diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba0e4068f..a741189a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 ## Features
+* Added `metadata` and `conversion_options` as arguments to `NWBConverter.temporally_align_data_interfaces` [PR #1162](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/1162)
 
 ## Improvements
 
diff --git a/src/neuroconv/nwbconverter.py b/src/neuroconv/nwbconverter.py
index ff066ad6b..833c54e82 100644
--- a/src/neuroconv/nwbconverter.py
+++ b/src/neuroconv/nwbconverter.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def run_conversion(
         self.validate_metadata(metadata=metadata, append_mode=append_mode)
         self.validate_conversion_options(conversion_options=conversion_options)
 
-        self.temporally_align_data_interfaces()
+        self.temporally_align_data_interfaces(metadata=metadata, conversion_options=conversion_options)
 
         with make_or_load_nwbfile(
             nwbfile_path=nwbfile_path,
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ def run_conversion(
 
             configure_backend(nwbfile=nwbfile_out, backend_configuration=backend_configuration)
 
-    def temporally_align_data_interfaces(self):
+    def temporally_align_data_interfaces(
+        self, metadata: Optional[dict] = None, conversion_options: Optional[dict] = None
+    ):
         """Override this method to implement custom alignment."""
         pass
 
diff --git a/tests/test_on_data/test_temporal_alignment/test_temporal_alignment_methods.py b/tests/test_on_data/test_temporal_alignment/test_temporal_alignment_methods.py
index 081cd172d..724749574 100644
--- a/tests/test_on_data/test_temporal_alignment/test_temporal_alignment_methods.py
+++ b/tests/test_on_data/test_temporal_alignment/test_temporal_alignment_methods.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
-from typing import Dict, Union
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 from hdmf.testing import TestCase
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ class TestAlignmentConverter(NWBConverter):
                 NIDQ=MockSpikeGLXNIDQInterface, Trials=CsvTimeIntervalsInterface, Behavior=MockBehaviorEventInterface
             )
 
-            def temporally_align_data_interfaces(self):
+            def temporally_align_data_interfaces(
+                self, metadata: Optional[dict] = None, conversion_options: Optional[dict] = None
+            ):
                 unaligned_trial_start_times = self.data_interface_objects["Trials"].get_original_timestamps(
                     column="start_time"
                 )