudioResampler } from '@livekit/rtc-node';
 import { once } from 'node:events';
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { type RequestListener, type Server, createServer } from 'node:http';
 import type { AddressInfo } from 'node:net';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { WebSocketServer } from 'ws';
 import { STT } from './stt.js';
 
@@ -153,6 +153,59 @@ describe('ElevenLabs STT', () => {
     expect(stt.capabilities.alignedTranscript).toBe('word');
   });
 
+  it('keeps previousText for realtime model', async () => {
+    const { wss, baseURL } = await startWebSocketServer();
+    const receivedMessages: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
+
+    wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+      ws.on('message', (raw) => {
+        receivedMessages.push(JSON.parse(raw.toString()) as Record<string, unknown>);
+      });
+    });
+
+    try {
+      const eleven = new STT({
+        apiKey: 'test-key',
+        baseURL,
+        model: 'scribe_v2_realtime',
+        previousText: 'prior context',
+      });
+      const stream = eleven.stream();
+
+      await waitUntil(() => receivedMessages.length > 0);
+      stream.close();
+
+      expect(receivedMessages[0]).toMatchObject({
+        message_type: 'input_audio_chunk',
+        audio_base_64: '',
+        commit: false,
+        sample_rate: 16000,
+        previous_text: 'prior context',
+      });
+    } finally {
+      await closeWebSocketServer(wss);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('ignores previousText for non-realtime model', () => {
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(log(), 'warn').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+
+    try {
+      const eleven = new STT({
+        apiKey: 'test-key',
+        model: 'scribe_v2',
+        previousText: 'prior context',
+      });
+
+      expect(eleven.model).toBe('scribe_v2');
+      expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        '`previousText` is only supported for Scribe v2 realtime model and will be ignored',
+      );
+    } finally {
+      warn.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('sends batch recognition form fields and maps word metadata', async () => {
     let request:
       | {
diff --git a/plugins/elevenlabs/src/stt.ts b/plugins/elevenlabs/src/stt.ts
index 950a42118..5bad3ecdb 100644
--- a/plugins/elevenlabs/src/stt.ts
+++ b/plugins/elevenlabs/src/stt.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ export interface STTOptions {
   modelId?: ElevenLabsSTTModels | string;
   keyterms?: string[];
   noVerbatim?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Preceding text context sent once on the first realtime audio chunk to improve transcription
+   * accuracy. Only supported for Scribe v2 realtime.
+   */
+  previousText?: string;
 }
 
 interface ResolvedSTTOptions {
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ interface ResolvedSTTOptions {
   serverVad?: VADOptions | null;
   keyterms?: string[];
   noVerbatim: boolean;
+  previousText: string | null;
 }
 
 export interface STTRecognizeOptions {
@@ -224,6 +230,14 @@ export class STT extends stt.STT {
       log().warn('Server-side VAD is only supported for Scribe v2 realtime model');
     }
 
+    let previousText = opts.previousText ?? null;
+    if (!useRealtime && previousText !== null) {
+      log().warn(
+        '`previousText` is only supported for Scribe v2 realtime model and will be ignored',
+      );
+      previousText = null;
+    }
+
     const includeTimestamps = opts.includeTimestamps ?? false;
     super({
       streaming: useRealtime,
@@ -249,6 +263,7 @@ export class STT extends stt.STT {
       modelId,
       keyterms: opts.keyterms,
       noVerbatim: opts.noVerbatim ?? false,
+      previousText,
     };
     this.#session = opts.httpSession ?? {};
   }
@@ -546,6 +561,18 @@ export class SpeechStream extends stt.SpeechStream {
 
       try {
         ws = await this.#connectWs();
+        if (this.#opts.previousText) {
+          // Must be the first input_audio_chunk on the connection.
+          ws.send(
+            JSON.stringify({
+              message_type: 'input_audio_chunk',
+              audio_base_64: '',
+              commit: false,
+              sample_rate: this.#opts.sampleRate,
+              previous_text: this.#opts.previousText,
+            }),
+          );
+        }
 
         const keepaliveTask = Task.from(async (controller) => {
           while (!controller.signal.aborted) {