diff --git a/changelog.d/15361.bugfix b/changelog.d/15361.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cd795e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/15361.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Disable push rule evaluation for rooms excluded from sync.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py b/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
index 199337673..320084f5f 100644
--- a/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
+++ b/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ class BulkPushRuleEvaluator:
         if (
             not event.internal_metadata.is_notifiable()
             or event.internal_metadata.is_historical()
+            or event.room_id in self.hs.config.server.rooms_to_exclude_from_sync
         ):
             # Push rules for events that aren't notifiable can't be processed by this and
             # we want to skip push notification actions for historical messages