diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index c0939871e2..4dad7a97f1 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@
     "Send stickers into this room": "Send stickers into this room",
     "Send stickers into your active room": "Send stickers into your active room",
     "Change which room you're viewing": "Change which room you're viewing",
+    "Change which room you're viewing and use permalinks": "Change which room you're viewing and use permalinks",
     "Change the topic of this room": "Change the topic of this room",
     "See when the topic changes in this room": "See when the topic changes in this room",
     "Change the topic of your active room": "Change the topic of your active room",
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetActions.ts b/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetActions.ts
index 76390086ab..de48746a74 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetActions.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetActions.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,16 @@ export enum ElementWidgetActions {
     ClientReady = "im.vector.ready",
     HangupCall = "im.vector.hangup",
     OpenIntegrationManager = "integration_manager_open",
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use MSC2931 instead
+     */
     ViewRoom = "io.element.view_room",
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use MSC2931 instead
+ */
 export interface IViewRoomApiRequest extends IWidgetApiRequest {
     data: {
         room_id: string; // eslint-disable-line camelcase
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetCapabilities.ts b/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetCapabilities.ts
index 3f17d27909..e493d5618f 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetCapabilities.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetCapabilities.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 export enum ElementWidgetCapabilities {
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use MSC2931 instead.
+     */
     CanChangeViewedRoom = "io.element.view_room",
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
index 2d2d1fcbdb..8baea97fe0 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
 import { CHAT_EFFECTS } from "../../effects";
 import { containsEmoji } from "../../effects/utils";
 import dis from "../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
+import {tryTransformPermalinkToLocalHref} from "../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
 
 // TODO: Purge this from the universe
 
@@ -171,4 +172,12 @@ export class StopGapWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
             },
         });
     }
+
+    public async navigate(uri: string): Promise<void> {
+        const localUri = tryTransformPermalinkToLocalHref(uri);
+        if (!localUri || localUri === uri) { // parse failure can lead to an unmodified URL
+            throw new Error("Failed to transform URI");
+        }
+        window.location.hash = localUri; // it'll just be a fragment
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx b/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
index 834ea3ec37..044b7701ba 100644
--- a/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
+++ b/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ export class CapabilityText {
         [ElementWidgetCapabilities.CanChangeViewedRoom]: {
             [GENERIC_WIDGET_KIND]: _td("Change which room you're viewing"),
         },
+        [MatrixCapabilities.MSC2931Navigate]: {
+            [GENERIC_WIDGET_KIND]: _td("Change which room you're viewing and use permalinks"),
+        },
     };
 
     private static stateSendRecvCaps: ISendRecvStaticCapText = {