diff --git a/changelog.d/7515.misc b/changelog.d/7515.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48f3044f90c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7515.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow `ReplicationRestResource` to be added to workers.
diff --git a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
index 2e3add7ac571..1b51ccb11aea 100644
--- a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 from synapse.logging.context import LoggingContext
 from synapse.metrics import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource, RegistryProxy
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.replication.http import REPLICATION_PREFIX, ReplicationRestResource
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.account_data import SlavedAccountDataStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
@@ -568,6 +569,9 @@ def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
                 if name in ["keys", "federation"]:
                     resources[SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX] = KeyApiV2Resource(self)
 
+                if name == "replication":
+                    resources[REPLICATION_PREFIX] = ReplicationRestResource(self)
+
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())
 
         _base.listen_tcp(
diff --git a/synapse/replication/http/__init__.py b/synapse/replication/http/__init__.py
index 4613b2538ce8..a909744e9345 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/http/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/http/__init__.py
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ def __init__(self, hs):
 
     def register_servlets(self, hs):
         send_event.register_servlets(hs, self)
-        membership.register_servlets(hs, self)
         federation.register_servlets(hs, self)
-        login.register_servlets(hs, self)
-        register.register_servlets(hs, self)
-        devices.register_servlets(hs, self)
-        streams.register_servlets(hs, self)
+
+        # The following can't currently be instantiated on workers.
+        if hs.config.worker.worker_app is None:
+            membership.register_servlets(hs, self)
+            login.register_servlets(hs, self)
+            register.register_servlets(hs, self)
+            devices.register_servlets(hs, self)
+            streams.register_servlets(hs, self)