diff --git a/lib/src/event.dart b/lib/src/event.dart
index 43f4d27c..3cb2da50 100644
--- a/lib/src/event.dart
+++ b/lib/src/event.dart
@@ -1180,6 +1180,17 @@ class Event extends MatrixEvent {
       (fileSendingStatus) => fileSendingStatus.name == status,
     );
   }
+
+  /// Returns the mentioned userIds and wether the event includes an @room
+  /// mention. This is only determined by the `m.mention` object in the event
+  /// content.
+  ({List<String> userIds, bool room}) get mentions {
+    final mentionsMap = content.tryGetMap<String, Object?>('m.mentions');
+    return (
+      userIds: mentionsMap?.tryGetList<String>('user_ids') ?? [],
+      room: mentionsMap?.tryGet<bool>('room') ?? false,
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 enum FileSendingStatus {
diff --git a/test/event_test.dart b/test/event_test.dart
index 7f244095..a5166ce9 100644
--- a/test/event_test.dart
+++ b/test/event_test.dart
@@ -2951,5 +2951,28 @@ void main() async {
           Timeline(room: room, chunk: TimelineChunk(events: [targetEvent]));
       expect(await event.getReplyEvent(timeline), targetEvent);
     });
+    test('getMentions', () {
+      final event = Event.fromJson(
+        {
+          'content': {
+            'msgtype': 'text',
+            'body': 'Hello world @alice:matrix.org',
+            'm.mentions': {
+              'user_ids': ['@alice:matrix.org'],
+              'room': false,
+            }
+          },
+          'event_id': '\$143273582443PhrSn:example.org',
+          'origin_server_ts': 1432735824653,
+          'room_id': room.id,
+          'sender': '@example:example.org',
+          'type': 'm.room.message',
+          'unsigned': {'age': 1234},
+        },
+        room,
+      );
+      expect(event.mentions.userIds, ['@alice:matrix.org']);
+      expect(event.mentions.room, false);
+    });
   });
 }