diff --git a/syncapi/consumers/keychange.go b/syncapi/consumers/keychange.go
index 128f6011e..59cd583d1 100644
--- a/syncapi/consumers/keychange.go
+++ b/syncapi/consumers/keychange.go
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ func (s *OutputKeyChangeEventConsumer) onMessage(msg *sarama.ConsumerMessage) er
 		log.WithError(err).Error("syncapi: failed to QuerySharedUsers for key change event from key server")
 		return err
 	}
-	// TODO: f.e queryRes.UserIDsToCount : notify users by waking up streams
+	// make sure we get our own key updates too!
+	queryRes.UserIDsToCount[output.UserID] = 1
 	posUpdate := types.StreamingToken{
 		DeviceListPosition: types.LogPosition{
 			Offset:    msg.Offset,
diff --git a/sytest-whitelist b/sytest-whitelist
index 4ef2304ac..cfbe54434 100644
--- a/sytest-whitelist
+++ b/sytest-whitelist
@@ -500,3 +500,4 @@ Can forget room you've been kicked from
 /whois
 /joined_members return joined members
 A next_batch token can be used in the v1 messages API
+Users receive device_list updates for their own devices