diff --git a/src/matrix/room/Room.js b/src/matrix/room/Room.js
index 27031203..c7b5e736 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/Room.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/Room.js
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ export class Room extends EventEmitter {
         return !!(tags && tags['m.lowpriority']);
     }
 
+    get isEncrypted() {
+        return !!this._summary.encryption;
+    }
+
     async _getLastEventId() {
         const lastKey = this._syncWriter.lastMessageKey;
         if (lastKey) {
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/RoomSummary.js b/src/matrix/room/RoomSummary.js
index e910c4bc..803aff49 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/RoomSummary.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/RoomSummary.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+import {MEGOLM_ALGORITHM} from "../e2ee/common.js";
+
 function applySyncResponse(data, roomResponse, membership, isInitialSync, isTimelineOpen, ownUserId) {
     if (roomResponse.summary) {
         data = updateSummary(data, roomResponse.summary);
@@ -68,9 +70,10 @@ function processRoomAccountData(data, event) {
 
 function processStateEvent(data, event) {
     if (event.type === "m.room.encryption") {
-        if (!data.isEncrypted) {
+        const algorithm = event.content?.algorithm;
+        if (!data.encryption && algorithm === MEGOLM_ALGORITHM) {
             data = data.cloneIfNeeded();
-            data.isEncrypted = true;
+            data.encryption = event.content;
         }
     } else if (event.type === "m.room.name") {
         const newName = event.content?.name;
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ class SummaryData {
         this.lastMessageBody = copy ? copy.lastMessageBody : null;
         this.lastMessageTimestamp = copy ? copy.lastMessageTimestamp : null;
         this.isUnread = copy ? copy.isUnread : false;
-        this.isEncrypted = copy ? copy.isEncrypted : false;
+        this.encryption = copy ? copy.encryption : null;
         this.isDirectMessage = copy ? copy.isDirectMessage : false;
         this.membership = copy ? copy.membership : null;
         this.inviteCount = copy ? copy.inviteCount : 0;
@@ -190,6 +193,11 @@ export class RoomSummary {
         return this._data.heroes;
     }
 
+    get encryption() {
+        return this._data.encryption;
+    }
+
+    // whether the room name should be determined with Heroes
     get needsHeroes() {
         return needsHeroes(this._data);
     }