diff --git a/src/timeline/models/mediamessagefiltermodel.cpp b/src/timeline/models/mediamessagefiltermodel.cpp
index 3a254b710..f5d520a38 100644
--- a/src/timeline/models/mediamessagefiltermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/models/mediamessagefiltermodel.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ QHash<int, QByteArray> MediaMessageFilterModel::roleNames() const
     return roles;
 }
 
+const Quotient::RoomEvent *MediaMessageFilterModel::findEvent(const QString &eventId) const
+{
+    return static_cast<MessageFilterModel *>(sourceModel())->findEvent(eventId);
+}
+
 int MediaMessageFilterModel::getRowForEventId(const QString &eventId) const
 {
     for (auto i = 0; i < rowCount(); i++) {
diff --git a/src/timeline/models/mediamessagefiltermodel.h b/src/timeline/models/mediamessagefiltermodel.h
index ffafd10d1..dc1e4b6c3 100644
--- a/src/timeline/models/mediamessagefiltermodel.h
+++ b/src/timeline/models/mediamessagefiltermodel.h
@@ -63,5 +63,10 @@ public:
      */
     [[nodiscard]] QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const override;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Finds the event of the given event ID in the model, returning nullptr if no matches were found.
+     */
+    Q_INVOKABLE const Quotient::RoomEvent *findEvent(const QString &eventId) const;
+
     int getRowForEventId(const QString &eventId) const;
 };