diff --git a/app/components/post_body_additional_content/index.js b/app/components/post_body_additional_content/index.js
index 9750744e2..ab4db7c34 100644
--- a/app/components/post_body_additional_content/index.js
+++ b/app/components/post_body_additional_content/index.js
@@ -36,9 +36,13 @@ function makeMapStateToProps() {
 
     return function mapStateToProps(state, ownProps) {
         const config = getConfig(state);
-        const previewsEnabled = getBool(state, Preferences.CATEGORY_ADVANCED_SETTINGS, `${ViewTypes.FEATURE_TOGGLE_PREFIX}${ViewTypes.EMBED_PREVIEW}`);
         const link = getFirstLink(ownProps.message);
 
+        // Link previews used to be an advanced settings until server version 4.4 when it was changed to be a display setting.
+        // We are checking both here until we bump the server requirement for the mobile apps.
+        const previewsEnabled = getBool(state, Preferences.CATEGORY_ADVANCED_SETTINGS, `${ViewTypes.FEATURE_TOGGLE_PREFIX}${ViewTypes.EMBED_PREVIEW}`) ||
+            getBool(state, Preferences.CATEGORY_DISPLAY_SETTINGS, Preferences.LINK_PREVIEW_DISPLAY, true);
+
         return {
             ...getDimensions(state),
             config,
diff --git a/app/constants/view.js b/app/constants/view.js
index 6c3ad6c65..9114be382 100644
--- a/app/constants/view.js
+++ b/app/constants/view.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export default {
     POST_VISIBILITY_CHUNK_SIZE: 15,
     FEATURE_TOGGLE_PREFIX: 'feature_enabled_',
     EMBED_PREVIEW: 'embed_preview',
+    LINK_PREVIEW_DISPLAY: 'link_previews',
     MIN_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH: 2,
     MAX_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH: 22,
     ANDROID_TOP_LANDSCAPE: 46,