diff --git a/syncapi/storage/interface.go b/syncapi/storage/interface.go
index 0fea88da6..13065fa6b 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/interface.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/interface.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ type Database interface {
 	// Returns a map following the format data[roomID] = []dataTypes
 	// If no data is retrieved, returns an empty map
 	// If there was an issue with the retrieval, returns an error
-	GetAccountDataInRange(ctx context.Context, userID string, r types.Range, accountDataFilterPart *gomatrixserverlib.EventFilter) (map[string][]string, error)
+	GetAccountDataInRange(ctx context.Context, userID string, r types.Range, accountDataFilterPart *gomatrixserverlib.EventFilter) (map[string][]string, types.StreamPosition, error)
 	// UpsertAccountData keeps track of new or updated account data, by saving the type
 	// of the new/updated data, and the user ID and room ID the data is related to (empty)
 	// room ID means the data isn't specific to any room)
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/postgres/account_data_table.go b/syncapi/storage/postgres/account_data_table.go
index 25bdb1da3..22bb4d7fa 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/postgres/account_data_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/postgres/account_data_table.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const insertAccountDataSQL = "" +
 	" RETURNING id"
 
 const selectAccountDataInRangeSQL = "" +
-	"SELECT room_id, type FROM syncapi_account_data_type" +
+	"SELECT id, room_id, type FROM syncapi_account_data_type" +
 	" WHERE user_id = $1 AND id > $2 AND id <= $3" +
 	" AND ( $4::text[] IS NULL OR     type LIKE ANY($4)  )" +
 	" AND ( $5::text[] IS NULL OR NOT(type LIKE ANY($5)) )" +
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (s *accountDataStatements) SelectAccountDataInRange(
 	userID string,
 	r types.Range,
 	accountDataEventFilter *gomatrixserverlib.EventFilter,
-) (data map[string][]string, err error) {
+) (data map[string][]string, pos types.StreamPosition, err error) {
 	data = make(map[string][]string)
 
 	rows, err := s.selectAccountDataInRangeStmt.QueryContext(ctx, userID, r.Low(), r.High(),
@@ -116,11 +116,12 @@ func (s *accountDataStatements) SelectAccountDataInRange(
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "selectAccountDataInRange: rows.close() failed")
 
-	for rows.Next() {
-		var dataType string
-		var roomID string
+	var dataType string
+	var roomID string
+	var id types.StreamPosition
 
-		if err = rows.Scan(&roomID, &dataType); err != nil {
+	for rows.Next() {
+		if err = rows.Scan(&id, &roomID, &dataType); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -129,8 +130,11 @@ func (s *accountDataStatements) SelectAccountDataInRange(
 		} else {
 			data[roomID] = []string{dataType}
 		}
+		if id > pos {
+			pos = id
+		}
 	}
-	return data, rows.Err()
+	return data, pos, rows.Err()
 }
 
 func (s *accountDataStatements) SelectMaxAccountDataID(
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
index 3c431db48..69bceb624 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func (d *Database) DeletePeeks(
 func (d *Database) GetAccountDataInRange(
 	ctx context.Context, userID string, r types.Range,
 	accountDataFilterPart *gomatrixserverlib.EventFilter,
-) (map[string][]string, error) {
+) (map[string][]string, types.StreamPosition, error) {
 	return d.AccountData.SelectAccountDataInRange(ctx, userID, r, accountDataFilterPart)
 }
 
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/account_data_table.go b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/account_data_table.go
index 71a098177..e0d97ec32 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/account_data_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/account_data_table.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const insertAccountDataSQL = "" +
 
 // further parameters are added by prepareWithFilters
 const selectAccountDataInRangeSQL = "" +
-	"SELECT room_id, type FROM syncapi_account_data_type" +
+	"SELECT id, room_id, type FROM syncapi_account_data_type" +
 	" WHERE user_id = $1 AND id > $2 AND id <= $3"
 
 const selectMaxAccountDataIDSQL = "" +
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (s *accountDataStatements) SelectAccountDataInRange(
 	userID string,
 	r types.Range,
 	filter *gomatrixserverlib.EventFilter,
-) (data map[string][]string, err error) {
+) (data map[string][]string, pos types.StreamPosition, err error) {
 	data = make(map[string][]string)
 	stmt, params, err := prepareWithFilters(
 		s.db, nil, selectAccountDataInRangeSQL,
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ func (s *accountDataStatements) SelectAccountDataInRange(
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogIfError(ctx, rows, "selectAccountDataInRange: rows.close() failed")
 
-	for rows.Next() {
-		var dataType string
-		var roomID string
+	var dataType string
+	var roomID string
+	var id types.StreamPosition
 
-		if err = rows.Scan(&roomID, &dataType); err != nil {
+	for rows.Next() {
+		if err = rows.Scan(&id, &roomID, &dataType); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -125,9 +126,12 @@ func (s *accountDataStatements) SelectAccountDataInRange(
 		} else {
 			data[roomID] = []string{dataType}
 		}
+		if id > pos {
+			pos = id
+		}
 	}
 
-	return data, nil
+	return data, pos, nil
 }
 
 func (s *accountDataStatements) SelectMaxAccountDataID(
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/tables/interface.go b/syncapi/storage/tables/interface.go
index ac713dd5c..32b1c34ef 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/tables/interface.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/tables/interface.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 type AccountData interface {
 	InsertAccountData(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, userID, roomID, dataType string) (pos types.StreamPosition, err error)
 	// SelectAccountDataInRange returns a map of room ID to a list of `dataType`.
-	SelectAccountDataInRange(ctx context.Context, userID string, r types.Range, accountDataEventFilter *gomatrixserverlib.EventFilter) (data map[string][]string, err error)
+	SelectAccountDataInRange(ctx context.Context, userID string, r types.Range, accountDataEventFilter *gomatrixserverlib.EventFilter) (data map[string][]string, pos types.StreamPosition, err error)
 	SelectMaxAccountDataID(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) (id int64, err error)
 }
 
diff --git a/syncapi/streams/stream_accountdata.go b/syncapi/streams/stream_accountdata.go
index 094c51485..99cd4a92a 100644
--- a/syncapi/streams/stream_accountdata.go
+++ b/syncapi/streams/stream_accountdata.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (p *AccountDataStreamProvider) IncrementalSync(
 		To:   to,
 	}
 
-	dataTypes, err := p.DB.GetAccountDataInRange(
+	dataTypes, pos, err := p.DB.GetAccountDataInRange(
 		ctx, req.Device.UserID, r, &req.Filter.AccountData,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ func (p *AccountDataStreamProvider) IncrementalSync(
 		}
 	}
 
-	return to
+	return pos
 }