diff --git a/modules/client/rooms/receipt.cc b/modules/client/rooms/receipt.cc
index e69fa7dfb..7ac6f5443 100644
--- a/modules/client/rooms/receipt.cc
+++ b/modules/client/rooms/receipt.cc
@@ -66,6 +66,30 @@ post__receipt(client &client,
 	};
 }
 
+/// Does the user wish to not send receipts for events sent by its specific
+/// sender?
+static bool
+user_ignoring_receipts_sender(const m::user::room &user_room,
+                              const m::event::id &event_id)
+{
+	bool ret{false};
+	m::get(std::nothrow, event_id, "sender", [&ret, &user_room]
+	(const string_view &sender)
+	{
+		ret = user_room.has("ircd.read.ignore", sender);
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/// Does the user wish to not send receipts for events for this entire room?
+static bool
+user_ignoring_receipts_room(const m::user::room &user_room,
+                            const m::room::id &room_id)
+{
+	return user_room.has("ircd.read.ignore", room_id);
+}
+
 m::event::id::buf
 commit__m_receipt_m_read(const m::room::id &room_id,
                          const m::user::id &user_id,
@@ -80,12 +104,14 @@ commit__m_receipt_m_read(const m::room::id &room_id,
 		user_id
 	};
 
-	bool ignored{false};
-	m::get(std::nothrow, event_id, "sender", [&ignored, &user_room]
-	(const string_view &sender)
+	// Check if receipts for the room are disabled first because we have the
+	// room_id on the stack, whereas the event sender requires column queries
+	// from the event_id.
+	const bool ignored
 	{
-		ignored = user_room.has("ircd.read.ignore", sender);
-	});
+		user_ignoring_receipts_room(user_room, room_id) ||
+		user_ignoring_receipts_sender(user_room, event_id)
+	};
 
 	if(ignored)
 	{
diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index 99dad1c12..b2c81337d 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -4896,7 +4896,7 @@ console_cmd__user__read__ignore(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 {
 	const params param{line, " ",
 	{
-		"my_user_id", "target_user_id"
+		"my_user_id", "target_user|room_id"
 	}};
 
 	const m::user my_user
@@ -4904,20 +4904,37 @@ console_cmd__user__read__ignore(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 		param.at(0)
 	};
 
-	const m::user::id target_user
+	string_view target
 	{
 		param.at(1)
 	};
 
+	char buf[m::id::MAX_SIZE];
+	switch(m::sigil(target))
+	{
+		case m::id::USER:
+		case m::id::ROOM:
+			break;
+
+		case m::id::ROOM_ALIAS:
+			target = m::room_id(buf, target);
+			break;
+
+		default: throw error
+		{
+			"Unsupported target MXID type for receipt ignores."
+		};
+	}
+
 	const m::user::room user_room
 	{
 		my_user
 	};
 
-	if(user_room.has("ircd.read.ignore", target_user))
+	if(user_room.has("ircd.read.ignore", target))
 	{
 		out << "User " << my_user.user_id << " is already not sending"
-		    << " receipts for messages from user " << target_user
+		    << " receipts for messages from " << target
 		    << std::endl;
 
 		return true;
@@ -4925,11 +4942,11 @@ console_cmd__user__read__ignore(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 
 	const auto eid
 	{
-		send(user_room, m::me.user_id, "ircd.read.ignore", target_user, json::object{})
+		send(user_room, m::me.user_id, "ircd.read.ignore", target, json::object{})
 	};
 
 	out << "User " << my_user.user_id << " will not send receipts for"
-	    << " messages from user " << target_user
+	    << " messages from " << target
 	    << " (" << eid << ")"
 	    << std::endl;