diff --git a/changelog.d/10936.misc b/changelog.d/10936.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d1d6e5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/10936.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include the event id in the logcontext when handling PDUs received over federation.
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
index 638959cbe..83f11d6b8 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -1008,7 +1008,10 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
             async with lock:
                 logger.info("handling received PDU: %s", event)
                 try:
-                    await self._federation_event_handler.on_receive_pdu(origin, event)
+                    with nested_logging_context(event.event_id):
+                        await self._federation_event_handler.on_receive_pdu(
+                            origin, event
+                        )
                 except FederationError as e:
                     # XXX: Ideally we'd inform the remote we failed to process
                     # the event, but we can't return an error in the transaction