diff --git a/client/src/entrypoints/documents/document-chooser-telepath.js b/client/src/entrypoints/documents/document-chooser-telepath.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d4ddc5466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/entrypoints/documents/document-chooser-telepath.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class DocumentChooser {
+  constructor(html, idForLabel) {
+    this.html = html;
+    this.idForLabel = idForLabel;
+  }
+
+  render(placeholder, name, id, initialState) {
+    const html = this.html.replace(/__NAME__/g, name).replace(/__ID__/g, id);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+    placeholder.outerHTML = html;
+    /* the chooser object returned by createDocumentChooser also serves as the JS widget representation */
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
+    const chooser = createDocumentChooser(id);
+    chooser.setState(initialState);
+  }
+}
+window.telepath.register('wagtail.documents.widgets.DocumentChooser', DocumentChooser);
diff --git a/client/webpack.config.js b/client/webpack.config.js
index ae0168d4ce..5c8c7fb94c 100644
--- a/client/webpack.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack.config.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ module.exports = function exports() {
     ],
     documents: [
       'document-chooser',
+      'document-chooser-telepath',
     ],
     snippets: [
       'snippet-chooser',
diff --git a/wagtail/documents/blocks.py b/wagtail/documents/blocks.py
index 6f92ec7e6d..315fdad38d 100644
--- a/wagtail/documents/blocks.py
+++ b/wagtail/documents/blocks.py
@@ -13,7 +13,18 @@ class DocumentChooserBlock(ChooserBlock):
     @cached_property
     def widget(self):
         from wagtail.documents.widgets import AdminDocumentChooser
-        return AdminDocumentChooser
+        return AdminDocumentChooser()
+
+    def get_form_state(self, value):
+        value_data = self.widget.get_value_data(value)
+        if value_data is None:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return {
+                'id': value_data['id'],
+                'edit_link': value_data['edit_url'],
+                'title': value_data['title'],
+            }
 
     def render_basic(self, value, context=None):
         if value:
diff --git a/wagtail/documents/widgets.py b/wagtail/documents/widgets.py
index 4db74852b2..07b5160e29 100644
--- a/wagtail/documents/widgets.py
+++ b/wagtail/documents/widgets.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from wagtail.admin.staticfiles import versioned_static
 from wagtail.admin.widgets import AdminChooser
+from wagtail.core.telepath import register
+from wagtail.core.widget_adapters import WidgetAdapter
 from wagtail.documents import get_document_model
 
 
@@ -55,3 +57,21 @@ class AdminDocumentChooser(AdminChooser):
             versioned_static('wagtaildocs/js/document-chooser-modal.js'),
             versioned_static('wagtaildocs/js/document-chooser.js'),
         ])
+
+
+class DocumentChooserAdapter(WidgetAdapter):
+    js_constructor = 'wagtail.documents.widgets.DocumentChooser'
+
+    def js_args(self, widget, context):
+        return [
+            widget.render_html('__NAME__', None, attrs={'id': '__ID__'}),
+            widget.id_for_label('__ID__'),
+        ]
+
+    class Media:
+        js = [
+            versioned_static('wagtaildocs/js/document-chooser-telepath.js'),
+        ]
+
+
+register(DocumentChooserAdapter(), AdminDocumentChooser)