diff --git a/app/components/markdown/index.js b/app/components/markdown/index.js
index 6dce3f1c5..954a62bff 100644
--- a/app/components/markdown/index.js
+++ b/app/components/markdown/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export default class Markdown extends React.PureComponent {
         textStyles: PropTypes.object,
         blockStyles: PropTypes.object,
         emojiSizes: PropTypes.object,
-        value: PropTypes.string.isRequired
+        value: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+        onLongPress: PropTypes.func
     };
 
     static defaultProps = {
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ export default class Markdown extends React.PureComponent {
                     text: 65
                 }
             })
-        }
+        },
+        onLongPress: () => true
     };
 
     constructor(props) {
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ export default class Markdown extends React.PureComponent {
                 emph: Renderer.forwardChildren,
                 strong: Renderer.forwardChildren,
                 code: this.renderCodeSpan,
-                link: MarkdownLink,
+                link: this.renderLink,
                 image: this.renderImage,
                 atMention: this.renderAtMention,
                 channelLink: this.renderChannelLink,
@@ -259,6 +261,17 @@ export default class Markdown extends React.PureComponent {
         return rendered;
     }
 
+    renderLink = ({children, href}) => {
+        return (
+            <MarkdownLink
+                href={href}
+                onLongPress={this.props.onLongPress}
+            >
+                {children}
+            </MarkdownLink>
+        );
+    }
+
     render() {
         const ast = this.parser.parse(this.props.value);
 
diff --git a/app/components/markdown/markdown_link.js b/app/components/markdown/markdown_link.js
index 4a67bc539..79d8ca0b1 100644
--- a/app/components/markdown/markdown_link.js
+++ b/app/components/markdown/markdown_link.js
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ import CustomPropTypes from 'app/constants/custom_prop_types';
 export default class MarkdownLink extends PureComponent {
     static propTypes = {
         children: CustomPropTypes.Children.isRequired,
-        href: PropTypes.string.isRequired
+        href: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+        onLongPress: PropTypes.func
     };
 
+    static defaultProps = {
+        onLongPress: () => true
+    }
+
     handlePress = () => {
         const url = this.props.href.toLowerCase();
 
@@ -24,6 +29,13 @@ export default class MarkdownLink extends PureComponent {
     };
 
     render() {
-        return <Text onPress={this.handlePress}>{this.props.children}</Text>;
+        return (
+            <Text
+                onPress={this.handlePress}
+                onLongPress={this.props.onLongPress}
+            >
+                {this.props.children}
+            </Text>
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/components/post/post.js b/app/components/post/post.js
index a4bbfa9fd..25d833efc 100644
--- a/app/components/post/post.js
+++ b/app/components/post/post.js
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ class Post extends PureComponent {
                             textStyles={textStyles}
                             blockStyles={blockStyles}
                             value={post.message}
+                            onLongPress={this.showOptionsContext}
                         />
                     </View>
                 </View>