diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4e64fd0686c..ea7df20c86f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2795,6 +2795,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "uniffi",
  "url",
+ "uuid",
  "vergen",
  "zeroize",
 ]
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/Cargo.toml b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 62a9e4eab69..996406b614e 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ tokio-stream = "0.1.8"
 uniffi = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio"] }
 url = "2.2.2"
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
+uuid = { version = "1.4.1", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
 log-panics = { version = "2", features = ["with-backtrace"] }
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/room.rs b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/room.rs
index f833aaa5da8..9811e834114 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/room.rs
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/room.rs
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ use matrix_sdk::{
         api::client::{receipt::create_receipt::v3::ReceiptType, room::report_content},
         events::{
             location::{AssetType as RumaAssetType, LocationContent, ZoomLevel},
+            poll::unstable_start::{
+                UnstablePollAnswer, UnstablePollAnswers, UnstablePollStartContentBlock,
+                UnstablePollStartEventContent,
+            },
             receipt::ReceiptThread,
             relation::{Annotation, Replacement},
             room::message::{
                 ForwardThread, LocationMessageEventContent, MessageType, Relation,
                 RoomMessageEvent, RoomMessageEventContent,
             },
+            AnyMessageLikeEventContent,
         },
         EventId, UserId,
     },
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ use tokio::{
     task::{AbortHandle, JoinHandle},
 };
 use tracing::{error, info};
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use super::RUNTIME;
 use crate::{
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ use crate::{
     error::{ClientError, RoomError},
     room_member::{MessageLikeEventType, RoomMember, StateEventType},
     timeline::{
-        AudioInfo, FileInfo, ImageInfo, ThumbnailInfo, TimelineDiff, TimelineItem,
+        AudioInfo, FileInfo, ImageInfo, PollKind, ThumbnailInfo, TimelineDiff, TimelineItem,
         TimelineListener, VideoInfo,
     },
     TaskHandle,
@@ -340,6 +346,50 @@ impl Room {
         });
     }
 
+    pub fn create_poll(
+        &self,
+        question: String,
+        answers: Vec<String>,
+        max_selections: u8,
+        poll_kind: PollKind,
+        txn_id: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+        let timeline = match &*RUNTIME.block_on(self.timeline.read()) {
+            Some(t) => Arc::clone(t),
+            None => {
+                return Err(anyhow!("Timeline not set up, can't send the poll").into());
+            }
+        };
+
+        let poll_answers_vec: Vec<UnstablePollAnswer> = answers
+            .iter()
+            .map(|answer| UnstablePollAnswer::new(Uuid::new_v4().to_string(), answer))
+            .collect();
+
+        let poll_answers = UnstablePollAnswers::try_from(poll_answers_vec)
+            .context("Failed to create poll answers")?;
+
+        let mut poll_content_block =
+            UnstablePollStartContentBlock::new(question.clone(), poll_answers);
+        poll_content_block.kind = poll_kind.into();
+        poll_content_block.max_selections = max_selections.into();
+
+        let fallback_text = answers
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .fold(question, |acc, (index, answer)| format!("{acc}\n{}. {answer}", index + 1));
+
+        let poll_start_event_content =
+            UnstablePollStartEventContent::plain_text(fallback_text, poll_content_block);
+        let event_content = AnyMessageLikeEventContent::UnstablePollStart(poll_start_event_content);
+
+        RUNTIME.spawn(async move {
+            timeline.send(event_content, txn_id.as_deref().map(Into::into)).await;
+        });
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn send_reply(
         &self,
         msg: String,
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/timeline.rs b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/timeline.rs
index 7103adfdf85..5dbf3560aec 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/timeline.rs
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/timeline.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use matrix_sdk::{
     attachment::{BaseAudioInfo, BaseFileInfo, BaseImageInfo, BaseThumbnailInfo, BaseVideoInfo},
     ruma::events::{
         location::AssetType as RumaAssetType,
+        poll::start::PollKind as RumaPollKind,
         room::{
             message::{
                 AudioInfo as RumaAudioInfo,
@@ -1270,6 +1271,15 @@ pub enum PollKind {
     Undisclosed,
 }
 
+impl From<PollKind> for RumaPollKind {
+    fn from(value: PollKind) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            PollKind::Disclosed => Self::Disclosed,
+            PollKind::Undisclosed => Self::Undisclosed,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, uniffi::Record)]
 pub struct PollAnswer {
     pub id: String,
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/Cargo.toml
index 058966ff44b..5ad510f04f1 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ matrix-sdk-crypto = { version = "0.6.0", path = "../matrix-sdk-crypto" }
 mime = "0.3.16"
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.9"
-ruma = { workspace = true, features = ["unstable-sanitize"] }
+ruma = { workspace = true, features = ["unstable-sanitize", "unstable-msc3381"] }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }