diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/lib/flutter_blue_plus/FlutterBluePlusPlugin.java b/android/src/main/java/com/lib/flutter_blue_plus/FlutterBluePlusPlugin.java
index 27869317..4e5b1aa0 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/lib/flutter_blue_plus/FlutterBluePlusPlugin.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/lib/flutter_blue_plus/FlutterBluePlusPlugin.java
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ public void onServicesDiscovered(BluetoothGatt gatt, int status)
         }
 
         // called for both notifications & reads
-        public void onCharacteristicReceived(BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic, byte[] value, int status)
+        public void onCharacteristicReceived(BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic, byte[] value, int status, boolean fromReadOperation)
         {
             // GATT Service?
             if (uuidStr(characteristic.getService().getUuid()) == "1800") {
@@ -2306,6 +2306,7 @@ public void onCharacteristicReceived(BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteri
             if (primaryService != null) {
                 response.put("primary_service_uuid", uuidStr(primaryService.getUuid()));
             }
+            response.put("from_read_operation", fromReadOperation ? 1 : 0);
 
             invokeMethodUIThread("OnCharacteristicReceived", response);
         }
@@ -2318,7 +2319,7 @@ public void onCharacteristicChanged(BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteris
             LogLevel level = LogLevel.DEBUG;
             log(level, "onCharacteristicChanged:");
             log(level, "  chr: " + uuidStr(characteristic.getUuid()));
-            onCharacteristicReceived(gatt, characteristic, value, BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS);
+            onCharacteristicReceived(gatt, characteristic, value, BluetoothGatt.GATT_SUCCESS, false);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -2330,7 +2331,7 @@ public void onCharacteristicRead(BluetoothGatt gatt, BluetoothGattCharacteristic
             log(level, "onCharacteristicRead:");
             log(level, "  chr: " + uuidStr(characteristic.getUuid()));
             log(level, "  status: " + gattErrorString(status) + " (" + status + ")");
-            onCharacteristicReceived(gatt, characteristic, value, status);
+            onCharacteristicReceived(gatt, characteristic, value, status, true);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/ios/Classes/FlutterBluePlusPlugin.m b/ios/Classes/FlutterBluePlusPlugin.m
index c4f407f0..6ffc957c 100644
--- a/ios/Classes/FlutterBluePlusPlugin.m
+++ b/ios/Classes/FlutterBluePlusPlugin.m
@@ -1441,6 +1441,8 @@ - (void)peripheral:(CBPeripheral *)peripheral
         @"success":                     error == nil ? @(1) : @(0),
         @"error_string":                error ? [error localizedDescription] : @"success",
         @"error_code":                  error ? @(error.code) : @(0),
+        // TODO: How to determine this on iOS / macOS?
+        @"from_read_operation":         @(1),
     } mutableCopy];
 
     // remove if null
diff --git a/lib/src/bluetooth_characteristic.dart b/lib/src/bluetooth_characteristic.dart
index 2257145a..bb3db0ea 100644
--- a/lib/src/bluetooth_characteristic.dart
+++ b/lib/src/bluetooth_characteristic.dart
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ class BluetoothCharacteristic {
           .where((p) => p.remoteId == request.remoteId)
           .where((p) => p.serviceUuid == request.serviceUuid)
           .where((p) => p.characteristicUuid == request.characteristicUuid)
-          .where((p) => p.primaryServiceUuid == request.primaryServiceUuid);
+          .where((p) => p.primaryServiceUuid == request.primaryServiceUuid)
+          .where((p) => p.fromReadOperation == true);
 
       // Start listening now, before invokeMethod, to ensure we don't miss the response
       Future<BmCharacteristicData> futureResponse = responseStream.first;
diff --git a/lib/src/bluetooth_msgs.dart b/lib/src/bluetooth_msgs.dart
index ebdd9863..f0413130 100644
--- a/lib/src/bluetooth_msgs.dart
+++ b/lib/src/bluetooth_msgs.dart
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ class BmCharacteristicData {
   final bool success;
   final int errorCode;
   final String errorString;
+  final bool fromReadOperation;
 
 
   BmCharacteristicData({
@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@ class BmCharacteristicData {
     required this.success,
     required this.errorCode,
     required this.errorString,
+    required this.fromReadOperation,
   });
 
   factory BmCharacteristicData.fromMap(Map<dynamic, dynamic> json) {
@@ -475,6 +477,7 @@ class BmCharacteristicData {
       success: json['success'] != 0,
       errorCode: json['error_code'],
       errorString: json['error_string'],
+      fromReadOperation: json.containsKey('from_read_operation') && (json['from_read_operation'] != 0),
     );
   }
 }