diff --git a/peer/brontide.go b/peer/brontide.go
index 591f6601a..d430f41b0 100644
--- a/peer/brontide.go
+++ b/peer/brontide.go
@@ -88,8 +88,13 @@ type outgoingMsg struct {
 // the receiver of the request to report when the channel creation process has
 // completed.
 type newChannelMsg struct {
+	// channel is used when the pending channel becomes active.
 	channel *channeldb.OpenChannel
-	err     chan error
+
+	// channelID is used when there's a new pending channel.
+	channelID lnwire.ChannelID
+
+	err chan error
 }
 
 type customMsg struct {
@@ -427,6 +432,10 @@ type Brontide struct {
 	// channels to the source peer which handled the funding workflow.
 	newActiveChannel chan *newChannelMsg
 
+	// newPendingChannel is used by the fundingManager to send pending open
+	// channels to the source peer which handled the funding workflow.
+	newPendingChannel chan *newChannelMsg
+
 	// activeMsgStreams is a map from channel id to the channel streams that
 	// proxy messages to individual, active links.
 	activeMsgStreams map[lnwire.ChannelID]*msgStream
@@ -493,7 +502,8 @@ func NewBrontide(cfg Config) *Brontide {
 		activeChannels: &lnutils.SyncMap[
 			lnwire.ChannelID, *lnwallet.LightningChannel,
 		]{},
-		newActiveChannel: make(chan *newChannelMsg, 1),
+		newActiveChannel:  make(chan *newChannelMsg, 1),
+		newPendingChannel: make(chan *newChannelMsg, 1),
 
 		activeMsgStreams:   make(map[lnwire.ChannelID]*msgStream),
 		activeChanCloses:   make(map[lnwire.ChannelID]*chancloser.ChanCloser),
@@ -2382,6 +2392,14 @@ func (p *Brontide) channelManager() {
 out:
 	for {
 		select {
+		// A new pending channel has arrived which means we are about
+		// to complete a funding workflow and is waiting for the final
+		// `ChannelReady` messages to be exchanged. We will add this
+		// channel to the `activeChannels` with a nil value to indicate
+		// this is a pending channel.
+		case req := <-p.newPendingChannel:
+			p.handleNewPendingChannel(req)
+
 		// A new channel has arrived which means we've just completed a
 		// funding workflow. We'll initialize the necessary local
 		// state, and notify the htlc switch of a new link.
@@ -3484,6 +3502,44 @@ func (p *Brontide) AddNewChannel(channel *channeldb.OpenChannel,
 	}
 }
 
+// AddPendingChannel adds a pending open channel to the peer. The channel
+// should fail to be added if the cancel channel is closed.
+//
+// NOTE: Part of the lnpeer.Peer interface.
+func (p *Brontide) AddPendingChannel(cid lnwire.ChannelID,
+	cancel <-chan struct{}) error {
+
+	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
+	newChanMsg := &newChannelMsg{
+		channelID: cid,
+		err:       errChan,
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case p.newPendingChannel <- newChanMsg:
+
+	case <-cancel:
+		return errors.New("canceled adding pending channel")
+
+	case <-p.quit:
+		return lnpeer.ErrPeerExiting
+	}
+
+	// We pause here to wait for the peer to recognize the new pending
+	// channel before we close the channel barrier corresponding to the
+	// channel.
+	select {
+	case err := <-errChan:
+		return err
+
+	case <-cancel:
+		return errors.New("canceled adding pending channel")
+
+	case <-p.quit:
+		return lnpeer.ErrPeerExiting
+	}
+}
+
 // StartTime returns the time at which the connection was established if the
 // peer started successfully, and zero otherwise.
 func (p *Brontide) StartTime() time.Time {
@@ -3718,7 +3774,6 @@ func (p *Brontide) addActiveChannel(c *channeldb.OpenChannel) error {
 
 	// Store the channel in the activeChannels map.
 	p.activeChannels.Store(chanID, lnChan)
-	p.addedChannels.Store(chanID, struct{}{})
 
 	p.log.Infof("New channel active ChannelPoint(%v) with peer", chanPoint)
 
@@ -3793,3 +3848,38 @@ func (p *Brontide) handleNewActiveChannel(req *newChannelMsg) {
 	// Close the err chan if everything went fine.
 	close(req.err)
 }
+
+// handleNewPendingChannel takes a `newChannelMsg` request and add it to
+// `activeChannels` map with nil value. This pending channel will be saved as
+// it may become active in the future. Once active, the funding manager will
+// send it again via `AddNewChannel`, and we'd handle the link creation there.
+func (p *Brontide) handleNewPendingChannel(req *newChannelMsg) {
+	defer close(req.err)
+
+	chanID := req.channelID
+
+	// If we already have this channel, something is wrong with the funding
+	// flow as it will only be marked as active after `ChannelReady` is
+	// handled. In this case, we will do nothing but log an error, just in
+	// case this is a legit channel.
+	if p.isActiveChannel(chanID) {
+		p.log.Errorf("Channel(%v) is already active, ignoring "+
+			"pending channel request", chanID)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	// The channel has already been added, we will do nothing and return.
+	if p.isPendingChannel(chanID) {
+		p.log.Infof("Channel(%v) is already added, ignoring "+
+			"pending channel request", chanID)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	// This is a new channel, we now add it to the map `activeChannels`
+	// with nil value and mark it as a newly added channel in
+	// `addedChannels`.
+	p.activeChannels.Store(chanID, nil)
+	p.addedChannels.Store(chanID, struct{}{})
+}