diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
index db0d84e3d0d..93f6613d870 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ import { TimelineRenderingType } from "../../contexts/RoomContext";
 import { UseCaseSelection } from '../views/elements/UseCaseSelection';
 import { ValidatedServerConfig } from '../../utils/ValidatedServerConfig';
 import { isLocalRoom } from '../../utils/localRoom/isLocalRoom';
+import { getDefaultUseCase } from '../../utils/WellKnownUtils';
 
 // legacy export
 export { default as Views } from "../../Views";
@@ -1261,7 +1262,13 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
             MatrixClientPeg.currentUserIsJustRegistered() &&
             SettingsStore.getValue("FTUE.useCaseSelection") === null
         ) {
-            this.setStateForNewView({ view: Views.USE_CASE_SELECTION });
+            const defaultUseCase = getDefaultUseCase();
+            if (defaultUseCase) {
+                // Skip presenting selection
+                this.onShowPostLoginScreen(defaultUseCase);
+            } else {
+                this.setStateForNewView({ view: Views.USE_CASE_SELECTION });
+            }
 
             // Listen to changes in settings and hide the use case screen if appropriate - this is necessary because
             // account settings can still be changing at this point in app init (due to the initial sync being cached,
diff --git a/src/utils/WellKnownUtils.ts b/src/utils/WellKnownUtils.ts
index 451f956f16f..ba7dfe3c4af 100644
--- a/src/utils/WellKnownUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/WellKnownUtils.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import { IClientWellKnown } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/client';
 import { UnstableValue } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/NamespacedValue';
+import { logger } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/logger';
 
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from '../MatrixClientPeg';
+import { UseCase } from '../settings/enums/UseCase';
 
 const CALL_BEHAVIOUR_WK_KEY = "io.element.call_behaviour";
+const DEFAULT_USE_CASE = "io.element.default_use_case";
 const E2EE_WK_KEY = "io.element.e2ee";
 const E2EE_WK_KEY_DEPRECATED = "im.vector.riot.e2ee";
 export const TILE_SERVER_WK_KEY = new UnstableValue(
@@ -113,3 +116,18 @@ export function getSecureBackupSetupMethods(): SecureBackupSetupMethod[] {
     }
     return wellKnown["secure_backup_setup_methods"];
 }
+
+export function getDefaultUseCase(): UseCase | undefined {
+    return defaultUseCaseFromWellKnown(MatrixClientPeg.get().getClientWellKnown());
+}
+
+export function defaultUseCaseFromWellKnown(
+    clientWellKnown?: IClientWellKnown | undefined,
+): UseCase {
+    const useCase = clientWellKnown?.[DEFAULT_USE_CASE]
+    if (useCase !== undefined && !Object.values(UseCase).includes(useCase)) {
+        logger.warn(`.well-known use case '${useCase} isn't a valid use case.'`);
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    return useCase;
+}
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