diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList2.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList2.tsx
index 06708931a2..0eef2143dd 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList2.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList2.tsx
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import * as React from "react";
+import { Dispatcher } from "flux";
+import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
+
 import { _t, _td } from "../../../languageHandler";
 import { RovingTabIndexProvider } from "../../../accessibility/RovingTabIndex";
 import { ResizeNotifier } from "../../../utils/ResizeNotifier";
-import RoomListStore, { LISTS_UPDATE_EVENT, RoomListStore2 } from "../../../stores/room-list/RoomListStore2";
+import RoomListStore, { LISTS_UPDATE_EVENT } from "../../../stores/room-list/RoomListStore2";
+import RoomViewStore from "../../../stores/RoomViewStore";
 import { ITagMap } from "../../../stores/room-list/algorithms/models";
 import { DefaultTagID, TagID } from "../../../stores/room-list/models";
-import { Dispatcher } from "flux";
 import dis from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import defaultDispatcher from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import RoomSublist2 from "./RoomSublist2";
@@ -35,6 +38,9 @@ import GroupAvatar from "../avatars/GroupAvatar";
 import TemporaryTile from "./TemporaryTile";
 import { StaticNotificationState } from "../../../stores/notifications/StaticNotificationState";
 import { NotificationColor } from "../../../stores/notifications/NotificationColor";
+import { TagSpecificNotificationState } from "../../../stores/notifications/TagSpecificNotificationState";
+import { Action } from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
+import { ViewRoomDeltaPayload } from "../../../dispatcher/payloads/ViewRoomDeltaPayload";
 
 // TODO: Remove banner on launch: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14231
 // TODO: Rename on launch: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14231
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ const TAG_AESTHETICS: {
 
 export default class RoomList2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     private searchFilter: NameFilterCondition = new NameFilterCondition();
+    private dispatcherRef;
 
     constructor(props: IProps) {
         super(props);
@@ -148,6 +155,8 @@ export default class RoomList2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             sublists: {},
             layouts: new Map<TagID, ListLayout>(),
         };
+
+        this.dispatcherRef = defaultDispatcher.register(this.onAction);
     }
 
     public componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Readonly<IProps>): void {
@@ -172,8 +181,48 @@ export default class RoomList2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
 
     public componentWillUnmount() {
         RoomListStore.instance.off(LISTS_UPDATE_EVENT, this.updateLists);
+        defaultDispatcher.unregister(this.dispatcherRef);
     }
 
+    private onAction = (payload: ActionPayload) => {
+        if (payload.action === Action.ViewRoomDelta) {
+            const viewRoomDeltaPayload = payload as ViewRoomDeltaPayload;
+            const currentRoomId = RoomViewStore.getRoomId();
+            const room = this.getRoomDelta(currentRoomId, viewRoomDeltaPayload.delta, viewRoomDeltaPayload.unread);
+            if (room) {
+                dis.dispatch({
+                    action: 'view_room',
+                    room_id: room.roomId,
+                    show_room_tile: true, // to make sure the room gets scrolled into view
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    private getRoomDelta = (roomId: string, delta: number, unread = false) => {
+        const lists = RoomListStore.instance.orderedLists;
+        let rooms: Room = [];
+        TAG_ORDER.forEach(t => {
+            let listRooms = lists[t];
+
+            if (unread) {
+                const notificationStates = rooms.map(r => new TagSpecificNotificationState(r, t));
+                // filter to only notification rooms (and our current active room so we can index properly)
+                listRooms = notificationStates.filter(state => {
+                    return state.room.roomId === roomId || state.color >= NotificationColor.Bold;
+                });
+                notificationStates.forEach(state => state.destroy());
+            }
+
+            rooms.push(...listRooms);
+        });
+
+        const currentIndex = rooms.findIndex(r => r.roomId === roomId);
+        // use slice to account for looping around the start
+        const [room] = rooms.slice((currentIndex + delta) % rooms.length);
+        return room;
+    };
+
     private updateLists = () => {
         const newLists = RoomListStore.instance.orderedLists;
         console.log("new lists", newLists);
diff --git a/src/stores/notifications/RoomNotificationState.ts b/src/stores/notifications/RoomNotificationState.ts
index f9b19fcbcb..51355a2d4d 100644
--- a/src/stores/notifications/RoomNotificationState.ts
+++ b/src/stores/notifications/RoomNotificationState.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class RoomNotificationState extends EventEmitter implements IDestroyable,
     private _count: number;
     private _color: NotificationColor;
 
-    constructor(private room: Room) {
+    constructor(public readonly room: Room) {
         super();
         this.room.on("Room.receipt", this.handleReadReceipt);
         this.room.on("Room.timeline", this.handleRoomEventUpdate);