diff --git a/src/components/structures/ViewSource.tsx b/src/components/structures/ViewSource.tsx
index a334f7148b..4e9ab8479d 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/ViewSource.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/ViewSource.tsx
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ export default class ViewSource extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                     <CopyableText getTextToCopy={() => eventId} border={false}>
                         { _t("Event ID: %(eventId)s", { eventId }) }
                     </CopyableText>
+                    { mxEvent.threadRootId && (
+                        <CopyableText getTextToCopy={() => mxEvent.threadRootId!} border={false}>
+                            { _t("Thread root ID: %(threadRootId)s", {
+                                threadRootId: mxEvent.threadRootId,
+                            }) }
+                        </CopyableText>
+                    ) }
                 </div>
                 { isEditing ? this.editSourceContent() : this.viewSourceContent() }
                 { !isEditing && canEdit && (
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index af85045bf9..9c6b057945 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -3399,6 +3399,7 @@
     "Decrypted event source": "Decrypted event source",
     "Original event source": "Original event source",
     "Event ID: %(eventId)s": "Event ID: %(eventId)s",
+    "Thread root ID: %(threadRootId)s": "Thread root ID: %(threadRootId)s",
     "Unable to verify this device": "Unable to verify this device",
     "Verify this device": "Verify this device",
     "Device verified": "Device verified",