diff --git a/clientapi/admin_test.go b/clientapi/admin_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ab5aff40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clientapi/admin_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+package clientapi
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/auth/authtypes"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/keyserver"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/config"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
+	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/test"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/test/testrig"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/userapi"
+	uapi "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/userapi/api"
+)
+
+func TestAdminResetPassword(t *testing.T) {
+	alice := test.NewUser(t, test.WithAccountType(uapi.AccountTypeAdmin))
+	bob := test.NewUser(t, test.WithAccountType(uapi.AccountTypeUser))
+	vhUser := &test.User{ID: "@vhuser:vh1"}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	test.WithAllDatabases(t, func(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) {
+		base, baseClose := testrig.CreateBaseDendrite(t, dbType)
+		defer baseClose()
+
+		// add a vhost
+		base.Cfg.Global.VirtualHosts = append(base.Cfg.Global.VirtualHosts, &config.VirtualHost{
+			SigningIdentity: gomatrixserverlib.SigningIdentity{ServerName: "vh1"},
+		})
+
+		rsAPI := roomserver.NewInternalAPI(base)
+		keyAPI := keyserver.NewInternalAPI(base, &base.Cfg.KeyServer, nil, rsAPI)
+		userAPI := userapi.NewInternalAPI(base, &base.Cfg.UserAPI, nil, keyAPI, rsAPI, nil)
+		keyAPI.SetUserAPI(userAPI)
+		AddPublicRoutes(base, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, userAPI, nil, nil, nil)
+
+		// Create the users in the userapi and login
+		accessTokens := map[*test.User]string{
+			alice:  "",
+			bob:    "",
+			vhUser: "",
+		}
+		for u := range accessTokens {
+			localpart, serverName, _ := gomatrixserverlib.SplitID('@', u.ID)
+			userRes := &uapi.PerformAccountCreationResponse{}
+			password := util.RandomString(8)
+			if err := userAPI.PerformAccountCreation(ctx, &uapi.PerformAccountCreationRequest{
+				AccountType: u.AccountType,
+				Localpart:   localpart,
+				ServerName:  serverName,
+				Password:    password,
+			}, userRes); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("failed to create account: %s", err)
+			}
+
+			req := test.NewRequest(t, http.MethodPost, "/_matrix/client/v3/login", test.WithJSONBody(t, map[string]interface{}{
+				"type": authtypes.LoginTypePassword,
+				"identifier": map[string]interface{}{
+					"type": "m.id.user",
+					"user": u.ID,
+				},
+				"password": password,
+			}))
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			base.PublicClientAPIMux.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			t.Logf("%+v\n", rec.Body.String())
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("failed to login: %s", rec.Body.String())
+			}
+			accessTokens[u] = gjson.GetBytes(rec.Body.Bytes(), "access_token").String()
+		}
+
+		testCases := []struct {
+			name           string
+			requestingUser *test.User
+			userID         string
+			requestOpt     test.HTTPRequestOpt
+			wantOK         bool
+			withHeader     bool
+		}{
+			{name: "Missing auth", requestingUser: bob, wantOK: false, userID: bob.ID},
+			{name: "Bob is denied access", requestingUser: bob, wantOK: false, withHeader: true, userID: bob.ID},
+			{name: "Alice is allowed access", requestingUser: alice, wantOK: true, withHeader: true, userID: bob.ID, requestOpt: test.WithJSONBody(t, map[string]interface{}{
+				"password": "newPass",
+			})},
+			{name: "Alice is allowed access, missing userID", requestingUser: alice, wantOK: false, withHeader: true, userID: ""}, // this 404s
+			{name: "Alice is allowed access, empty password", requestingUser: alice, wantOK: false, withHeader: true, userID: bob.ID, requestOpt: test.WithJSONBody(t, map[string]interface{}{
+				"password": "",
+			})},
+			{name: "Alice is allowed access, unknown server name", requestingUser: alice, wantOK: false, withHeader: true, userID: "@doesnotexist:localhost", requestOpt: test.WithJSONBody(t, map[string]interface{}{})},
+			{name: "Alice is allowed access, unknown user", requestingUser: alice, wantOK: false, withHeader: true, userID: "@doesnotexist:test", requestOpt: test.WithJSONBody(t, map[string]interface{}{})},
+			{name: "Alice is allowed access, different vhost", requestingUser: alice, wantOK: true, withHeader: true, userID: vhUser.ID, requestOpt: test.WithJSONBody(t, map[string]interface{}{
+				"password": "newPass",
+			})},
+			{name: "Alice is allowed access, existing user, missing body", requestingUser: alice, wantOK: false, withHeader: true, userID: bob.ID},
+			{name: "Alice is allowed access, invalid userID", requestingUser: alice, wantOK: false, withHeader: true, userID: "!notauserid:test", requestOpt: test.WithJSONBody(t, map[string]interface{}{})},
+		}
+
+		for _, tc := range testCases {
+			t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				req := test.NewRequest(t, http.MethodPost, "/_dendrite/admin/resetPassword/"+tc.userID)
+				if tc.requestOpt != nil {
+					req = test.NewRequest(t, http.MethodPost, "/_dendrite/admin/resetPassword/"+tc.userID, tc.requestOpt)
+				}
+
+				if tc.withHeader {
+					req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+accessTokens[tc.requestingUser])
+				}
+
+				rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+				base.DendriteAdminMux.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+				if tc.wantOK && rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+					t.Fatalf("expected http status %d, got %d: %s", http.StatusOK, rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/clientapi/clientapi.go b/clientapi/clientapi.go
index 080d4d9fa..62ffa6155 100644
--- a/clientapi/clientapi.go
+++ b/clientapi/clientapi.go
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@ func AddPublicRoutes(
 	}
 
 	routing.Setup(
-		base.PublicClientAPIMux,
-		base.PublicWellKnownAPIMux,
-		base.SynapseAdminMux,
-		base.DendriteAdminMux,
+		base,
 		cfg, rsAPI, asAPI,
 		userAPI, userDirectoryProvider, federation,
 		syncProducer, transactionsCache, fsAPI, keyAPI,
diff --git a/clientapi/routing/admin.go b/clientapi/routing/admin.go
index be8073c33..7503e5827 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/admin.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/admin.go
@@ -98,20 +98,40 @@ func AdminEvacuateUser(req *http.Request, cfg *config.ClientAPI, device *userapi
 }
 
 func AdminResetPassword(req *http.Request, cfg *config.ClientAPI, device *userapi.Device, userAPI userapi.ClientUserAPI) util.JSONResponse {
+	if req.Body == nil {
+		return util.JSONResponse{
+			Code: http.StatusBadRequest,
+			JSON: jsonerror.Unknown("Missing request body"),
+		}
+	}
 	vars, err := httputil.URLDecodeMapValues(mux.Vars(req))
 	if err != nil {
 		return util.ErrorResponse(err)
 	}
-	serverName := cfg.Matrix.ServerName
-	localpart, ok := vars["localpart"]
-	if !ok {
+	var localpart string
+	userID := vars["userID"]
+	localpart, serverName, err := cfg.Matrix.SplitLocalID('@', userID)
+	if err != nil {
 		return util.JSONResponse{
 			Code: http.StatusBadRequest,
-			JSON: jsonerror.MissingArgument("Expecting user localpart."),
+			JSON: jsonerror.BadJSON(err.Error()),
 		}
 	}
-	if l, s, err := cfg.Matrix.SplitLocalID('@', localpart); err == nil {
-		localpart, serverName = l, s
+	accAvailableResp := &userapi.QueryAccountAvailabilityResponse{}
+	if err = userAPI.QueryAccountAvailability(req.Context(), &userapi.QueryAccountAvailabilityRequest{
+		Localpart:  localpart,
+		ServerName: serverName,
+	}, accAvailableResp); err != nil {
+		return util.JSONResponse{
+			Code: http.StatusInternalServerError,
+			JSON: jsonerror.InternalAPIError(req.Context(), err),
+		}
+	}
+	if accAvailableResp.Available {
+		return util.JSONResponse{
+			Code: http.StatusNotFound,
+			JSON: jsonerror.Unknown("User does not exist"),
+		}
 	}
 	request := struct {
 		Password string `json:"password"`
diff --git a/clientapi/routing/routing.go b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
index a510761eb..69b46214c 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/base"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ import (
 // applied:
 // nolint: gocyclo
 func Setup(
-	publicAPIMux, wkMux, synapseAdminRouter, dendriteAdminRouter *mux.Router,
+	base *base.BaseDendrite,
 	cfg *config.ClientAPI,
 	rsAPI roomserverAPI.ClientRoomserverAPI,
 	asAPI appserviceAPI.AppServiceInternalAPI,
@@ -63,7 +64,14 @@ func Setup(
 	extRoomsProvider api.ExtraPublicRoomsProvider,
 	mscCfg *config.MSCs, natsClient *nats.Conn,
 ) {
-	prometheus.MustRegister(amtRegUsers, sendEventDuration)
+	publicAPIMux := base.PublicClientAPIMux
+	wkMux := base.PublicWellKnownAPIMux
+	synapseAdminRouter := base.SynapseAdminMux
+	dendriteAdminRouter := base.DendriteAdminMux
+
+	if base.EnableMetrics {
+		prometheus.MustRegister(amtRegUsers, sendEventDuration)
+	}
 
 	rateLimits := httputil.NewRateLimits(&cfg.RateLimiting)
 	userInteractiveAuth := auth.NewUserInteractive(userAPI, cfg)
@@ -631,7 +639,7 @@ func Setup(
 	).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodPost, http.MethodOptions)
 
 	v3mux.Handle("/auth/{authType}/fallback/web",
-		httputil.MakeHTMLAPI("auth_fallback", func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) *util.JSONResponse {
+		httputil.MakeHTMLAPI("auth_fallback", base.EnableMetrics, func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) *util.JSONResponse {
 			vars := mux.Vars(req)
 			return AuthFallback(w, req, vars["authType"], cfg)
 		}),
diff --git a/internal/httputil/httpapi.go b/internal/httputil/httpapi.go
index 127d1fac7..383913c60 100644
--- a/internal/httputil/httpapi.go
+++ b/internal/httputil/httpapi.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func MakeExternalAPI(metricsName string, f func(*http.Request) util.JSONResponse
 
 // MakeHTMLAPI adds Span metrics to the HTML Handler function
 // This is used to serve HTML alongside JSON error messages
-func MakeHTMLAPI(metricsName string, f func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) *util.JSONResponse) http.Handler {
+func MakeHTMLAPI(metricsName string, enableMetrics bool, f func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) *util.JSONResponse) http.Handler {
 	withSpan := func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		span := opentracing.StartSpan(metricsName)
 		defer span.Finish()
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ func MakeHTMLAPI(metricsName string, f func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !enableMetrics {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(withSpan)
+	}
+
 	return promhttp.InstrumentHandlerCounter(
 		promauto.NewCounterVec(
 			prometheus.CounterOpts{
diff --git a/test/user.go b/test/user.go
index 692eae351..95a8f83e6 100644
--- a/test/user.go
+++ b/test/user.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var (
 
 type User struct {
 	ID          string
-	accountType api.AccountType
+	AccountType api.AccountType
 	// key ID and private key of the server who has this user, if known.
 	keyID   gomatrixserverlib.KeyID
 	privKey ed25519.PrivateKey
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func WithSigningServer(srvName gomatrixserverlib.ServerName, keyID gomatrixserve
 
 func WithAccountType(accountType api.AccountType) UserOpt {
 	return func(u *User) {
-		u.accountType = accountType
+		u.AccountType = accountType
 	}
 }