diff --git a/lib/src/room.dart b/lib/src/room.dart
index 1b522d74..09b1bf8e 100644
--- a/lib/src/room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/room.dart
@@ -1930,13 +1930,41 @@ class Room {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Returns the room version if specified in the `m.room.create` state event.
+  String? get roomVersion =>
+      getState(EventTypes.RoomCreate)?.content.tryGet<String>('room_version');
+
+  /// Returns the creator's user ID of the room by fetching the sender of the
+  /// `m.room.create` event.
+  Set<String> get creatorUserIds {
+    final creationEvent = getState(EventTypes.RoomCreate);
+    if (creationEvent == null) return {};
+    final additionalCreators =
+        creationEvent.content.tryGetList<String>('additional_creators') ?? [];
+    return {
+      creationEvent.senderId,
+      ...additionalCreators,
+    };
+  }
+
   /// Returns the power level of the given user ID.
   /// If a user_id is in the users list, then that user_id has the associated
   /// power level. Otherwise they have the default level users_default.
   /// If users_default is not supplied, it is assumed to be 0. If the room
   /// contains no m.room.power_levels event, the room’s creator has a power
   /// level of 100, and all other users have a power level of 0.
+  /// For room version 12 and above the room creator always has maximum
+  /// power level.
   int getPowerLevelByUserId(String userId) {
+    // Room creator has maximum power level:
+    if (creatorUserIds.contains(userId) &&
+        !((int.tryParse(roomVersion ?? '') ?? 0) < 12)) {
+      // 2^53 - 1 from https://spec.matrix.org/v1.15/appendices/#canonical-json
+      const maxInteger = 9007199254740991;
+
+      return maxInteger;
+    }
+
     final powerLevelMap = getState(EventTypes.RoomPowerLevels)?.content;
 
     final userSpecificPowerLevel =
diff --git a/test/room_test.dart b/test/room_test.dart
index 0739afd0..2bf1b684 100644
--- a/test/room_test.dart
+++ b/test/room_test.dart
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ void main() {
         },
       );
 
+      room.setState(
+        Event(
+          content: {'room_version': '11'},
+          eventId: '\$143273582443PhrSn:example.org',
+          originServerTs: DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(1432735824653),
+          senderId: '@example:example.org',
+          type: 'm.room.create',
+          unsigned: {'age': 1234},
+          stateKey: '',
+          room: room,
+        ),
+      );
       room.setState(
         Event(
           room: room,
@@ -809,6 +821,17 @@ void main() {
       expect(room.canSendEvent('m.room.message'), true);
       final resp = await room.setPower('@test:fakeServer.notExisting', 0);
       expect(resp, '42');
+
+      // Creator has max power level from room version 12 on:
+      expect(room.creatorUserIds.contains('@example:example.org'), true);
+      expect(room.getPowerLevelByUserId('@example:example.org'), 0);
+      expect(room.roomVersion, '11');
+      room.states[EventTypes.RoomCreate]!['']!.content['room_version'] = '12';
+      expect(room.roomVersion, '12');
+      expect(
+        room.getPowerLevelByUserId('@example:example.org'),
+        9007199254740991,
+      );
     });
 
     test('invite', () async {