diff --git a/src/TextForEvent.js b/src/TextForEvent.js
index de12cec502..f99cf7bde5 100644
--- a/src/TextForEvent.js
+++ b/src/TextForEvent.js
@@ -248,6 +248,28 @@ function textForPowerEvent(event) {
     });
 }
 
+function textForWidgetEvent(event) {
+    const senderName = event.sender ? event.sender.name : event.getSender();
+    const previousContent = event.getPrevContent() || {};
+    const {name, type, url} = event.getContent() || {};
+    let widgetName = widgetName || name || type || previousContent.type || '';
+
+    // Apply sentence case
+    widgetName = widgetName ? widgetName[0].toUpperCase() + widgetName.slice(1).toLowerCase() + ' ' : '';
+
+    // If the widget was removed, its content should be {}, but this is sufficiently
+    // equivalent to that condition.
+    if (url) {
+        return _t('%(senderName)s added a %(widgetName)swidget', {
+            senderName, widgetName,
+        });
+    } else {
+        return _t('%(senderName)s removed a %(widgetName)swidget', {
+            senderName, widgetName,
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 var handlers = {
     'm.room.message': textForMessageEvent,
     'm.room.name':    textForRoomNameEvent,
@@ -260,6 +282,8 @@ var handlers = {
     'm.room.history_visibility': textForHistoryVisibilityEvent,
     'm.room.encryption': textForEncryptionEvent,
     'm.room.power_levels': textForPowerEvent,
+
+    'im.vector.modular.widgets': textForWidgetEvent,
 };
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
index 776d8a264b..a6f8ed5542 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ var eventTileTypes = {
     'm.room.history_visibility' : 'messages.TextualEvent',
     'm.room.encryption' : 'messages.TextualEvent',
     'm.room.power_levels' : 'messages.TextualEvent',
+
+    'im.vector.modular.widgets': 'messages.TextualEvent',
 };
 
 var MAX_READ_AVATARS = 5;
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index be1f9e994d..d175984e50 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -970,5 +970,7 @@
     "Failed to upload image": "Failed to upload image",
     "Failed to update group": "Failed to update group",
     "Hide avatars in user and room mentions": "Hide avatars in user and room mentions",
+    "%(senderName)s added a %(widgetName)swidget": "%(senderName)s added a %(widgetName)swidget",
+    "%(senderName)s removed a %(widgetName)swidget": "%(senderName)s removed a %(widgetName)swidget",
     "Robot check is currently unavailable on desktop - please use a <a>web browser</a>": "Robot check is currently unavailable on desktop - please use a <a>web browser</a>"
 }