diff --git a/src/HtmlUtils.tsx b/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
index 6746f68812..6dba041685 100644
--- a/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ export function sanitizedHtmlNode(insaneHtml: string) {
     return <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: saneHtml }} dir="auto" />;
 }
 
+export function sanitizedHtmlNodeInnerText(insaneHtml: string) {
+    const saneHtml = sanitizeHtml(insaneHtml, sanitizeHtmlParams);
+    const contentDiv = document.createElement("div");
+    contentDiv.innerHTML = saneHtml;
+    return contentDiv.innerText;
+}
+
 /**
  * Tests if a URL from an untrusted source may be safely put into the DOM
  * The biggest threat here is javascript: URIs.
diff --git a/src/stores/room-list/previews/MessageEventPreview.ts b/src/stores/room-list/previews/MessageEventPreview.ts
index 86ec4c539b..86cb51ef15 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list/previews/MessageEventPreview.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list/previews/MessageEventPreview.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
 import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
 import { getSenderName, isSelf, shouldPrefixMessagesIn } from "./utils";
 import ReplyThread from "../../../components/views/elements/ReplyThread";
+import { sanitizedHtmlNodeInnerText } from "../../../HtmlUtils";
 
 export class MessageEventPreview implements IPreview {
     public getTextFor(event: MatrixEvent, tagId?: TagID): string {
@@ -36,14 +37,27 @@ export class MessageEventPreview implements IPreview {
         const msgtype = eventContent['msgtype'];
         if (!body || !msgtype) return null; // invalid event, no preview
 
+        const hasHtml = eventContent.format === "org.matrix.custom.html" && eventContent.formatted_body;
+        if (hasHtml) {
+            body = eventContent.formatted_body;
+        }
+
         // XXX: Newer relations have a getRelation() function which is not compatible with replies.
         const mRelatesTo = event.getWireContent()['m.relates_to'];
         if (mRelatesTo && mRelatesTo['m.in_reply_to']) {
             // If this is a reply, get the real reply and use that
-            body = (ReplyThread.stripPlainReply(body) || '').trim();
+            if (hasHtml) {
+                body = (ReplyThread.stripHTMLReply(body) || '').trim();
+            } else {
+                body = (ReplyThread.stripPlainReply(body) || '').trim();
+            }
             if (!body) return null; // invalid event, no preview
         }
 
+        if (hasHtml) {
+            body = sanitizedHtmlNodeInnerText(body);
+        }
+
         if (msgtype === 'm.emote') {
             return _t("%(senderName)s %(emote)s", {senderName: getSenderName(event), emote: body});
         }