diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/firebase/firestore/utils/PipelineStageHandlers.java b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/firebase/firestore/utils/PipelineStageHandlers.java
index 78222ecef7e9..3f8072cb19af 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/firebase/firestore/utils/PipelineStageHandlers.java
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/firebase/firestore/utils/PipelineStageHandlers.java
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ private Pipeline handleFindNearest(
     List<Number> vectorValue = (List<Number>) args.get("vector_value");
     String distanceMeasureStr = (String) args.get("distance_measure");
     Number limitObj = (Number) args.get("limit");
+    String distanceField =
+        args.get("distance_field") instanceof String ? (String) args.get("distance_field") : null;
 
     if (distanceMeasureStr == null) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("'find_nearest' requires a 'distance_measure' argument");
@@ -327,13 +329,18 @@ private Pipeline handleFindNearest(
     }
 
     Field fieldExpr = Expression.field(vectorField);
+    boolean hasDistanceField = distanceField != null && !distanceField.isEmpty();
 
-    if (limitObj != null) {
+    if (limitObj != null || hasDistanceField) {
+      FindNearestOptions options = new FindNearestOptions();
+      if (limitObj != null) {
+        options = options.withLimit(limitObj.intValue());
+      }
+      if (distanceField != null && !distanceField.isEmpty()) {
+        options = options.withDistanceField(distanceField);
+      }
       return pipeline.findNearest(
-          vectorField,
-          Expression.vector(vectorArray),
-          distanceMeasure,
-          new FindNearestOptions().withLimit(limitObj.intValue()));
+          vectorField, Expression.vector(vectorArray), distanceMeasure, options);
     } else {
       return pipeline.findNearest(fieldExpr, vectorArray, distanceMeasure);
     }
diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/ios/cloud_firestore/Sources/cloud_firestore/FLTPipelineParser.m b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/ios/cloud_firestore/Sources/cloud_firestore/FLTPipelineParser.m
index f416fbc2bd4d..e5ee9faef8de 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/ios/cloud_firestore/Sources/cloud_firestore/FLTPipelineParser.m
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/ios/cloud_firestore/Sources/cloud_firestore/FLTPipelineParser.m
@@ -1603,11 +1603,14 @@ + (__FIRStageBridge *)parseSearchStageWithArgs:(NSDictionary *)args
           return nil;
         }
         FIRVectorValue *queryVector = [[FIRVectorValue alloc] initWithArray:numbers];
+        __FIRExprBridge *distanceFieldExpr =
+            (distanceField.length > 0) ? [[__FIRFieldBridge alloc] initWithName:distanceField]
+                                       : nil;
         stage = [[__FIRFindNearestStageBridge alloc] initWithField:embeddingField
                                                        vectorValue:queryVector
                                                    distanceMeasure:distanceMeasure
                                                              limit:limit
-                                                     distanceField:distanceField];
+                                                     distanceField:distanceFieldExpr];
       } else {
         if (error)
           *error = parseError([NSString stringWithFormat:@"Unknown pipeline stage: %@", stageName]);
diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/lib/src/pipeline.dart b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/lib/src/pipeline.dart
index 55ca21d79f47..083689c0143c 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/lib/src/pipeline.dart
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/lib/src/pipeline.dart
@@ -406,6 +406,12 @@ class Pipeline {
   /// compare vectors (e.g. [DistanceMeasure.cosine]). Use [limit] to return
   /// only the first N documents.
   ///
+  /// [distanceField] is the Firestore field name added to each result. That
+  /// field holds the calculated distance from [vectorValue]. A dot in the
+  /// name separates path segments, as it does for any other Firestore field
+  /// name. Omit it to return the nearest documents without the numeric
+  /// distance.
+  ///
   /// Example:
   /// ```dart
   /// firestore.pipeline().collection('books').findNearest(
@@ -413,6 +419,7 @@ class Pipeline {
   ///   [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
   ///   DistanceMeasure.cosine,
   ///   limit: 10,
+  ///   distanceField: 'distance',
   /// );
   /// ```
   Pipeline findNearest(
@@ -420,12 +427,14 @@ class Pipeline {
     List<double> vectorValue,
     DistanceMeasure distanceMeasure, {
     int? limit,
+    String? distanceField,
   }) {
     final stage = _FindNearestStage(
       vectorField,
       vectorValue,
       distanceMeasure,
       limit: limit,
+      distanceField: distanceField,
     );
     return Pipeline._(
       _firestore,
diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/lib/src/pipeline_stage.dart b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/lib/src/pipeline_stage.dart
index e6eaf8df20f5..01385ecfd2fb 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/lib/src/pipeline_stage.dart
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/lib/src/pipeline_stage.dart
@@ -179,12 +179,14 @@ final class _FindNearestStage extends PipelineStage {
   final List<double> vectorValue;
   final DistanceMeasure distanceMeasure;
   final int? limit;
+  final String? distanceField;
 
   _FindNearestStage(
     this.vectorField,
     this.vectorValue,
     this.distanceMeasure, {
     this.limit,
+    this.distanceField,
   });
 
   @override
@@ -203,6 +205,10 @@ final class _FindNearestStage extends PipelineStage {
     if (limit != null) {
       map['args']['limit'] = limit;
     }
+    final outputField = distanceField;
+    if (outputField != null && outputField.isNotEmpty) {
+      map['args']['distance_field'] = outputField;
+    }
     return map;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/pipeline_example/integration_test/pipeline/pipeline_find_nearest_e2e.dart b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/pipeline_example/integration_test/pipeline/pipeline_find_nearest_e2e.dart
index 35d5b6e75062..4425b63e5cef 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/pipeline_example/integration_test/pipeline/pipeline_find_nearest_e2e.dart
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/pipeline_example/integration_test/pipeline/pipeline_find_nearest_e2e.dart
@@ -41,5 +41,27 @@ void runPipelineFindNearestTests() {
         }
       },
     );
+
+    test('findNearest distanceField is present on each result', () async {
+      final snapshot = await firestore
+          .pipeline()
+          .collection('pipeline-e2e')
+          .where(Expression.field('test').equalValue('find-nearest'))
+          .findNearest(
+            Field('embedding'),
+            [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
+            DistanceMeasure.cosine,
+            limit: 5,
+            distanceField: 'distance',
+          )
+          .execute();
+      expect(snapshot.result, isNotEmpty);
+      for (final result in snapshot.result) {
+        final data = result.data();
+        expect(data, isNotNull);
+        expect(data!.containsKey('distance'), isTrue);
+        expect(data['distance'], isA<num>());
+      }
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/test/pipeline_stage_test.dart b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/test/pipeline_stage_test.dart
index 41a6fba094db..14485f6e6097 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/test/pipeline_stage_test.dart
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/test/pipeline_stage_test.dart
@@ -396,6 +396,38 @@ void main() {
         final stage = pipeline.stages.last;
         expect(stage['args']['distance_measure'], 'dotProduct');
       });
+
+      test('serializes findNearest with distanceField', () {
+        final pipeline = firestore.pipeline().collection('items').findNearest(
+              Field('embedding'),
+              [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
+              DistanceMeasure.cosine,
+              distanceField: 'distance',
+            );
+        final stage = pipeline.stages.last;
+        expect(stage['args']['distance_field'], 'distance');
+      });
+
+      test('omits distance_field when distanceField is absent', () {
+        final pipeline = firestore.pipeline().collection('items').findNearest(
+              Field('embedding'),
+              [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
+              DistanceMeasure.cosine,
+            );
+        final stage = pipeline.stages.last;
+        expect(stage['args'].containsKey('distance_field'), isFalse);
+      });
+
+      test('omits distance_field when distanceField is empty', () {
+        final pipeline = firestore.pipeline().collection('items').findNearest(
+              Field('embedding'),
+              [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
+              DistanceMeasure.cosine,
+              distanceField: '',
+            );
+        final stage = pipeline.stages.last;
+        expect(stage['args'].containsKey('distance_field'), isFalse);
+      });
     });
 
     group('_SearchStage', () {