diff --git a/docling/backend/mspowerpoint_backend.py b/docling/backend/mspowerpoint_backend.py
index 231d6224..9681e1d0 100644
--- a/docling/backend/mspowerpoint_backend.py
+++ b/docling/backend/mspowerpoint_backend.py
@@ -421,4 +421,20 @@ class MsPowerpointDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend, PaginatedDocumentB
             for shape in slide.shapes:
                 handle_shapes(shape, parent_slide, slide_ind, doc, slide_size)
 
+            # Handle notes slide
+            if slide.has_notes_slide:
+                notes_slide = slide.notes_slide
+                notes_text = notes_slide.notes_text_frame.text.strip()
+                if notes_text:
+                    bbox = BoundingBox(l=0, t=0, r=0, b=0)
+                    prov = ProvenanceItem(
+                        page_no=slide_ind + 1, charspan=[0, len(notes_text)], bbox=bbox
+                    )
+                    doc.add_text(
+                        label=DocItemLabel.TEXT,
+                        parent=parent_slide,
+                        text=notes_text,
+                        prov=prov,
+                    )
+
         return doc
diff --git a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.itxt b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.itxt
index ba86c3ba..1456647e 100644
--- a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.itxt
+++ b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.itxt
@@ -10,26 +10,29 @@ item-0 at level 0: unspecified: group _root_
     item-9 at level 2: paragraph: Bar
     item-10 at level 2: paragraph: And baz things
     item-11 at level 2: paragraph: A rectangle shape with this text inside.
-  item-12 at level 1: chapter: group slide-2
-    item-13 at level 2: ordered_list: group list
-      item-14 at level 3: list_item: List item4
-      item-15 at level 3: list_item: List item5
-      item-16 at level 3: list_item: List item6
-    item-17 at level 2: list: group list
-      item-18 at level 3: list_item: I1
-      item-19 at level 3: list_item: I2
-      item-20 at level 3: list_item: I3
-      item-21 at level 3: list_item: I4
-    item-22 at level 2: paragraph: Some info:
-    item-23 at level 2: list: group list
-      item-24 at level 3: list_item: Item A
-      item-25 at level 3: list_item: Item B
-    item-26 at level 2: paragraph: Maybe a list?
-    item-27 at level 2: ordered_list: group list
-      item-28 at level 3: list_item: List1
-      item-29 at level 3: list_item: List2
-      item-30 at level 3: list_item: List3
-    item-31 at level 2: list: group list
-      item-32 at level 3: list_item: l1 
-      item-33 at level 3: list_item: l2
-      item-34 at level 3: list_item: l3
\ No newline at end of file
+    item-12 at level 2: text: Some notes on the second slide.
+  item-13 at level 1: chapter: group slide-2
+    item-14 at level 2: ordered_list: group list
+      item-15 at level 3: list_item: List item4
+      item-16 at level 3: list_item: List item5
+      item-17 at level 3: list_item: List item6
+    item-18 at level 2: list: group list
+      item-19 at level 3: list_item: I1
+      item-20 at level 3: list_item: I2
+      item-21 at level 3: list_item: I3
+      item-22 at level 3: list_item: I4
+    item-23 at level 2: paragraph: Some info:
+    item-24 at level 2: list: group list
+      item-25 at level 3: list_item: Item A
+      item-26 at level 3: list_item: Item B
+    item-27 at level 2: paragraph: Maybe a list?
+    item-28 at level 2: ordered_list: group list
+      item-29 at level 3: list_item: List1
+      item-30 at level 3: list_item: List2
+      item-31 at level 3: list_item: List3
+    item-32 at level 2: list: group list
+      item-33 at level 3: list_item: l1 
+      item-34 at level 3: list_item: l2
+      item-35 at level 3: list_item: l3
+    item-36 at level 2: text: Final notes on the third slide.
+Second line of notes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.json b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.json
index b24c46ed..3ada4834 100644
--- a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.json
+++ b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "name": "powerpoint_sample",
   "origin": {
     "mimetype": "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint",
-    "binary_hash": 1640759611026400292,
+    "binary_hash": 15572290240354948364,
     "filename": "powerpoint_sample.pptx"
   },
   "furniture": {
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/7"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/8"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -94,19 +97,22 @@
           "$ref": "#/groups/4"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/15"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/16"
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/groups/5"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/18"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/19"
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/groups/6"
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/groups/7"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/26"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -119,14 +125,14 @@
         "$ref": "#/groups/2"
       },
       "children": [
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/8"
-        },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/9"
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/10"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/11"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -139,9 +145,6 @@
         "$ref": "#/groups/2"
       },
       "children": [
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/11"
-        },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/12"
         },
@@ -150,6 +153,9 @@
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/14"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/15"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -163,10 +169,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/16"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/17"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/17"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/18"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -179,14 +185,14 @@
         "$ref": "#/groups/2"
       },
       "children": [
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/19"
-        },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/20"
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/21"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/22"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -199,14 +205,14 @@
         "$ref": "#/groups/2"
       },
       "children": [
-        {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/22"
-        },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/23"
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/24"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/25"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -433,6 +439,32 @@
     },
     {
       "self_ref": "#/texts/8",
+      "parent": {
+        "$ref": "#/groups/1"
+      },
+      "children": [],
+      "label": "text",
+      "prov": [
+        {
+          "page_no": 2,
+          "bbox": {
+            "l": 0.0,
+            "t": 0.0,
+            "r": 0.0,
+            "b": 0.0,
+            "coord_origin": "TOPLEFT"
+          },
+          "charspan": [
+            0,
+            31
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "orig": "Some notes on the second slide.",
+      "text": "Some notes on the second slide."
+    },
+    {
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/9",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/3"
       },
@@ -461,7 +493,7 @@
       "marker": "1."
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/9",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/10",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/3"
       },
@@ -490,7 +522,7 @@
       "marker": "2."
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/10",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/11",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/3"
       },
@@ -519,7 +551,7 @@
       "marker": "3."
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/11",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/12",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/4"
       },
@@ -548,7 +580,7 @@
       "marker": "-"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/12",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/13",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/4"
       },
@@ -577,7 +609,7 @@
       "marker": "-"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/13",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/14",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/4"
       },
@@ -606,7 +638,7 @@
       "marker": "-"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/14",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/15",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/4"
       },
@@ -635,7 +667,7 @@
       "marker": "-"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/15",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/16",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/2"
       },
@@ -662,7 +694,7 @@
       "text": "Some info:"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/16",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/17",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/5"
       },
@@ -691,7 +723,7 @@
       "marker": "-"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/17",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/18",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/5"
       },
@@ -720,7 +752,7 @@
       "marker": "-"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/18",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/19",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/2"
       },
@@ -747,7 +779,7 @@
       "text": "Maybe a list?"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/19",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/20",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/6"
       },
@@ -776,7 +808,7 @@
       "marker": "1."
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/20",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/21",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/6"
       },
@@ -805,7 +837,7 @@
       "marker": "2."
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/21",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/22",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/6"
       },
@@ -834,7 +866,7 @@
       "marker": "3."
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/22",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/23",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/7"
       },
@@ -863,7 +895,7 @@
       "marker": "-"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/23",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/24",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/7"
       },
@@ -892,7 +924,7 @@
       "marker": "-"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/24",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/25",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/7"
       },
@@ -919,6 +951,32 @@
       "text": "l3",
       "enumerated": false,
       "marker": "-"
+    },
+    {
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/26",
+      "parent": {
+        "$ref": "#/groups/2"
+      },
+      "children": [],
+      "label": "text",
+      "prov": [
+        {
+          "page_no": 3,
+          "bbox": {
+            "l": 0.0,
+            "t": 0.0,
+            "r": 0.0,
+            "b": 0.0,
+            "coord_origin": "TOPLEFT"
+          },
+          "charspan": [
+            0,
+            53
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "orig": "Final notes on the third slide.\nSecond line of notes.",
+      "text": "Final notes on the third slide.\nSecond line of notes."
     }
   ],
   "pictures": [],
diff --git a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.md b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.md
index ec26faa4..f2342578 100644
--- a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.md
+++ b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/powerpoint_sample.pptx.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ And baz things
 
 A rectangle shape with this text inside.
 
+Some notes on the second slide.
+
 1. List item4
 2. List item5
 3. List item6
@@ -47,4 +49,7 @@ Maybe a list?
 
 - l1 
 - l2
-- l3
\ No newline at end of file
+- l3
+
+Final notes on the third slide.
+Second line of notes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/data/pptx/powerpoint_sample.pptx b/tests/data/pptx/powerpoint_sample.pptx
index acabf415..0818f283 100644
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