diff --git a/src/MediaSharingApi.ts b/src/MediaSharingApi.ts
index 7d59609..b87b3d8 100644
--- a/src/MediaSharingApi.ts
+++ b/src/MediaSharingApi.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   MessageSender,
   OutboundMessageContext,
 } from '@aries-framework/core'
-import { ShareMediaHandler } from './handlers'
+import { RequestMediaHandler, ShareMediaHandler } from './handlers'
 import { MediaSharingRecord, SharedMediaItem, SharedMediaItemOptions } from './repository'
 import { MediaSharingService } from './services'
 
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ export class MediaSharingApi {
     this.connectionService = connectionService
     this.agentContext = agentContext
 
-    this.agentContext.dependencyManager.registerMessageHandlers([new ShareMediaHandler(this.mediaSharingService)])
+    this.agentContext.dependencyManager.registerMessageHandlers([
+      new ShareMediaHandler(this.mediaSharingService),
+      new RequestMediaHandler(this.mediaSharingService),
+    ])
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/handlers/RequestMediaHandler.ts b/src/handlers/RequestMediaHandler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bb2c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/handlers/RequestMediaHandler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { MessageHandler, MessageHandlerInboundMessage } from '@aries-framework/core'
+import { MediaSharingService } from '../services'
+import { RequestMediaMessage } from '../messages'
+
+export class RequestMediaHandler implements MessageHandler {
+  public supportedMessages = [RequestMediaMessage]
+  private mediaSharingService: MediaSharingService
+
+  public constructor(mediaSharingService: MediaSharingService) {
+    this.mediaSharingService = mediaSharingService
+  }
+
+  public async handle(inboundMessage: MessageHandlerInboundMessage<RequestMediaHandler>) {
+    inboundMessage.assertReadyConnection()
+
+    // Nothing to do internally. Will be handled by the controller
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/handlers/index.ts b/src/handlers/index.ts
index 2c19173..fdbe1aa 100644
--- a/src/handlers/index.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+export * from './RequestMediaHandler'
 export * from './ShareMediaHandler'
diff --git a/src/messages/RequestMediaMessage.ts b/src/messages/RequestMediaMessage.ts
index 6d6fb31..5fbb872 100644
--- a/src/messages/RequestMediaMessage.ts
+++ b/src/messages/RequestMediaMessage.ts
@@ -2,36 +2,6 @@ import { AgentMessage, IsValidMessageType, parseMessageType } from '@aries-frame
 import { DateParser } from '@aries-framework/core/build/utils/transformers'
 import { Expose, Transform } from 'class-transformer'
 import { IsDate, IsOptional, IsString } from 'class-validator'
-import { CipheringInfo } from '../repository'
-
-interface SharedMediaItemDescriptorOptions {
-  id: string
-  attachmentId: string
-  description?: string
-  ciphering?: CipheringInfo
-  metadata?: Record<string, unknown>
-}
-
-class SharedMediaItemDescriptor {
-  @Expose({ name: '@id' })
-  public id!: string
-
-  @Expose({ name: 'attachment_id' })
-  public attachmentId!: string
-
-  public ciphering?: CipheringInfo
-
-  public metadata?: Record<string, unknown>
-
-  public constructor(options: SharedMediaItemDescriptorOptions) {
-    if (options) {
-      this.id = options.id
-      this.attachmentId = options.attachmentId
-      this.ciphering = options.ciphering
-      this.metadata = options.metadata
-    }
-  }
-}
 
 export interface RequestMediaMessageOptions {
   id?: string