diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/BaseTool.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/BaseTool.tsx
index 473c0255e27..1cbcd89f409 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/BaseTool.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/BaseTool.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface IDevtoolsProps {
 interface IMinProps extends Pick<IDevtoolsProps, "onBack"> {
     className?: string;
     children?: ReactNode;
+    extraButton?: ReactNode;
 }
 
 interface IProps extends IMinProps {
@@ -38,7 +39,14 @@ interface IProps extends IMinProps {
     onAction(): Promise<string | void>;
 }
 
-const BaseTool: React.FC<XOR<IMinProps, IProps>> = ({ className, actionLabel, onBack, onAction, children }) => {
+const BaseTool: React.FC<XOR<IMinProps, IProps>> = ({
+    className,
+    actionLabel,
+    onBack,
+    onAction,
+    children,
+    extraButton,
+}) => {
     const [message, setMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
     const onBackClick = (): void => {
@@ -68,6 +76,7 @@ const BaseTool: React.FC<XOR<IMinProps, IProps>> = ({ className, actionLabel, on
         <>
             <div className={classNames("mx_DevTools_content", className)}>{children}</div>
             <div className="mx_Dialog_buttons">
+                {extraButton}
                 <button onClick={onBackClick}>{_t("Back")}</button>
                 {actionButton}
             </div>
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/Event.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/Event.tsx
index c4d8af09a86..6d09357463f 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/Event.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/Event.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React, { ChangeEvent, useContext, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import React, { ChangeEvent, ReactNode, useContext, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { IContent, MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
 
 import { _t, _td } from "../../../../languageHandler";
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ export interface IEditorProps extends Pick<IDevtoolsProps, "onBack"> {
 
 interface IViewerProps extends Required<IEditorProps> {
     Editor: React.FC<IEditorProps>;
+    extraButton?: ReactNode;
 }
 
-export const EventViewer: React.FC<IViewerProps> = ({ mxEvent, onBack, Editor }) => {
+export const EventViewer: React.FC<IViewerProps> = ({ mxEvent, onBack, Editor, extraButton }) => {
     const [editing, setEditing] = useState(false);
 
     if (editing) {
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ export const EventViewer: React.FC<IViewerProps> = ({ mxEvent, onBack, Editor })
     };
 
     return (
-        <BaseTool onBack={onBack} actionLabel={_t("Edit")} onAction={onAction}>
+        <BaseTool onBack={onBack} actionLabel={_t("Edit")} onAction={onAction} extraButton={extraButton}>
             <SyntaxHighlight language="json">{stringify(mxEvent.event)}</SyntaxHighlight>
         </BaseTool>
     );
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/RoomState.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/RoomState.tsx
index 141a091467e..3c6ac3a9351 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/RoomState.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/devtools/RoomState.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import BaseTool, { DevtoolsContext, IDevtoolsProps } from "./BaseTool";
 import MatrixClientContext from "../../../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 import { EventEditor, EventViewer, eventTypeField, stateKeyField, IEditorProps, stringify } from "./Event";
 import FilteredList from "./FilteredList";
+import Spinner from "../../elements/Spinner";
+import SyntaxHighlight from "../../elements/SyntaxHighlight";
+import { useAsyncMemo } from "../../../../hooks/useAsyncMemo";
 
 export const StateEventEditor: React.FC<IEditorProps> = ({ mxEvent, onBack }) => {
     const context = useContext(DevtoolsContext);
@@ -47,6 +50,48 @@ interface StateEventButtonProps {
     onClick(): void;
 }
 
+const RoomStateHistory: React.FC<{
+    mxEvent: MatrixEvent;
+    onBack(): void;
+}> = ({ mxEvent, onBack }) => {
+    const cli = useContext(MatrixClientContext);
+    const events = useAsyncMemo(
+        async () => {
+            const events = [mxEvent.event];
+            while (!!events[0].unsigned?.replaces_state) {
+                try {
+                    events.unshift(await cli.fetchRoomEvent(mxEvent.getRoomId()!, events[0].unsigned.replaces_state));
+                } catch (e) {
+                    events.unshift({
+                        event_id: events[0].unsigned.replaces_state,
+                        unsigned: {
+                            error: e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e),
+                        },
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            return events;
+        },
+        [cli, mxEvent],
+        null,
+    );
+
+    let body = <Spinner />;
+    if (events !== null) {
+        body = (
+            <>
+                {events.map((ev) => (
+                    <SyntaxHighlight language="json" key={ev.event_id}>
+                        {stringify(ev)}
+                    </SyntaxHighlight>
+                ))}
+            </>
+        );
+    }
+
+    return <BaseTool onBack={onBack}>{body}</BaseTool>;
+};
+
 const StateEventButton: React.FC<StateEventButtonProps> = ({ label, onClick }) => {
     const trimmed = label.trim();
 
@@ -71,6 +116,7 @@ const RoomStateExplorerEventType: React.FC<IEventTypeProps> = ({ eventType, onBa
     const context = useContext(DevtoolsContext);
     const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
     const [event, setEvent] = useState<MatrixEvent | null>(null);
+    const [history, setHistory] = useState(false);
 
     const events = context.room.currentState.events.get(eventType)!;
 
@@ -82,6 +128,12 @@ const RoomStateExplorerEventType: React.FC<IEventTypeProps> = ({ eventType, onBa
         }
     }, [events]);
 
+    if (event && history) {
+        const _onBack = (): void => {
+            setHistory(false);
+        };
+        return <RoomStateHistory mxEvent={event} onBack={_onBack} />;
+    }
     if (event) {
         const _onBack = (): void => {
             if (events?.size === 1 && events.has("")) {
@@ -90,7 +142,11 @@ const RoomStateExplorerEventType: React.FC<IEventTypeProps> = ({ eventType, onBa
                 setEvent(null);
             }
         };
-        return <EventViewer mxEvent={event} onBack={_onBack} Editor={StateEventEditor} />;
+        const onHistoryClick = (): void => {
+            setHistory(true);
+        };
+        const extraButton = <button onClick={onHistoryClick}>{_t("See history")}</button>;
+        return <EventViewer mxEvent={event} onBack={_onBack} Editor={StateEventEditor} extraButton={extraButton} />;
     }
 
     return (
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 5c51a0f7fce..115cd7335e6 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -3223,6 +3223,7 @@
     "<%(count)s spaces>|other": "<%(count)s spaces>",
     "<%(count)s spaces>|one": "<space>",
     "<%(count)s spaces>|zero": "<empty string>",
+    "See history": "See history",
     "Send custom state event": "Send custom state event",
     "Capabilities": "Capabilities",
     "Failed to load.": "Failed to load.",