diff --git a/roomserver/api/query.go b/roomserver/api/query.go
index 24cca03ec..2c87530a7 100644
--- a/roomserver/api/query.go
+++ b/roomserver/api/query.go
@@ -251,8 +251,18 @@ type QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesRequest struct{}
 
 // QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesResponse is a response to QueryServersInRoomAtEventResponse
 type QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesResponse struct {
-	DefaultRoomVersion    string            `json:"default"`
-	AvailableRoomVersions map[string]string `json:"available"`
+	DefaultRoomVersion    gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion            `json:"default"`
+	AvailableRoomVersions map[gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion]string `json:"available"`
+}
+
+// QueryRoomVersionForRoom asks for the room version for a given room.
+type QueryRoomVersionForRoomRequest struct {
+	RoomID string `json:"room_id"`
+}
+
+// QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesResponse is a response to QueryServersInRoomAtEventResponse
+type QueryRoomVersionForRoomResponse struct {
+	RoomVersion gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion `json:"room_version"`
 }
 
 // RoomserverQueryAPI is used to query information from the room server.
@@ -341,6 +351,13 @@ type RoomserverQueryAPI interface {
 		request *QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesRequest,
 		response *QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesResponse,
 	) error
+
+	// Asks for the room version for a given room.
+	QueryRoomVersionForRoom(
+		ctx context.Context,
+		request *QueryRoomVersionForRoomRequest,
+		response *QueryRoomVersionForRoomResponse,
+	) error
 }
 
 // RoomserverQueryLatestEventsAndStatePath is the HTTP path for the QueryLatestEventsAndState API.
@@ -379,6 +396,9 @@ const RoomserverQueryServersInRoomAtEventPath = "/api/roomserver/queryServersInR
 // RoomserverQueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesPath is the HTTP path for the QueryRoomVersionCapabilities API
 const RoomserverQueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesPath = "/api/roomserver/queryRoomVersionCapabilities"
 
+// RoomserverQueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesPath is the HTTP path for the QueryRoomVersionCapabilities API
+const RoomserverQueryRoomVersionForRoomPath = "/api/roomserver/queryRoomVersionForRoom"
+
 // NewRoomserverQueryAPIHTTP creates a RoomserverQueryAPI implemented by talking to a HTTP POST API.
 // If httpClient is nil then it uses the http.DefaultClient
 func NewRoomserverQueryAPIHTTP(roomserverURL string, httpClient *http.Client) RoomserverQueryAPI {
@@ -536,7 +556,7 @@ func (h *httpRoomserverQueryAPI) QueryServersInRoomAtEvent(
 	return commonHTTP.PostJSON(ctx, span, h.httpClient, apiURL, request, response)
 }
 
-// QueryServersInRoomAtEvent implements RoomServerQueryAPI
+// QueryRoomVersionCapabilities implements RoomServerQueryAPI
 func (h *httpRoomserverQueryAPI) QueryRoomVersionCapabilities(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	request *QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesRequest,
@@ -548,3 +568,16 @@ func (h *httpRoomserverQueryAPI) QueryRoomVersionCapabilities(
 	apiURL := h.roomserverURL + RoomserverQueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesPath
 	return commonHTTP.PostJSON(ctx, span, h.httpClient, apiURL, request, response)
 }
+
+// QueryRoomVersionForRoom implements RoomServerQueryAPI
+func (h *httpRoomserverQueryAPI) QueryRoomVersionForRoom(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	request *QueryRoomVersionForRoomRequest,
+	response *QueryRoomVersionForRoomResponse,
+) error {
+	span, ctx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "QueryRoomVersionForRoom")
+	defer span.Finish()
+
+	apiURL := h.roomserverURL + RoomserverQueryRoomVersionForRoomPath
+	return commonHTTP.PostJSON(ctx, span, h.httpClient, apiURL, request, response)
+}
diff --git a/roomserver/query/query.go b/roomserver/query/query.go
index 3ab12d60a..a9ace48a0 100644
--- a/roomserver/query/query.go
+++ b/roomserver/query/query.go
@@ -808,10 +808,10 @@ func (r *RoomserverQueryAPI) QueryRoomVersionCapabilities(
 	request *api.QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesRequest,
 	response *api.QueryRoomVersionCapabilitiesResponse,
 ) error {
-	response.DefaultRoomVersion = string(version.DefaultRoomVersion())
-	response.AvailableRoomVersions = make(map[string]string)
+	response.DefaultRoomVersion = version.DefaultRoomVersion()
+	response.AvailableRoomVersions = make(map[gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion]string)
 	for v, desc := range version.SupportedRoomVersions() {
-		sv := string(v)
+		sv := v
 		if desc.Stable {
 			response.AvailableRoomVersions[sv] = "stable"
 		} else {
@@ -821,6 +821,20 @@ func (r *RoomserverQueryAPI) QueryRoomVersionCapabilities(
 	return nil
 }
 
+// QueryRoomVersionCapabilities implements api.RoomserverQueryAPI
+func (r *RoomserverQueryAPI) QueryRoomVersionForRoom(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	request *api.QueryRoomVersionForRoomRequest,
+	response *api.QueryRoomVersionForRoomResponse,
+) error {
+	roomVersion, err := r.DB.GetRoomVersionForRoom(ctx, request.RoomID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	response.RoomVersion = roomVersion
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SetupHTTP adds the RoomserverQueryAPI handlers to the http.ServeMux.
 // nolint: gocyclo
 func (r *RoomserverQueryAPI) SetupHTTP(servMux *http.ServeMux) {
@@ -992,4 +1006,18 @@ func (r *RoomserverQueryAPI) SetupHTTP(servMux *http.ServeMux) {
 			return util.JSONResponse{Code: http.StatusOK, JSON: &response}
 		}),
 	)
+	servMux.Handle(
+		api.RoomserverQueryRoomVersionForRoomPath,
+		common.MakeInternalAPI("QueryRoomVersionForRoom", func(req *http.Request) util.JSONResponse {
+			var request api.QueryRoomVersionForRoomRequest
+			var response api.QueryRoomVersionForRoomResponse
+			if err := json.NewDecoder(req.Body).Decode(&request); err != nil {
+				return util.ErrorResponse(err)
+			}
+			if err := r.QueryRoomVersionForRoom(req.Context(), &request, &response); err != nil {
+				return util.ErrorResponse(err)
+			}
+			return util.JSONResponse{Code: http.StatusOK, JSON: &response}
+		}),
+	)
 }