diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index 990f9bf8bc..7f5b605acb 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { KeyCode, isOnlyCtrlOrCmdKeyEvent } from '../../Keyboard';
 
 import RoomViewStore from '../../stores/RoomViewStore';
 import RoomScrollStateStore from '../../stores/RoomScrollStateStore';
-import SettingsStore from "../../settings/SettingsStore";
+import SettingsStore, {SettingLevel} from "../../settings/SettingsStore";
 
 const DEBUG = false;
 let debuglog = function() {};
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             showApps: false,
             isAlone: false,
             isPeeking: false,
+            showingPinned: false,
 
             // error object, as from the matrix client/server API
             // If we failed to load information about the room,
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             isInitialEventHighlighted: RoomViewStore.isInitialEventHighlighted(),
             forwardingEvent: RoomViewStore.getForwardingEvent(),
             shouldPeek: RoomViewStore.shouldPeek(),
+            showingPinned: SettingsStore.getValue("PinnedEvents.isOpen", RoomViewStore.getRoomId()),
             editingRoomSettings: RoomViewStore.isEditingSettings(),
         };
 
@@ -1136,7 +1138,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     },
 
     onPinnedClick: function() {
-        this.setState({showingPinned: !this.state.showingPinned, searching: false});
+        const nowShowingPinned = !this.state.showingPinned;
+        const roomId = this.state.room.roomId;
+        this.setState({showingPinned: nowShowingPinned, searching: false});
+        SettingsStore.setValue("PinnedEvents.isOpen", roomId, SettingLevel.ROOM_DEVICE, nowShowingPinned);
     },
 
     onSettingsClick: function() {
diff --git a/src/settings/Settings.js b/src/settings/Settings.js
index b1bc4161fd..456665aeb8 100644
--- a/src/settings/Settings.js
+++ b/src/settings/Settings.js
@@ -274,4 +274,8 @@ export const SETTINGS = {
         displayName: _td('Enable widget screenshots on supported widgets'),
         default: false,
     },
+    "PinnedEvents.isOpen": {
+        supportedLevels: ['room-device'],
+        default: false,
+    },
 };