diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/JoinRuleSettings.tsx b/src/components/views/settings/JoinRuleSettings.tsx
index 49295f0e83b1..ea70085280aa 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/JoinRuleSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/JoinRuleSettings.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
 import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
 import RoomAvatar from "../avatars/RoomAvatar";
 import SpaceStore from "../../../stores/spaces/SpaceStore";
+import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../MatrixClientPeg";
 import Modal from "../../../Modal";
 import ManageRestrictedJoinRuleDialog from "../dialogs/ManageRestrictedJoinRuleDialog";
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ interface IProps {
 const JoinRuleSettings = ({ room, promptUpgrade, aliasWarning, onError, beforeChange, closeSettingsFn }: IProps) => {
     const cli = room.client;
 
+    const roomSupportsKnocking = doesRoomVersionSupport(room.getVersion(), PreferredRoomVersions.KnockingRooms);
+
     const roomSupportsRestricted = doesRoomVersionSupport(room.getVersion(), PreferredRoomVersions.RestrictedRooms);
     const preferredRestrictionVersion = !roomSupportsRestricted && promptUpgrade
         ? PreferredRoomVersions.RestrictedRooms
@@ -56,6 +59,8 @@ const JoinRuleSettings = ({ room, promptUpgrade, aliasWarning, onError, beforeCh
 
     const disabled = !room.currentState.mayClientSendStateEvent(EventType.RoomJoinRules, cli);
 
+    const knockingEnabled = SettingsStore.getValue("feature_knocking");
+
     const [content, setContent] = useLocalEcho<IJoinRuleEventContent>(
         () => room.currentState.getStateEvents(EventType.RoomJoinRules, "")?.getContent(),
         content => cli.sendStateEvent(room.roomId, EventType.RoomJoinRules, content, ""),
@@ -89,6 +94,11 @@ const JoinRuleSettings = ({ room, promptUpgrade, aliasWarning, onError, beforeCh
         label: _t("Private (invite only)"),
         description: _t("Only invited people can join."),
         checked: joinRule === JoinRule.Invite || (joinRule === JoinRule.Restricted && !restrictedAllowRoomIds?.length),
+    }, {
+        value: JoinRule.Knock,
+        label: _t("Ask to join"),
+        description: _t("Requires users to be granted access in order to join"),
+        checked: joinRule === JoinRule.Knock && knockingEnabled && roomSupportsKnocking,
     }, {
         value: JoinRule.Public,
         label: _t("Public"),
@@ -98,6 +108,11 @@ const JoinRuleSettings = ({ room, promptUpgrade, aliasWarning, onError, beforeCh
         </>,
     }];
 
+    if (!knockingEnabled || !roomSupportsKnocking) {
+        definitions.splice(1, 1); // removes the knock option if the room isn't compatible for the same
+        definitions[0].checked = true; //makes invite only room as default
+    }
+
     if (roomSupportsRestricted || preferredRestrictionVersion || joinRule === JoinRule.Restricted) {
         let upgradeRequiredPill;
         if (preferredRestrictionVersion) {
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 1395dae60bf1..b8605842c41b 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1328,6 +1328,8 @@
     "Integration manager": "Integration manager",
     "Private (invite only)": "Private (invite only)",
     "Only invited people can join.": "Only invited people can join.",
+    "Ask to join": "Ask to join",
+    "Requires users to be granted access in order to join": "Requires users to be granted access in order to join",
     "Anyone can find and join.": "Anyone can find and join.",
     "Upgrade required": "Upgrade required",
     "& %(count)s more|other": "& %(count)s more",
diff --git a/src/utils/PreferredRoomVersions.ts b/src/utils/PreferredRoomVersions.ts
index 2dc269da6c2f..377c6dda1009 100644
--- a/src/utils/PreferredRoomVersions.ts
+++ b/src/utils/PreferredRoomVersions.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export class PreferredRoomVersions {
      */
     public static readonly RestrictedRooms = "9";
 
+    /**
+     * The room version to use when creating "knocking" rooms.
+     */
+    public static readonly KnockingRooms = "9";
+
     private constructor() {
         // readonly, static, class
     }