diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/UserSettingsDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/UserSettingsDialog.js
index b135d5f5f6..210773c524 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/UserSettingsDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/UserSettingsDialog.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default class UserSettingsDialog extends React.Component {
         tabs.push(new Tab(
             _td("Security & Privacy"),
             "mx_UserSettingsDialog_securityIcon",
-            <SecurityUserSettingsTab />,
+            <SecurityUserSettingsTab closeSettingsFn={this.props.onFinished} />,
         ));
         if (SdkConfig.get()['showLabsSettings'] || SettingsStore.getLabsFeatures().length > 0) {
             tabs.push(new Tab(
diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
index 2a2bbbdb52..8c158b7799 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ export class IgnoredUser extends React.Component {
 }
 
 export default class SecurityUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
+    static propTypes = {
+        closeSettingsFn: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    };
+
     constructor() {
         super();
 
@@ -107,6 +111,11 @@ export default class SecurityUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
         );
     };
 
+    _onGoToUserProfileClick = () => {
+        // close the settings dialog & let the default action run (ie. navigate to the link)
+        this.props.closeSettingsFn();
+    }
+
     _onUserUnignored = async (userId) => {
         const {ignoredUserIds, waitingUnignored} = this.state;
         const currentlyIgnoredUserIds = ignoredUserIds.filter(e => !waitingUnignored.includes(e));
@@ -311,6 +320,9 @@ export default class SecurityUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
         return (
             <div className="mx_SettingsTab mx_SecurityUserSettingsTab">
                 <div className="mx_SettingsTab_heading">{_t("Security & Privacy")}</div>
+                <a href={"#/user/" + MatrixClientPeg.get().getUserId()} onClick={this._onGoToUserProfileClick}>
+                    {_t("Verify your devices in your User Profile")}
+                </a>
                 <div className="mx_SettingsTab_section">
                     <span className="mx_SettingsTab_subheading">{_t("Sessions")}</span>
                     <div className='mx_SettingsTab_subsectionText'>
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index bd4c8f58c8..bee1b1a732 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@
     "Message search": "Message search",
     "Cross-signing": "Cross-signing",
     "Security & Privacy": "Security & Privacy",
+    "Verify your devices in your User Profile": "Verify your devices in your User Profile",
     "Sessions": "Sessions",
     "A session's public name is visible to people you communicate with": "A session's public name is visible to people you communicate with",
     "Riot collects anonymous analytics to allow us to improve the application.": "Riot collects anonymous analytics to allow us to improve the application.",