diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a02e29542..983bf42e2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ github.com/btcsuite/goleveldb v0.0.0-20160330041536-7834afc9e8cd/go.mod h1:F+uVa
 github.com/btcsuite/snappy-go v0.0.0-20151229074030-0bdef8d06723/go.mod h1:8woku9dyThutzjeg+3xrA5iCpBRH8XEEg3lh6TiUghc=
 github.com/btcsuite/websocket v0.0.0-20150119174127-31079b680792/go.mod h1:ghJtEyQwv5/p4Mg4C0fgbePVuGr935/5ddU9Z3TmDRY=
 github.com/btcsuite/winsvc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jsenWakMcC0zFBFurPLEAyrnc/teJEM1O46fmI40EZs=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:dgIUBU3pDso/gPgZ1osOZ0iQf77oPR28Tjxl5dIMyVM=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 h1:6MnRN8NT7+YBpUIWxHtefFZOKTAPgGjpQSxqLNn0+qY=
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.3/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.0 h1:vs7fgriifsPbGdK3bNuMWapNn3qnZhCRXc19NRdq010=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
+go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0 h1:cxzIVoETapQEqDhQu3QfnvXAV4AlzcvUCxkVUFw3+EU=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=
@@ -491,6 +493,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190522155817-f3200d17e092/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190613194153-d28f0bde5980/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859 h1:R/3boaszxrf1GEUWTVDzSKVwLmSJpwZ1yqXm8j0v2QI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190909003024-a7b16738d86b h1:XfVGCX+0T4WOStkaOsJRllbsiImhB2jgVBGc9L0lPGc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190909003024-a7b16738d86b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
diff --git a/roomserver/query/query.go b/roomserver/query/query.go
index 52b678ac3..a73ce699d 100644
--- a/roomserver/query/query.go
+++ b/roomserver/query/query.go
@@ -677,7 +677,15 @@ func (r *RoomserverQueryAPI) QueryStateAndAuthChain(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	authEvents, err := getAuthChain(ctx, r.DB, request.AuthEventIDs)
+	// add the auth event IDs for the current state events too
+	var authEventIDs []string
+	authEventIDs = append(authEventIDs, request.AuthEventIDs...)
+	for _, se := range stateEvents {
+		authEventIDs = append(authEventIDs, se.AuthEventIDs()...)
+	}
+	authEventIDs = util.UniqueStrings(authEventIDs) // de-dupe
+
+	authEvents, err := getAuthChain(ctx, r.DB, authEventIDs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}