diff --git a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.tsx b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.tsx
index cffd83a4e0..00b0a69778 100644
--- a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import { isUrlPermitted } from '../../../HtmlUtils';
 import { isContentActionable } from '../../../utils/EventUtils';
 import IconizedContextMenu, { IconizedContextMenuOption, IconizedContextMenuOptionList } from './IconizedContextMenu';
 import { ReadPinsEventId } from "../right_panel/types";
-import ForwardDialog from "../dialogs/ForwardDialog";
 import { Action } from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 import ReportEventDialog from '../dialogs/ReportEventDialog';
 import ViewSource from '../../structures/ViewSource';
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ import { WidgetLayoutStore } from '../../../stores/widgets/WidgetLayoutStore';
 import EndPollDialog from '../dialogs/EndPollDialog';
 import { isPollEnded } from '../messages/MPollBody';
 import { ViewRoomPayload } from "../../../dispatcher/payloads/ViewRoomPayload";
+import { OpenForwardDialogPayload } from "../../../dispatcher/payloads/OpenForwardDialogPayload";
 import { createMapSiteLink } from '../../../utils/location';
 
 export function canCancel(status: EventStatus): boolean {
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ export default class MessageContextMenu extends React.Component<IProps, IState>
     };
 
     private onForwardClick = (): void => {
-        Modal.createTrackedDialog('Forward Message', '', ForwardDialog, {
-            matrixClient: MatrixClientPeg.get(),
+        dis.dispatch({
+            action: Action.OpenForwardDialog,
             event: this.props.mxEvent,
             permalinkCreator: this.props.permalinkCreator,
-        });
+        } as OpenForwardDialogPayload);
         this.closeMenu();
     };
 
diff --git a/src/dispatcher/actions.ts b/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
index 5dbdd24540..12053e204d 100644
--- a/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
+++ b/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
@@ -265,4 +265,10 @@ export enum Action {
      * Payload: ActiveRoomChangedPayload
      */
     ActiveRoomChanged = "active_room_changed",
+
+    /**
+     * Fired when the forward dialog needs to be opened.
+     * Payload: OpenForwardDialogPayload
+     */
+    OpenForwardDialog = "open_forward_dialog",
 }
diff --git a/src/dispatcher/payloads/OpenForwardDialogPayload.ts b/src/dispatcher/payloads/OpenForwardDialogPayload.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a5a9b1c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dispatcher/payloads/OpenForwardDialogPayload.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+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 { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
+import { Optional } from "matrix-events-sdk";
+
+import { Action } from "../actions";
+import { ActionPayload } from "../payloads";
+import { RoomPermalinkCreator } from "../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
+
+export interface OpenForwardDialogPayload extends ActionPayload {
+    action: Action.OpenForwardDialog;
+
+    event: MatrixEvent;
+    permalinkCreator: Optional<RoomPermalinkCreator>;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/DialogOpener.ts b/src/utils/DialogOpener.ts
index 3908a5af1e..ca4ab85b13 100644
--- a/src/utils/DialogOpener.ts
+++ b/src/utils/DialogOpener.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import { ActionPayload } from "../dispatcher/payloads";
 import Modal from "../Modal";
 import RoomSettingsDialog from "../components/views/dialogs/RoomSettingsDialog";
 import { RoomViewStore } from "../stores/RoomViewStore";
+import ForwardDialog from "../components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog";
+import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../MatrixClientPeg";
+import { Action } from "../dispatcher/actions";
 
 /**
  * Auxiliary class to listen for dialog opening over the dispatcher and
@@ -49,6 +52,13 @@ export class DialogOpener {
                     initialTabId: payload.initial_tab_id,
                 }, /*className=*/null, /*isPriority=*/false, /*isStatic=*/true);
                 break;
+            case Action.OpenForwardDialog:
+                Modal.createTrackedDialog('Forward Message', '', ForwardDialog, {
+                    matrixClient: MatrixClientPeg.get(),
+                    event: payload.event,
+                    permalinkCreator: payload.permalinkCreator,
+                });
+                break;
         }
     };
 }