diff --git a/clientapi/routing/context.go b/clientapi/routing/context.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97de42ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clientapi/routing/context.go
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package routing
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/jsonerror"
+	roomserver "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
+	userapi "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/userapi/api"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+type ContextRespsonse struct {
+	End          string                          `json:"end,omitempty"`
+	Event        gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent   `json:"event"`
+	EventsAfter  []gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent `json:"events_after,omitempty"`
+	EventsBefore []gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent `json:"events_before,omitempty"`
+	Start        string                          `json:"start,omitempty"`
+	State        []gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent `json:"state,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func Context(
+	req *http.Request, device *userapi.Device,
+	rsAPI roomserver.RoomserverInternalAPI,
+	userAPI userapi.UserInternalAPI,
+	roomID, eventID string,
+) util.JSONResponse {
+	limit, filter, err := parseContextParams(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		errMsg := ""
+		switch err.(type) {
+		case *json.InvalidUnmarshalError:
+			errMsg = "unable to parse filter"
+		case *strconv.NumError:
+			errMsg = "unable to parse limit"
+		}
+		return util.JSONResponse{
+			Code:    http.StatusBadRequest,
+			JSON:    jsonerror.InvalidParam(errMsg),
+			Headers: nil,
+		}
+	}
+	ctx := req.Context()
+
+	membershipRes := roomserver.QueryMembershipForUserResponse{}
+	membershipReq := roomserver.QueryMembershipForUserRequest{UserID: device.UserID, RoomID: roomID}
+	if err := rsAPI.QueryMembershipForUser(ctx, &membershipReq, &membershipRes); err != nil {
+		return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
+	}
+
+	_ = filter
+
+	avatarTuple := gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{EventType: "m.room.avatar", StateKey: ""}
+	nameTuple := gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{EventType: "m.room.name", StateKey: ""}
+	canonicalTuple := gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{EventType: gomatrixserverlib.MRoomCanonicalAlias, StateKey: ""}
+	topicTuple := gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{EventType: "m.room.topic", StateKey: ""}
+	guestTuple := gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{EventType: "m.room.guest_access", StateKey: ""}
+	visibilityTuple := gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{EventType: gomatrixserverlib.MRoomHistoryVisibility, StateKey: ""}
+	joinRuleTuple := gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{EventType: gomatrixserverlib.MRoomJoinRules, StateKey: ""}
+
+	currentState := &roomserver.QueryCurrentStateResponse{}
+	if err := rsAPI.QueryCurrentState(ctx, &roomserver.QueryCurrentStateRequest{
+		RoomID: roomID,
+		StateTuples: []gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{
+			avatarTuple, nameTuple, canonicalTuple, topicTuple, guestTuple, visibilityTuple, joinRuleTuple,
+		},
+	}, currentState); err != nil {
+		logrus.WithField("roomID", roomID).WithError(err).Error("unable to fetch current state")
+		return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
+	}
+
+	state := []gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent{}
+	for tuple, event := range currentState.StateEvents {
+		// check that the user is allowed to view the context
+		if tuple == visibilityTuple {
+			hisVis, err := event.HistoryVisibility()
+			if err != nil {
+				return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
+			}
+			allowed := hisVis != "world_readable" && membershipRes.Membership == "join"
+			if !allowed {
+				return util.JSONResponse{
+					Code: http.StatusForbidden,
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		state = append(state, gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedToClientEvent(event, gomatrixserverlib.FormatAll))
+	}
+
+	requestEvent := &roomserver.QueryEventsByIDResponse{}
+	if err := rsAPI.QueryEventsByID(ctx, &roomserver.QueryEventsByIDRequest{
+		EventIDs: []string{eventID},
+	}, requestEvent); err != nil {
+		return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
+	}
+	if requestEvent.Events == nil || len(requestEvent.Events) == 0 {
+		logrus.WithField("eventID", eventID).Error("unable to find requested event")
+		return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
+	}
+	// this should be safe now
+	event := requestEvent.Events[0]
+
+	eventsBefore, err := queryEventsBefore(rsAPI, ctx, event.PrevEventIDs(), limit)
+	if err != nil && err != sql.ErrNoRows {
+		logrus.WithError(err).Error("unable to fetch before events")
+		return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
+	}
+
+	eventsAfter, err := queryEventsAfter(rsAPI, ctx, event.EventID(), limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.WithError(err).Error("unable to fetch after events")
+		return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
+	}
+
+	response := ContextRespsonse{
+		End:          "end",
+		Event:        gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedToClientEvent(event, gomatrixserverlib.FormatAll),
+		EventsAfter:  eventsAfter,
+		EventsBefore: eventsBefore,
+		Start:        "start",
+		State:        state,
+	}
+
+	return util.JSONResponse{
+		Code: http.StatusOK,
+		JSON: response,
+	}
+}
+
+// queryEventsAfter retrieves events that happened after a list of events.
+// The function returns once the limit is reached or no new events can be found.
+// TODO: inefficient
+func queryEventsAfter(
+	rsAPI roomserver.RoomserverInternalAPI,
+	ctx context.Context,
+	eventID string,
+	limit int,
+) ([]gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent, error) {
+	result := []gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent{}
+	for {
+		res := &roomserver.QueryEventsAfterEventIDesponse{}
+		if err := rsAPI.QueryEventsAfter(ctx, &roomserver.QueryEventsAfterEventIDRequest{EventIDs: eventID}, res); err != nil {
+			if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+				return result, nil
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(res.Events) > 0 {
+			for _, ev := range res.Events {
+				result = append(result, *ev)
+				eventID = ev.EventID
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// queryEventsBefore retrieves events that happened before a list of events.
+// The function returns once the limit is reached or no new prevEvents can be found.
+// TODO: inefficient
+func queryEventsBefore(
+	rsAPI roomserver.RoomserverInternalAPI,
+	ctx context.Context,
+	prevEventIDs []string,
+	limit int,
+) ([]gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent, error) {
+	// query prev events
+	eventIDs := prevEventIDs
+	result := []*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent{}
+	for len(eventIDs) > 0 {
+		prevEvents := &roomserver.QueryEventsByIDResponse{}
+		if err := rsAPI.QueryEventsByID(ctx, &roomserver.QueryEventsByIDRequest{
+			EventIDs: eventIDs,
+		}, prevEvents); err != nil {
+			return gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedToClientEvents(result, gomatrixserverlib.FormatAll), err
+		}
+		// we didn't receive any events, return
+		if len(prevEvents.Events) == 0 {
+			return gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedToClientEvents(result, gomatrixserverlib.FormatAll), nil
+		}
+		// clear eventIDs to search for
+		eventIDs = []string{}
+		// append found events to result
+		for _, ev := range prevEvents.Events {
+			result = append(result, ev)
+			if len(result) >= limit {
+				return gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedToClientEvents(result, gomatrixserverlib.FormatAll), nil
+			}
+			// add prev to new eventIDs
+			eventIDs = append(eventIDs, ev.PrevEventIDs()...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedToClientEvents(result, gomatrixserverlib.FormatAll), nil
+}
+
+func parseContextParams(req *http.Request) (limit int, filter *gomatrixserverlib.RoomEventFilter, err error) {
+	l := req.URL.Query().Get("limit")
+	f := req.URL.Query().Get("filter")
+	limit = 10
+	if l != "" {
+		limit, err = strconv.Atoi(l)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, filter, err
+		}
+		// not in the spec, but feels like a good idea to have an upper bound limit
+		if limit > 100 {
+			limit = 100
+		}
+	}
+	if f != "" {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(f), &filter); err != nil {
+			return 0, filter, err
+		}
+	}
+	return limit, filter, nil
+}
diff --git a/clientapi/routing/context_test.go b/clientapi/routing/context_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72c67ccbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clientapi/routing/context_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package routing
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+)
+
+func Test_parseContextParams(t *testing.T) {
+
+	noParamsReq, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://localhost:8800/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!hyi4UaxS9mUXpSG9:localhost:8800/context/%24um_T82QqAXN8PayGiBW7j9WExpqTIQ7-JRq-Q6xpIf8?access_token=5dMB0z4tiulyBvCaIKgyjuWG71ybDiYIwNJVJ2UmxRI", nil)
+	limit2Req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://localhost:8800/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!hyi4UaxS9mUXpSG9:localhost:8800/context/%24um_T82QqAXN8PayGiBW7j9WExpqTIQ7-JRq-Q6xpIf8?access_token=5dMB0z4tiulyBvCaIKgyjuWG71ybDiYIwNJVJ2UmxRI&limit=2", nil)
+	limit10000Req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://localhost:8800/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!hyi4UaxS9mUXpSG9:localhost:8800/context/%24um_T82QqAXN8PayGiBW7j9WExpqTIQ7-JRq-Q6xpIf8?access_token=5dMB0z4tiulyBvCaIKgyjuWG71ybDiYIwNJVJ2UmxRI&limit=10000", nil)
+	invalidLimitReq, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://localhost:8800/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!hyi4UaxS9mUXpSG9:localhost:8800/context/%24um_T82QqAXN8PayGiBW7j9WExpqTIQ7-JRq-Q6xpIf8?access_token=5dMB0z4tiulyBvCaIKgyjuWG71ybDiYIwNJVJ2UmxRI&limit=100as", nil)
+	lazyLoadReq, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://localhost:8800//_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!kvEtX3rFamfwKHO3:localhost:8800/context/%24GjmkRbajRHy8_cxcSbUU4qF_njV8yHeLphI2azTrPaI?limit=2&filter=%7B+%22lazy_load_members%22+%3A+true+%7D&access_token=t1Njzm74w3G40CJ5xrlf1V2haXom0z0Iq1qyyVWhbVo", nil)
+	invalidFilterReq, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://localhost:8800//_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!kvEtX3rFamfwKHO3:localhost:8800/context/%24GjmkRbajRHy8_cxcSbUU4qF_njV8yHeLphI2azTrPaI?limit=2&filter=%7B+%22lazy_load_members%22+%3A+true&access_token=t1Njzm74w3G40CJ5xrlf1V2haXom0z0Iq1qyyVWhbVo", nil)
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		req        *http.Request
+		wantLimit  int
+		wantFilter *gomatrixserverlib.RoomEventFilter
+		wantErr    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "no params set",
+			req:       noParamsReq,
+			wantLimit: 10,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "limit 2 param set",
+			req:       limit2Req,
+			wantLimit: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "limit 10000 param set",
+			req:       limit10000Req,
+			wantLimit: 100,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "filter lazy_load_members param set",
+			req:        lazyLoadReq,
+			wantLimit:  2,
+			wantFilter: &gomatrixserverlib.RoomEventFilter{LazyLoadMembers: true},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "invalid limit req",
+			req:     invalidLimitReq,
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "invalid filter req",
+			req:     invalidFilterReq,
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			gotLimit, gotFilter, err := parseContextParams(tt.req)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("parseContextParams() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if gotLimit != tt.wantLimit {
+				t.Errorf("parseContextParams() gotLimit = %v, want %v", gotLimit, tt.wantLimit)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotFilter, tt.wantFilter) {
+				t.Errorf("parseContextParams() gotFilter = %v, want %v", gotFilter, tt.wantFilter)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/clientapi/routing/routing.go b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
index 732066166..4a5240758 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -1111,4 +1111,18 @@ func Setup(
 			return SetReceipt(req, eduAPI, device, vars["roomId"], vars["receiptType"], vars["eventId"])
 		}),
 	).Methods(http.MethodPost, http.MethodOptions)
+	r0mux.Handle("/rooms/{roomId}/context/{eventId}",
+		httputil.MakeAuthAPI(gomatrixserverlib.Join, userAPI, cfg.Matrix.UserConsentOptions, false, func(req *http.Request, device *userapi.Device) util.JSONResponse {
+			vars, err := httputil.URLDecodeMapValues(mux.Vars(req))
+			if err != nil {
+				return util.ErrorResponse(err)
+			}
+
+			return Context(
+				req, device,
+				rsAPI, userAPI,
+				vars["roomId"], vars["eventId"],
+			)
+		}),
+	).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodOptions)
 }