diff --git a/synapse/api/auth.py b/synapse/api/auth.py
index 98a50f0948..d60c1b15ae 100644
--- a/synapse/api/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/api/auth.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Auth(object):
         auth_events = {
             (e.type, e.state_key): e for e in auth_events.values()
         }
-        self.check(event, auth_events=auth_events, do_sig_check=False)
+        self.check(event, auth_events=auth_events, do_sig_check=do_sig_check)
 
     def check(self, event, auth_events, do_sig_check=True):
         """ Checks if this event is correctly authed.
@@ -92,9 +92,21 @@ class Auth(object):
                 raise AuthError(500, "Event has no room_id: %s" % event)
 
             sender_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
+            event_id_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.event_id)
+
+            is_invite_via_3pid = (
+                event.type == EventTypes.Member
+                and event.membership == Membership.INVITE
+                and "third_party_invite" in event.content
+            )
 
             # Check the sender's domain has signed the event
             if do_sig_check and not event.signatures.get(sender_domain):
+                if not is_invite_via_3pid:
+                    raise AuthError(403, "Event not signed by sender's server")
+
+            # Check the event_id's domain has signed the event
+            if do_sig_check and not event.signatures.get(event_id_domain):
                 raise AuthError(403, "Event not signed by sending server")
 
             if auth_events is None:
@@ -491,6 +503,9 @@ class Auth(object):
         if not invite_event:
             return False
 
+        if invite_event.sender != event.sender:
+            return False
+
         if event.user_id != invite_event.user_id:
             return False
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
index f7cb3c1bb2..a393263e1e 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -1922,15 +1922,15 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
             original_invite = yield self.store.get_event(
                 original_invite_id, allow_none=True
             )
-        if not original_invite:
+        if original_invite:
+            display_name = original_invite.content["display_name"]
+            event_dict["content"]["third_party_invite"]["display_name"] = display_name
+        else:
             logger.info(
-                "Could not find invite event for third_party_invite - "
-                "discarding: %s" % (event_dict,)
+                "Could not find invite event for third_party_invite: %r",
+                event_dict
             )
-            return
 
-        display_name = original_invite.content["display_name"]
-        event_dict["content"]["third_party_invite"]["display_name"] = display_name
         builder = self.event_builder_factory.new(event_dict)
         EventValidator().validate_new(builder)
         message_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().message_handler