diff --git a/syncapi/storage/output_room_events_table.go b/syncapi/storage/output_room_events_table.go
index 34632aedf..5bfd7dacf 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/output_room_events_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/output_room_events_table.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS syncapi_output_room_events (
     room_id TEXT NOT NULL,
     -- The JSON for the event. Stored as TEXT because this should be valid UTF-8.
     event_json TEXT NOT NULL,
+    -- The event type e.g 'm.room.member'
+    type TEXT NOT NULL,
+    -- The 'sender' property of the event.
+    sender TEXT NOT NULL,
+	-- true if the event content contains a url key
+    contains_url BOOL NOT NULL,
     -- A list of event IDs which represent a delta of added/removed room state. This can be NULL
     -- if there is no delta.
     add_state_ids TEXT[],
@@ -56,8 +63,8 @@ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS syncapi_event_id_idx ON syncapi_output_room_ev
 
 const insertEventSQL = "" +
 	"INSERT INTO syncapi_output_room_events (" +
-	" room_id, event_id, event_json, add_state_ids, remove_state_ids, device_id, transaction_id" +
-	") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7) RETURNING id"
+	"room_id, event_id, event_json, type, sender, contains_url, add_state_ids, remove_state_ids, device_id, transaction_id" +
+	") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10) RETURNING id"
 
 const selectEventsSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT id, event_json FROM syncapi_output_room_events WHERE event_id = ANY($1)"
@@ -75,7 +82,13 @@ const selectStateInRangeSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT id, event_json, add_state_ids, remove_state_ids" +
 	" FROM syncapi_output_room_events" +
 	" WHERE (id > $1 AND id <= $2) AND (add_state_ids IS NOT NULL OR remove_state_ids IS NOT NULL)" +
-	" ORDER BY id ASC"
+	" AND ( $3::text[] IS NULL OR     sender  = ANY($3)  )" +
+	" AND ( $4::text[] IS NULL OR NOT(sender  = ANY($4)) )" +
+	" AND ( $5::text[] IS NULL OR     type LIKE ANY($5)  )" +
+	" AND ( $6::text[] IS NULL OR NOT(type LIKE ANY($6)) )" +
+	" AND ( $7::bool IS NULL   OR     contains_url = $7  )" +
+	" ORDER BY id ASC" +
+	" LIMIT $8"
 
 type outputRoomEventsStatements struct {
 	insertEventStmt        *sql.Stmt
@@ -113,10 +126,19 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) prepare(db *sql.DB) (err error) {
 // two positions, only the most recent state is returned.
 func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) selectStateInRange(
 	ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, oldPos, newPos int64,
+	stateFilterPart *gomatrixserverlib.FilterPart,
 ) (map[string]map[string]bool, map[string]streamEvent, error) {
 	stmt := common.TxStmt(txn, s.selectStateInRangeStmt)
 
-	rows, err := stmt.QueryContext(ctx, oldPos, newPos)
+	rows, err := stmt.QueryContext(
+		ctx, oldPos, newPos,
+		pq.StringArray(stateFilterPart.Senders),
+		pq.StringArray(stateFilterPart.NotSenders),
+		pq.StringArray(filterConvertTypeWildcardToSQL(stateFilterPart.Types)),
+		pq.StringArray(filterConvertTypeWildcardToSQL(stateFilterPart.NotTypes)),
+		stateFilterPart.ContainsURL,
+		stateFilterPart.Limit,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -205,12 +227,23 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) insertEvent(
 		txnID = &transactionID.TransactionID
 	}
 
+	// Parse content as JSON and search for an "url" key
+	containsURL := false
+	var content map[string]interface{}
+	if json.Unmarshal(event.Content(), &content) != nil {
+		// Set containsURL = true if url is present
+		_, containsURL = content["url"]
+	}
+
 	stmt := common.TxStmt(txn, s.insertEventStmt)
 	err = stmt.QueryRowContext(
 		ctx,
 		event.RoomID(),
 		event.EventID(),
 		event.JSON(),
+		event.Type(),
+		event.Sender(),
+		containsURL,
 		pq.StringArray(addState),
 		pq.StringArray(removeState),
 		deviceID,
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/syncserver.go b/syncapi/storage/syncserver.go
index fb2cf39a3..55775aec1 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/syncserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/syncserver.go
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ func (d *SyncServerDatasource) getStateDeltas(
 	var deltas []stateDelta
 
 	// get all the state events ever between these two positions
-	stateNeeded, eventMap, err := d.events.selectStateInRange(ctx, txn, fromPos, toPos)
+	stateNeeded, eventMap, err := d.events.selectStateInRange(ctx, txn, fromPos, toPos, stateFilterPart)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ func (d *SyncServerDatasource) getStateDeltasForFullStateSync(
 	}
 
 	// Get all the state events ever between these two positions
-	stateNeeded, eventMap, err := d.events.selectStateInRange(ctx, txn, fromPos, toPos)
+	stateNeeded, eventMap, err := d.events.selectStateInRange(ctx, txn, fromPos, toPos, stateFilterPart)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}