diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
index b0fe61deb7..18c04ccccc 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ export class StopGapWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
                     WidgetEventCapability.forToDeviceEvent(EventDirection.Receive, eventType).raw,
                 );
             }
+
+            // To always allow OIDC requests for element call, the widgetPermissionStore is used:
+            SdkContextClass.instance.widgetPermissionStore.setOIDCState(
+                forWidget,
+                forWidgetKind,
+                inRoomId,
+                OIDCState.Allowed,
+            );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/stores/widgets/WidgetPermissionStore-test.ts b/test/stores/widgets/WidgetPermissionStore-test.ts
index d9f1cbb804..97a59834f9 100644
--- a/test/stores/widgets/WidgetPermissionStore-test.ts
+++ b/test/stores/widgets/WidgetPermissionStore-test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import { mocked } from "jest-mock";
 import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-import { Widget, WidgetKind } from "matrix-widget-api";
+import { MatrixWidgetType, Widget, WidgetKind } from "matrix-widget-api";
 
 import { OIDCState, WidgetPermissionStore } from "../../../src/stores/widgets/WidgetPermissionStore";
 import SettingsStore from "../../../src/settings/SettingsStore";
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { TestSdkContext } from "../../TestSdkContext";
 import { SettingLevel } from "../../../src/settings/SettingLevel";
 import { SdkContextClass } from "../../../src/contexts/SDKContext";
 import { stubClient } from "../../test-utils";
+import { StopGapWidgetDriver } from "../../../src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver";
 
 jest.mock("../../../src/settings/SettingsStore");
 
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ describe("WidgetPermissionStore", () => {
         type: "m.custom",
         url: "https://invalid.address.here",
     });
+    const elementCallWidget = new Widget({
+        id: "group_call",
+        creatorUserId: "@alice:example.org",
+        type: MatrixWidgetType.Custom,
+        url: "https://call.element.io",
+    });
     let settings: Record<string, any> = {}; // key value store
 
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -92,4 +99,10 @@ describe("WidgetPermissionStore", () => {
         const store2 = context.widgetPermissionStore;
         expect(store2).toStrictEqual(store);
     });
+    it("auto-approves OIDC requests for element-call", async () => {
+        new StopGapWidgetDriver([], elementCallWidget, WidgetKind.Room, true, roomId);
+        expect(widgetPermissionStore.getOIDCState(elementCallWidget, WidgetKind.Room, roomId)).toEqual(
+            OIDCState.Allowed,
+        );
+    });
 });