diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.tsx
index f51f3db924..478e1094e4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
 import { getParentEventId } from "../../../utils/Reply";
 import { EditWysiwygComposer } from "../rooms/wysiwyg_composer";
 import { type IEventTileOps } from "../rooms/EventTile";
-import { UrlPreviewViewModel } from "../../../viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.ts";
+import { UrlPreviewViewModel } from "../../../viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel";
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../MatrixClientPeg.ts";
 import { useMediaVisible } from "../../../hooks/useMediaVisible.ts";
 import ImageView from "../elements/ImageView.tsx";
diff --git a/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.ts b/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.tsx
similarity index 98%
rename from apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.ts
rename to apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.tsx
index b0bba52b83..6defd2bee8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/viewmodels/message-body/UrlPreviewViewModel.tsx
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ import {
 } from "@element-hq/web-shared-components";
 import { logger as rootLogger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 import { type IPreviewUrlResponse, type MatrixClient, MatrixError, type MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import React, { type ReactNode } from "react";
 
 import { isPermalinkHost } from "../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
 import { mediaFromMxc } from "../../customisations/Media";
 import PlatformPeg from "../../PlatformPeg";
 import { thumbHeight } from "../../ImageUtils";
 import SettingsStore from "../../settings/SettingsStore";
+import { Linkify } from "../../Linkify";
+import { decode } from "html-entities";
 
 const logger = rootLogger.getChild("UrlPreviewViewModel");
 
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ export class UrlPreviewViewModel
 
         return {
             title,
-            description,
+            description: description && <Linkify>{decode(description)}</Linkify>,
             siteName,
         };
     }