diff --git a/clientapi/routing/routing.go b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
index 08f45e551..f0841b796 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ func Setup(
 			return SendMembership(req, accountDB, device, vars["roomID"], vars["membership"], cfg, queryAPI, asAPI, producer)
 		}),
 	).Methods(http.MethodPost, http.MethodOptions)
+	r0mux.Handle("/rooms/{roomID}/send/{eventType}",
+		common.MakeAuthAPI("send_message", authData, func(req *http.Request, device *authtypes.Device) util.JSONResponse {
+			vars, err := common.URLDecodeMapValues(mux.Vars(req))
+			if err != nil {
+				return util.ErrorResponse(err)
+			}
+			return SendEvent(req, device, vars["roomID"], vars["eventType"], nil, nil, cfg, queryAPI, producer, nil)
+		}),
+	).Methods(http.MethodPost, http.MethodOptions)
 	r0mux.Handle("/rooms/{roomID}/send/{eventType}/{txnID}",
 		common.MakeAuthAPI("send_message", authData, func(req *http.Request, device *authtypes.Device) util.JSONResponse {
 			vars, err := common.URLDecodeMapValues(mux.Vars(req))