diff --git a/src/components/status-action-bar.tsx b/src/components/status-action-bar.tsx
index edfa10396..4f2f0856f 100644
--- a/src/components/status-action-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/status-action-bar.tsx
@@ -464,11 +464,13 @@ const StatusActionBar: React.FC<IStatusActionBar> = ({
     }
 
     if (features.federating && !account.local) {
-      const { hostname: domain } = new URL(status.uri);
+      const externalNostrUrl: string | undefined = status.ditto?.get('external_url');
+      const { hostname: domain } = new URL(externalNostrUrl || status.uri);
+
       menu.push({
         text: intl.formatMessage(messages.external, { domain }),
         icon: require('@tabler/icons/outline/external-link.svg'),
-        href: status.uri,
+        href: externalNostrUrl || status.uri,
         target: '_blank',
       });
     }
diff --git a/src/features/account/components/header.tsx b/src/features/account/components/header.tsx
index be74a5b65..786ce40c9 100644
--- a/src/features/account/components/header.tsx
+++ b/src/features/account/components/header.tsx
@@ -311,14 +311,19 @@ const Header: React.FC<IHeader> = ({ account }) => {
       });
     }
 
-    if (features.federating && !account.local) {
-      const domain = account.fqn.split('@')[1];
+    const externalNostrUrl = account.ditto.external_url ? new URL(account.ditto.external_url).host : undefined;
+    if (features.federating && (!account.local || externalNostrUrl)) {
+      const domain = externalNostrUrl || account.fqn.split('@')[1];
+      const url = account.ditto.external_url || account.url;
 
-      menu.push({
-        text: intl.formatMessage(messages.profileExternal, { domain }),
-        action: () => onProfileExternal(account.url),
-        icon: require('@tabler/icons/outline/external-link.svg'),
-      });
+      if (domain && url) {
+        menu.push({
+          text: intl.formatMessage(messages.profileExternal, { domain }),
+          action: () => onProfileExternal(url),
+          icon: require('@tabler/icons/outline/external-link.svg'),
+          href: url,
+        });
+      }
     }
 
     menu.push({
diff --git a/src/normalizers/status.ts b/src/normalizers/status.ts
index 1797feb2e..093069f4c 100644
--- a/src/normalizers/status.ts
+++ b/src/normalizers/status.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export const StatusRecord = ImmutableRecord({
   muted: false,
   pinned: false,
   pleroma: ImmutableMap<string, any>(),
+  ditto: ImmutableMap<string, any>(),
   poll: null as EmbeddedEntity<Poll>,
   quote: null as EmbeddedEntity<any>,
   quotes_count: 0,
diff --git a/src/schemas/account.ts b/src/schemas/account.ts
index 966e03ef0..15ebc821e 100644
--- a/src/schemas/account.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/account.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const baseAccountSchema = z.object({
   ditto: coerceObject({
     accepts_zaps: z.boolean().catch(false),
     is_registered: z.boolean().catch(false),
+    external_url: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
   }),
   emojis: filteredArray(customEmojiSchema),
   fields: filteredArray(fieldSchema),
diff --git a/src/schemas/status.ts b/src/schemas/status.ts
index 865b3a02e..7d41837f5 100644
--- a/src/schemas/status.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/status.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ const statusPleromaSchema = z.object({
   quote_visible: z.boolean().catch(true),
 });
 
+const statusDittoSchema = z.object({
+  external_url: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
+});
+
 const baseStatusSchema = z.object({
   account: accountSchema,
   application: z.object({
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ const baseStatusSchema = z.object({
   muted: z.coerce.boolean(),
   pinned: z.coerce.boolean(),
   pleroma: statusPleromaSchema.optional().catch(undefined),
+  ditto: statusDittoSchema.optional().catch(undefined),
   reactions: filteredArray(emojiReactionSchema),
   poll: pollSchema.nullable().catch(null),
   quote: z.literal(null).catch(null),
@@ -152,4 +157,4 @@ const statusSchema = baseStatusSchema.extend({
 
 type Status = Resolve<z.infer<typeof statusSchema>>;
 
-export { statusSchema, type Status };
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+export { statusSchema, type Status };