diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d46ea896b..ea2f32fb1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 * **Add missing starting_page_num param to partition_image**
 * **Make the filename and file params for partition_image and partition_pdf match the other partitioners**
+* **Fix include_slide_notes and include_page_breaks params in partition_ppt**
 * **Re-apply: skip accuracy calculation feature** Overwritten by mistake
 * **Remove links param from partition_pdf** `links` is extracted during partitioning and is not needed as a paramter in partition_pdf.
 
diff --git a/example-docs/language-docs/eng_spa_mult.ppt b/example-docs/language-docs/eng_spa_mult.ppt
index 43ebc3657..d19bfc3bf 100644
Binary files a/example-docs/language-docs/eng_spa_mult.ppt and b/example-docs/language-docs/eng_spa_mult.ppt differ
diff --git a/test_unstructured/partition/pptx/test_ppt.py b/test_unstructured/partition/pptx/test_ppt.py
index a29909d48..61c172ab4 100644
--- a/test_unstructured/partition/pptx/test_ppt.py
+++ b/test_unstructured/partition/pptx/test_ppt.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from pytest_mock import MockFixture
 
 from test_unstructured.unit_utils import assert_round_trips_through_JSON, example_doc_path
 from unstructured.chunking.title import chunk_by_title
-from unstructured.documents.elements import ListItem, NarrativeText, Title
+from unstructured.documents.elements import ListItem, NarrativeText, PageBreak, Title
 from unstructured.partition.ppt import partition_ppt
 from unstructured.partition.utils.constants import UNSTRUCTURED_INCLUDE_DEBUG_METADATA
 
@@ -181,9 +181,17 @@ def test_add_chunking_strategy_by_title_on_partition_ppt():
     assert chunk_elements == chunks
 
 
-def test_partition_ppt_element_metadata_has_languages():
-    elements = partition_ppt(example_doc_path("fake-power-point.ppt"))
+def test_partition_ppt_params():
+    """Integration test of params: languages, include_page_break, and include_slide_notes."""
+    elements = partition_ppt(
+        example_doc_path("language-docs/eng_spa_mult.ppt"),
+        include_page_breaks=True,
+        include_slide_notes=True,
+    )
     assert elements[0].metadata.languages == ["eng"]
+    assert any(isinstance(element, PageBreak) for element in elements)
+    # The example doc contains a slide note with the text "This is a slide note."
+    assert any(element.text == "This is a slide note." for element in elements)
 
 
 def test_partition_ppt_respects_detect_language_per_element():
diff --git a/unstructured/partition/ppt.py b/unstructured/partition/ppt.py
index e9ada569c..c2428a7f9 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/ppt.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/ppt.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def partition_ppt(
     file: Optional[IO[bytes]] = None,
     include_page_breaks: bool = False,
     include_metadata: bool = True,
+    include_slide_notes: Optional[bool] = None,
     infer_table_structure: bool = True,
     metadata_filename: Optional[str] = None,
     metadata_last_modified: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ def partition_ppt(
         A file-like object using "rb" mode --> open(filename, "rb").
     include_page_breaks
         If True, includes a PageBreak element between slides
+    include_slide_notes
+        If True, includes the slide notes as element
     infer_table_structure
         If True, any Table elements that are extracted will also have a metadata field
         named "text_as_html" where the table's text content is rendered into an html string.
@@ -102,11 +105,13 @@ def partition_ppt(
         pptx_filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, f"{base_filename}.pptx")
         elements = partition_pptx(
             filename=pptx_filename,
+            detect_language_per_element=detect_language_per_element,
+            include_page_breaks=include_page_breaks,
+            include_slide_notes=include_slide_notes,
             infer_table_structure=infer_table_structure,
+            languages=languages,
             metadata_filename=metadata_filename,
             metadata_last_modified=metadata_last_modified or last_modification_date,
-            languages=languages,
-            detect_language_per_element=detect_language_per_element,
             starting_page_number=starting_page_number,
         )
 
diff --git a/unstructured/partition/pptx.py b/unstructured/partition/pptx.py
index 58020ea07..7cc1924fd 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/pptx.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/pptx.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def partition_pptx(
     date_from_file_object: bool = False,
     detect_language_per_element: bool = False,
     include_page_breaks: bool = True,
-    include_slide_notes: bool = False,
+    include_slide_notes: Optional[bool] = None,
     infer_table_structure: bool = True,
     languages: Optional[list[str]] = ["auto"],
     metadata_filename: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class PptxPartitionerOptions:
         file: Optional[IO[bytes]],
         file_path: Optional[str],
         include_page_breaks: bool,
-        include_slide_notes: bool,
+        include_slide_notes: Optional[bool],
         infer_table_structure: bool,
         metadata_file_path: Optional[str],
         metadata_last_modified: Optional[str],
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class PptxPartitionerOptions:
     @lazyproperty
     def include_slide_notes(self) -> bool:
         """When True, also partition any text found in slide notes as part of each slide."""
-        return self._include_slide_notes
+        return False if self._include_slide_notes is None else self._include_slide_notes
 
     def increment_page_number(self) -> Iterator[PageBreak]:
         """Increment page-number by 1 and generate a PageBreak element if enabled."""