diff --git a/spec/integ/crypto/verification.spec.ts b/spec/integ/crypto/verification.spec.ts
index 1e71fdcd1..0750a66af 100644
--- a/spec/integ/crypto/verification.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/integ/crypto/verification.spec.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ function runTests(backend: string, initCrypto: InitCrypto, methods: string[] | u
         it("can verify another device via SAS", async () => {
             await waitForDeviceList();
 
+            // initially there should be no verifications in progress
+            {
+                const requests = aliceClient.getCrypto()!.getVerificationRequestsToDeviceInProgress(TEST_USER_ID);
+                expect(requests.length).toEqual(0);
+            }
+
             // have alice initiate a verification. She should send a m.key.verification.request
             let [requestBody, request] = await Promise.all([
                 expectSendToDeviceMessage("m.key.verification.request"),
@@ -171,6 +177,13 @@ function runTests(backend: string, initCrypto: InitCrypto, methods: string[] | u
             expect(request.initiatedByMe).toBe(true);
             expect(request.otherUserId).toEqual(TEST_USER_ID);
 
+            // and now the request should be visible via `getVerificationRequestsToDeviceInProgress`
+            {
+                const requests = aliceClient.getCrypto()!.getVerificationRequestsToDeviceInProgress(TEST_USER_ID);
+                expect(requests.length).toEqual(1);
+                expect(requests[0].transactionId).toEqual(transactionId);
+            }
+
             let toDeviceMessage = requestBody.messages[TEST_USER_ID][TEST_DEVICE_ID];
             expect(toDeviceMessage.from_device).toEqual(aliceClient.deviceId);
             expect(toDeviceMessage.transaction_id).toEqual(transactionId);
diff --git a/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts b/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
index 4057c75db..2807b782c 100644
--- a/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
+++ b/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
@@ -544,8 +544,12 @@ export class RustCrypto implements CryptoBackend {
      * @returns the VerificationRequests that are in progress
      */
     public getVerificationRequestsToDeviceInProgress(userId: string): VerificationRequest[] {
-        // TODO
-        return [];
+        const requests: RustSdkCryptoJs.VerificationRequest[] = this.olmMachine.getVerificationRequests(
+            new RustSdkCryptoJs.UserId(this.userId),
+        );
+        return requests
+            .filter((request) => request.roomId === undefined)
+            .map((request) => new RustVerificationRequest(request, this.outgoingRequestProcessor));
     }
 
     /**