diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Application/Navigation/NavigationTabCoordinator.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Application/Navigation/NavigationTabCoordinator.swift
index b286f3186..19daf9bed 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Application/Navigation/NavigationTabCoordinator.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Application/Navigation/NavigationTabCoordinator.swift
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import SwiftUI
         var dismissalCallback: (() -> Void)?
     }
     
+    @MainActor
     @Observable class TabDetails {
         /// A unique tab that identifies the tab for selection.
         let tag: Tag
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@ import SwiftUI
         let icon: KeyPath<CompoundIcons, Image>
         let selectedIcon: KeyPath<CompoundIcons, Image>
         var badgeCount = 0
-        var barVisibility: Visibility = .automatic
+        var barVisibilityOverride: Visibility?
+        
+        /// Provide the tab's split coordinator in here to have the tab bar automatically hidden
+        /// when pushing a child into the split view's details on iPhone/compact iPad.
+        weak var navigationSplitCoordinator: NavigationSplitCoordinator?
         
         init(tag: Tag, title: String, icon: KeyPath<CompoundIcons, Image>, selectedIcon: KeyPath<CompoundIcons, Image>) {
             self.tag = tag
@@ -31,6 +36,18 @@ import SwiftUI
             self.icon = icon
             self.selectedIcon = selectedIcon
         }
+        
+        func barVisibility(in horizontalSizeClass: UserInterfaceSizeClass?) -> Visibility {
+            if let barVisibilityOverride {
+                barVisibilityOverride
+            } else if horizontalSizeClass == .compact, navigationSplitCoordinator?.detailCoordinator != nil {
+                // Whilst we support pushing screens on the stack in the sidebarCoordinator, in practice
+                // we never do that, so simply checking that the detailCoordinator exists is enough.
+                .hidden
+            } else {
+                .automatic
+            }
+        }
     }
     
     // MARK: Tabs
@@ -202,6 +219,8 @@ import SwiftUI
 }
 
 private struct NavigationTabCoordinatorView<Tag: Hashable>: View {
+    @Environment(\.horizontalSizeClass) private var horizontalSizeClass
+    
     @Bindable var navigationTabCoordinator: NavigationTabCoordinator<Tag>
     
     @State private var standardAppearance = UITabBarAppearance()
@@ -220,7 +239,7 @@ private struct NavigationTabCoordinatorView<Tag: Hashable>: View {
                     }
                     .tag(module.details.tag)
                     .badge(module.details.badgeCount)
-                    .toolbar(module.details.barVisibility, for: .tabBar)
+                    .toolbar(module.details.barVisibility(in: horizontalSizeClass), for: .tabBar)
             }
         }
         .introspect(.tabView, on: .supportedVersions, customize: configureAppearance)
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/FlowCoordinators/UserSessionFlowCoordinator.swift b/ElementX/Sources/FlowCoordinators/UserSessionFlowCoordinator.swift
index 40cbe62d9..d81570fe7 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/FlowCoordinators/UserSessionFlowCoordinator.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/FlowCoordinators/UserSessionFlowCoordinator.swift
@@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ class UserSessionFlowCoordinator: FlowCoordinatorProtocol {
                                                     notificationManager: notificationManager,
                                                     stateMachineFactory: stateMachineFactory)
         chatsTabDetails = .init(tag: HomeTab.chats, title: L10n.screenHomeTabChats, icon: \.chat, selectedIcon: \.chatSolid)
+        chatsTabDetails.navigationSplitCoordinator = chatsSplitCoordinator
         
         if !appSettings.spacesEnabled {
-            chatsTabDetails.barVisibility = .hidden
+            chatsTabDetails.barVisibilityOverride = .hidden
         }
         
         let spacesSplitCoordinator = NavigationSplitCoordinator(placeholderCoordinator: PlaceholderScreenCoordinator())
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ class UserSessionFlowCoordinator: FlowCoordinatorProtocol {
                                                                     navigationSplitCoordinator: spacesSplitCoordinator,
                                                                     userIndicatorController: ServiceLocator.shared.userIndicatorController)
         spacesTabDetails = .init(tag: HomeTab.spaces, title: L10n.screenHomeTabSpaces, icon: \.space, selectedIcon: \.spaceSolid)
+        spacesTabDetails.navigationSplitCoordinator = spacesSplitCoordinator
         
         onboardingStackCoordinator = NavigationStackCoordinator()
         onboardingFlowCoordinator = OnboardingFlowCoordinator(userSession: userSession,
@@ -272,8 +274,8 @@ class UserSessionFlowCoordinator: FlowCoordinatorProtocol {
         
         appSettings.$spacesEnabled
             .combineLatest(userSession.clientProxy.spaceService.joinedSpacesPublisher)
-            .map { $0 && !$1.isEmpty ? .automatic : .hidden }
-            .weakAssign(to: \.chatsTabDetails.barVisibility, on: self)
+            .map { $0 && !$1.isEmpty ? nil : .hidden }
+            .weakAssign(to: \.chatsTabDetails.barVisibilityOverride, on: self)
             .store(in: &cancellables)
     }