diff --git a/src/Lifecycle.ts b/src/Lifecycle.ts
index 85f0535851..340c4fa2ca 100644
--- a/src/Lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/Lifecycle.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import SessionRestoreErrorDialog from "./components/views/dialogs/SessionRestore
 import StorageEvictedDialog from "./components/views/dialogs/StorageEvictedDialog";
 import { setSentryUser } from "./sentry";
 import SdkConfig from "./SdkConfig";
+import { DialogOpener } from "./utils/DialogOpener";
 
 const HOMESERVER_URL_KEY = "mx_hs_url";
 const ID_SERVER_URL_KEY = "mx_is_url";
@@ -790,6 +791,7 @@ async function startMatrixClient(startSyncing = true): Promise<void> {
     TypingStore.sharedInstance().reset();
     ToastStore.sharedInstance().reset();
 
+    DialogOpener.instance.prepare();
     Notifier.start();
     UserActivity.sharedInstance().start();
     DMRoomMap.makeShared().start();
diff --git a/src/stores/RoomViewStore.tsx b/src/stores/RoomViewStore.tsx
index a346d90e26..d802845eee 100644
--- a/src/stores/RoomViewStore.tsx
+++ b/src/stores/RoomViewStore.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import { JoinRoomPayload } from "../dispatcher/payloads/JoinRoomPayload";
 import { JoinRoomReadyPayload } from "../dispatcher/payloads/JoinRoomReadyPayload";
 import { JoinRoomErrorPayload } from "../dispatcher/payloads/JoinRoomErrorPayload";
 import { ViewRoomErrorPayload } from "../dispatcher/payloads/ViewRoomErrorPayload";
-import RoomSettingsDialog from "../components/views/dialogs/RoomSettingsDialog";
 import ErrorDialog from "../components/views/dialogs/ErrorDialog";
 import { ActiveRoomChangedPayload } from "../dispatcher/payloads/ActiveRoomChangedPayload";
 
@@ -269,13 +268,6 @@ export class RoomViewStore extends Store<ActionPayload> {
                     }
                 }
                 break;
-            case 'open_room_settings': {
-                Modal.createTrackedDialog('Room settings', '', RoomSettingsDialog, {
-                    roomId: payload.room_id || this.state.roomId,
-                    initialTabId: payload.initial_tab_id,
-                }, /*className=*/null, /*isPriority=*/false, /*isStatic=*/true);
-                break;
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/DialogOpener.ts b/src/utils/DialogOpener.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3908a5af1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/DialogOpener.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import defaultDispatcher from "../dispatcher/dispatcher";
+import { ActionPayload } from "../dispatcher/payloads";
+import Modal from "../Modal";
+import RoomSettingsDialog from "../components/views/dialogs/RoomSettingsDialog";
+import { RoomViewStore } from "../stores/RoomViewStore";
+
+/**
+ * Auxiliary class to listen for dialog opening over the dispatcher and
+ * open the required dialogs. Not all dialogs run through here, but the
+ * ones which cause import cycles are good candidates.
+ */
+export class DialogOpener {
+    public static readonly instance = new DialogOpener();
+
+    private isRegistered = false;
+
+    private constructor() {
+    }
+
+    // We could do this in the constructor, but then we wouldn't have
+    // a function to call from Lifecycle to capture the class.
+    public prepare() {
+        if (this.isRegistered) return;
+        defaultDispatcher.register(this.onDispatch);
+        this.isRegistered = true;
+    }
+
+    private onDispatch = (payload: ActionPayload) => {
+        switch (payload.action) {
+            case 'open_room_settings':
+                Modal.createTrackedDialog('Room settings', '', RoomSettingsDialog, {
+                    roomId: payload.room_id || RoomViewStore.instance.getRoomId(),
+                    initialTabId: payload.initial_tab_id,
+                }, /*className=*/null, /*isPriority=*/false, /*isStatic=*/true);
+                break;
+        }
+    };
+}