diff --git a/src/components/status-action-bar.tsx b/src/components/status-action-bar.tsx
index edfa10396..4e670f82a 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 ditto: string | undefined = status.ditto?.get('external');
+      const { hostname: domain } = new URL(ditto || status.uri);
+      
       menu.push({
         text: intl.formatMessage(messages.external, { domain }),
         icon: require('@tabler/icons/outline/external-link.svg'),
-        href: status.uri,
+        href: ditto || status.uri,
         target: '_blank',
       });
     }
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/status.ts b/src/schemas/status.ts
index 865b3a02e..653a7d440 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: 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 };