diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
index 04c8fd63e44..e7e90f9c5ab 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/routes.tsx
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ export function getAlertingRoutes(cfg = config): RouteDescriptor[] {
       roles: evaluateAccess([
         AccessControlAction.AlertingInstanceCreate,
         AccessControlAction.AlertingInstancesExternalWrite,
+        AccessControlAction.AlertingSilenceCreate,
+        AccessControlAction.AlertingSilenceUpdate,
       ]),
       component: importAlertingComponent(
         () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AlertSilences" */ 'app/features/alerting/unified/Silences')
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
index a0e6303c1e3..68054e1744e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.test.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/handlers/datasources';
 import { MOCK_GRAFANA_ALERT_RULE_TITLE } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/handlers/grafanaRuler';
 import { silenceCreateHandler } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/handlers/silences';
+import { MATCHER_ALERT_RULE_UID } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/constants';
 import { MatcherOperator, SilenceState } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 import { AccessControlAction } from 'app/types';
 
@@ -339,6 +340,11 @@ describe('Silence create/edit', () => {
     expect(await screen.findByLabelText(/alert rule/i)).toHaveValue(grafanaRulerRule.grafana_alert.title);
   });
 
+  it('populates form with information when specifying alert rule UID in matchers', async () => {
+    renderSilences(`/alerting/silence/new?matcher=${MATCHER_ALERT_RULE_UID}%3D${grafanaRulerRule.grafana_alert.uid}`);
+    expect(await screen.findByLabelText(/alert rule/i)).toHaveValue(grafanaRulerRule.grafana_alert.title);
+  });
+
   it(
     'silences page should contain alertmanager parameter after creating a silence',
     async () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.tsx
index fc8fd0c8ea4..c9a2cd10af7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/Silences.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {
   defaultsFromQuery,
   getDefaultSilenceFormValues,
 } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/utils';
+import { MATCHER_ALERT_RULE_UID } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/constants';
+import { parseQueryParamMatchers } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/matchers';
 
 import { AlertmanagerPageWrapper } from './components/AlertingPageWrapper';
 import { GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning } from './components/GrafanaAlertmanagerDeliveryWarning';
@@ -30,9 +32,22 @@ const Silences = () => {
         <Route exact path="/alerting/silence/new">
           {({ location }) => {
             const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
+
+            const potentialAlertRuleMatcher = parseQueryParamMatchers(queryParams.getAll('matcher')).find(
+              (m) => m.name === MATCHER_ALERT_RULE_UID
+            );
+
+            const potentialRuleUid = potentialAlertRuleMatcher?.value;
+
             const formValues = getDefaultSilenceFormValues(defaultsFromQuery(queryParams));
 
-            return <SilencesEditor formValues={formValues} alertManagerSourceName={selectedAlertmanager} />;
+            return (
+              <SilencesEditor
+                formValues={formValues}
+                alertManagerSourceName={selectedAlertmanager}
+                ruleUid={potentialRuleUid}
+              />
+            );
           }}
         </Route>
         <Route exact path="/alerting/silence/:id/edit">
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/utils.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/utils.ts
index fd111bbbec5..8c8088b9db8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/silences/utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { DefaultTimeZone, addDurationToDate, dateTime, intervalToAbbreviatedDura
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { SilenceFormFields } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/types/silence-form';
 import { matcherToMatcherField } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/alertmanager';
+import { MATCHER_ALERT_RULE_UID } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/constants';
 import { parseQueryParamMatchers } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/matchers';
 import { MatcherOperator, Silence } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ export const defaultsFromQuery = (searchParams: URLSearchParams): Partial<Silenc
   const comment = searchParams.get('comment');
   const matchers = searchParams.getAll('matcher');
 
-  const formMatchers = parseQueryParamMatchers(matchers);
+  const strippedMatchers = matchers.filter((m) => !m.startsWith(MATCHER_ALERT_RULE_UID));
+
+  const formMatchers = parseQueryParamMatchers(strippedMatchers);
   if (formMatchers.length) {
     defaults.matchers = formMatchers.map(matcherToMatcherField);
   }