diff --git a/src/MatrixClient.ts b/src/MatrixClient.ts
index 14c55956..a7df31d1 100644
--- a/src/MatrixClient.ts
+++ b/src/MatrixClient.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { DMs } from "./DMs";
 import { ServerVersions } from "./models/ServerVersions";
 import { RoomCreateOptions } from "./models/CreateRoom";
 import { PresenceState } from './models/events/PresenceEvent';
+import { GetRoomMessagesResponse } from "./models/Messages";
 
 const SYNC_BACKOFF_MIN_MS = 5000;
 const SYNC_BACKOFF_MAX_MS = 15000;
@@ -1977,6 +1978,20 @@ export class MatrixClient extends EventEmitter {
         return this.doRequest("GET", url);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get relations for a given event.
+     * @param {string} roomId The room ID to for the given event.
+     * @param {string} eventId The event ID to list relations for.
+     * @param {string?} relationType The type of relations (e.g. `m.room.member`) to filter for. Optional.
+     * @param {string?} eventType The type of event to look for (e.g. `m.room.member`). Optional.
+     * @returns {Promise<{chunk: any[]}>} Resolves to an object containing the chunk of relations
+     */
+    @timedMatrixClientFunctionCall()
+    public async getMessages(roomId: string, dir: "b"|"f", opts: Partial<{filter: string, from: string, limit: number, to: string}>): Promise<GetRoomMessagesResponse> {
+        const url = `/_matrix/client/v3/rooms/${encodeURIComponent(roomId)}/messages`;
+        return this.doRequest("GET", url, { dir, ...opts });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Performs a web request to the homeserver, applying appropriate authorization headers for
      * this client.
diff --git a/src/models/Messages.ts b/src/models/Messages.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..738d3961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/Messages.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { RoomEventContent } from "./events/RoomEvent";
+
+export interface GetRoomMessagesResponse {
+    /**
+     * A list of room events. The order depends on the dir parameter passed to the function.
+     * For dir=b events will be in reverse-chronological order,
+     * For dir=f in chronological order. (The exact definition of chronological is dependent on the server implementation.)
+     *
+     * Note that an empty array does not necessarily imply that no more events are available. You can continue
+     * to paginate until `end` is empty.
+     */
+    chunk: RoomEventContent[];
+    /**
+     * A token corresponding to the end of `chunk`. This token can be passed back to getMessages to request further events.
+     * If no further events are available (either because we have reached the start of the timeline, or because you do
+     * not have permission to see any more events), this property will not be provided.
+     */
+    end?: string;
+    /**
+     * A token corresponding to the start of chunk.
+     */
+    start: string;
+    /**
+     * A list of state events relevant to showing the `chunk`.
+     * For example, if `lazy_load_members` is enabled in the provided filter then this
+     * may contain the membership events for the senders of events in the `chunk`.
+     */
+    state: RoomEventContent[];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/MatrixClientTest.ts b/test/MatrixClientTest.ts
index f7980df9..c0d95b4c 100644
--- a/test/MatrixClientTest.ts
+++ b/test/MatrixClientTest.ts
@@ -6998,6 +6998,45 @@ describe('MatrixClient', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('getMessages', () => {
+        it('should call the right endpoint', async () => {
+            const roomId = "!room_id:room.org";
+            const { client, http } = createTestClient();
+
+            const dir = "b";
+            const opts = {
+                filter: "my-filter",
+                from: "from-token",
+                limit: 50,
+                to: "to-token",
+            };
+            const expectedResponse = {
+                chunk: [{
+                    my: "event",
+                }],
+                start: "start-token",
+                end: "end-token",
+                state: [{
+                    state: "event",
+                }],
+            };
+
+            // noinspection TypeScriptValidateJSTypes
+            http.when("GET", `/_matrix/client/v3/rooms/${encodeURIComponent(roomId)}/messages`).respond(200, (_path, _content, req) => {
+                expect(req.queryParams["dir"]).toEqual("b");
+                expect(req.queryParams["filter"]).toEqual("my-filter");
+                expect(req.queryParams["from"]).toEqual("from-token");
+                expect(req.queryParams["limit"]).toEqual(50);
+                expect(req.queryParams["to"]).toEqual("to-token");
+                return expectedResponse;
+            });
+
+
+            const [messageResponse] = await Promise.all([client.getMessages(roomId, dir, opts), http.flushAllExpected()]);
+            expect(messageResponse).toEqual(expectedResponse);
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('redactObjectForLogging', () => {
         it('should redact multilevel objects', () => {
             const input = {