diff --git a/app/lib/formatter.rb b/app/lib/formatter.rb
index 6ba3276141..c771dcaaa0 100644
--- a/app/lib/formatter.rb
+++ b/app/lib/formatter.rb
@@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ class Formatter
     end
 
     standard = Extractor.extract_entities_with_indices(text, options)
+    xmpp = Extractor.extract_xmpp_uris_with_indices(text, options)
 
-    Extractor.remove_overlapping_entities(special + standard)
+    Extractor.remove_overlapping_entities(special + standard + xmpp)
   end
 
   def link_to_url(entity, options = {})
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ class Formatter
 
   def link_html(url)
     url    = Addressable::URI.parse(url).to_s
-    prefix = url.match(/\Ahttps?:\/\/(www\.)?/).to_s
+    prefix = url.match(/\A(https?:\/\/(www\.)?|xmpp:)/).to_s
     text   = url[prefix.length, 30]
     suffix = url[prefix.length + 30..-1]
     cutoff = url[prefix.length..-1].length > 30
diff --git a/app/lib/sanitize_config.rb b/app/lib/sanitize_config.rb
index 77045155e0..e2480376e4 100644
--- a/app/lib/sanitize_config.rb
+++ b/app/lib/sanitize_config.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class Sanitize
   module Config
-    HTTP_PROTOCOLS ||= ['http', 'https', 'dat', 'dweb', 'ipfs', 'ipns', 'ssb', 'gopher', :relative].freeze
+    HTTP_PROTOCOLS ||= ['http', 'https', 'dat', 'dweb', 'ipfs', 'ipns', 'ssb', 'gopher', 'xmpp', :relative].freeze
 
     CLASS_WHITELIST_TRANSFORMER = lambda do |env|
       node = env[:node]
diff --git a/config/initializers/twitter_regex.rb b/config/initializers/twitter_regex.rb
index 0ddbbee982..87815d4580 100644
--- a/config/initializers/twitter_regex.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/twitter_regex.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Twitter
       (                                                                                     #   $1 total match
         (#{REGEXEN[:valid_url_preceding_chars]})                                            #   $2 Preceding character
         (                                                                                   #   $3 URL
-          ((https?|dat|dweb|ipfs|ipns|ssb|gopher):\/\/)?                                    #   $4 Protocol (optional)
+          ((?:https?|dat|dweb|ipfs|ipns|ssb|gopher):\/\/)?                                  #   $4 Protocol (optional)
           (#{REGEXEN[:valid_domain]})                                                       #   $5 Domain(s)
           (?::(#{REGEXEN[:valid_port_number]}))?                                            #   $6 Port number (optional)
           (/#{REGEXEN[:valid_url_path]}*)?                                                  #   $7 URL Path and anchor
@@ -37,5 +37,54 @@ module Twitter
         )
       )
     }iox
+    REGEXEN[:validate_nodeid] = /(?:
+      #{REGEXEN[:validate_url_unreserved]}|
+      #{REGEXEN[:validate_url_pct_encoded]}|
+      [!$()*+,;=]
+    )/iox
+    REGEXEN[:validate_resid] = /(?:
+      #{REGEXEN[:validate_url_unreserved]}|
+      #{REGEXEN[:validate_url_pct_encoded]}|
+      #{REGEXEN[:validate_url_sub_delims]}
+    )/iox
+    REGEXEN[:valid_xmpp_uri] = %r{
+      (                                                                                     #   $1 total match
+        (#{REGEXEN[:valid_url_preceding_chars]})                                            #   $2 Preceding character
+        (                                                                                   #   $3 URL
+          ((?:xmpp):)                                                                       #   $4 Protocol
+          (//#{REGEXEN[:validate_nodeid]}+@#{REGEXEN[:valid_domain]}/)?                     #   $5 Authority (optional)
+          (#{REGEXEN[:validate_nodeid]}+@)?                                                 #   $6 Username in path (optional)
+          (#{REGEXEN[:valid_domain]})                                                       #   $7 Domain in path
+          (/#{REGEXEN[:validate_resid]}+)?                                                  #   $8 Resource in path (optional)
+          (\?#{REGEXEN[:valid_url_query_chars]}*#{REGEXEN[:valid_url_query_ending_chars]})? #   $9 Query String
+        )
+      )
+    }iox
+  end
+
+  module Extractor
+    # Extracts a list of all XMPP URIs included in the Tweet <tt>text</tt> along
+    # with the indices. If the <tt>text</tt> is <tt>nil</tt> or contains no
+    # XMPP URIs an empty array will be returned.
+    #
+    # If a block is given then it will be called for each XMPP URI.
+    def extract_xmpp_uris_with_indices(text, options = {}) # :yields: uri, start, end
+      return [] unless text && text.index(":")
+      urls = []
+
+      text.to_s.scan(Twitter::Regex[:valid_xmpp_uri]) do
+        valid_uri_match_data = $~
+
+        start_position = valid_uri_match_data.char_begin(3)
+        end_position = valid_uri_match_data.char_end(3)
+
+        urls << {
+          :url => valid_uri_match_data[3],
+          :indices => [start_position, end_position]
+        }
+      end
+      urls.each{|url| yield url[:url], url[:indices].first, url[:indices].last} if block_given?
+      urls
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/formatter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/formatter_spec.rb
index b8108a2477..83be0a5883 100644
--- a/spec/lib/formatter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/formatter_spec.rb
@@ -242,6 +242,22 @@ RSpec.describe Formatter do
         is_expected.to include '/tags/hashtag%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hashtagタグ</span></a>'
       end
     end
+
+    context 'given a stand-alone xmpp: URI' do
+      let(:text) { 'xmpp:user@instance.com' }
+
+      it 'matches the full URI' do
+        is_expected.to include 'href="xmpp:user@instance.com"'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'given a an xmpp: URI with a query-string' do
+      let(:text) { 'please join xmpp:muc@instance.com?join right now' }
+
+      it 'matches the full URI' do
+        is_expected.to include 'href="xmpp:muc@instance.com?join"'
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#format_spoiler' do