diff --git a/lib/src/Room.dart b/lib/src/Room.dart
index b755aa6..7f65e3a 100644
--- a/lib/src/Room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/Room.dart
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ class Room {
     return Room(
       id: row["id"],
       name: name,
+      membership: row["membership"],
       topic: row["description"],
       avatar: MxContent(avatarUrl),
       notificationCount: row["notification_count"],
diff --git a/test/Room_test.dart b/test/Room_test.dart
index 4ac607b..91d2c2b 100644
--- a/test/Room_test.dart
+++ b/test/Room_test.dart
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ void main() {
 
       final String id = "!localpart:server.abc";
       final String name = "My Room";
+      final String membership = "join";
       final String topic = "This is my own room";
       final int unread = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch;
       final int notificationCount = 2;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ void main() {
 
       final Map<String, dynamic> jsonObj = {
         "id": id,
+        "membership": membership,
         "topic": name,
         "description": topic,
         "avatar_url": "",
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ void main() {
       room = await Room.getRoomFromTableRow(jsonObj, matrix);
 
       expect(room.id, id);
+      expect(room.membership, membership);
       expect(room.name, name);
       expect(room.topic, topic);
       expect(room.avatar.mxc, "");