diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js b/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
index 2b2ff4ff5..005c5555b 100644
--- a/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
@@ -1,68 +1,75 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, Linking, Alert } from 'react-native';
 
 import { normalizeURL } from 'lib/utils/url-utils';
 
+import { MessagePressResponderContext } from '../chat/message-press-responder-context';
 import { TextMessageMarkdownContext } from '../chat/text-message-markdown-context';
 import { MarkdownContext, type MarkdownContextType } from './markdown-context';
 
 function useDisplayLinkPrompt(
   inputURL: string,
   markdownContext: MarkdownContextType,
   messageKey: ?string,
 ) {
   const { setLinkModalActive } = markdownContext;
   const onDismiss = React.useCallback(() => {
     messageKey && setLinkModalActive({ [messageKey]: false });
   }, [setLinkModalActive, messageKey]);
 
   const url = normalizeURL(inputURL);
   const onConfirm = React.useCallback(() => {
     onDismiss();
     Linking.openURL(url);
   }, [url, onDismiss]);
 
   let displayURL = url.substring(0, 64);
   if (url.length > displayURL.length) {
     displayURL += '…';
   }
   return React.useCallback(() => {
     messageKey && setLinkModalActive({ [messageKey]: true });
     Alert.alert(
       'External link',
       `You sure you want to open this link?\n\n${displayURL}`,
       [
         { text: 'Cancel', style: 'cancel', onPress: onDismiss },
         { text: 'Open', onPress: onConfirm },
       ],
       { cancelable: true, onDismiss },
     );
   }, [setLinkModalActive, messageKey, displayURL, onConfirm, onDismiss]);
 }
 
 type TextProps = React.ElementConfig<typeof Text>;
 type Props = {
   +target: string,
   +children: React.Node,
   ...TextProps,
 };
 function MarkdownLink(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { target, ...rest } = props;
 
   const markdownContext = React.useContext(MarkdownContext);
   invariant(markdownContext, 'MarkdownContext should be set');
 
   const textMessageMarkdownContext = React.useContext(
     TextMessageMarkdownContext,
   );
   const messageKey = textMessageMarkdownContext?.messageKey;
 
+  const messagePressResponderContext = React.useContext(
+    MessagePressResponderContext,
+  );
+
+  const onPressMessage = messagePressResponderContext?.onPressMessage;
+
   const onPressLink = useDisplayLinkPrompt(target, markdownContext, messageKey);
 
-  return <Text onPress={onPressLink} {...rest} />;
+  return <Text onPress={onPressLink} onLongPress={onPressMessage} {...rest} />;
 }
 
 export default MarkdownLink;