diff --git a/features/userprofile/shared/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/userprofile/shared/UserProfileNodeHelper.kt b/features/userprofile/shared/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/userprofile/shared/UserProfileNodeHelper.kt
index 6699183f69..a7c19072e9 100644
--- a/features/userprofile/shared/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/userprofile/shared/UserProfileNodeHelper.kt
+++ b/features/userprofile/shared/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/userprofile/shared/UserProfileNodeHelper.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class UserProfileNodeHelper(
         context: Context,
         permalinkBuilder: PermalinkBuilder,
     ) {
-        val permalinkResult = permalinkBuilder.permalinkForUser(userId)
+        val permalinkResult = permalinkBuilder.sharePermalinkForUser(userId)
         permalinkResult.onSuccess { permalink ->
             context.startSharePlainTextIntent(
                 activityResultLauncher = null,
diff --git a/libraries/deeplink/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/deeplink/impl/usecase/DefaultInviteFriendsUseCase.kt b/libraries/deeplink/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/deeplink/impl/usecase/DefaultInviteFriendsUseCase.kt
index d3ba7e75fe..fad1742b0b 100644
--- a/libraries/deeplink/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/deeplink/impl/usecase/DefaultInviteFriendsUseCase.kt
+++ b/libraries/deeplink/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/deeplink/impl/usecase/DefaultInviteFriendsUseCase.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class DefaultInviteFriendsUseCase(
     private val permalinkBuilder: PermalinkBuilder,
 ) : InviteFriendsUseCase {
     override fun execute(activity: Activity) {
-        val permalinkResult = permalinkBuilder.permalinkForUser(matrixClient.sessionId)
+        val permalinkResult = permalinkBuilder.sharePermalinkForUser(matrixClient.sessionId)
         permalinkResult.fold(
             onSuccess = { permalink ->
                 val appName = buildMeta.applicationName
diff --git a/libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/permalink/PermalinkBuilder.kt b/libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/permalink/PermalinkBuilder.kt
index 878b0e7a69..bb9cee5c4b 100644
--- a/libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/permalink/PermalinkBuilder.kt
+++ b/libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/permalink/PermalinkBuilder.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.core.UserId
 interface PermalinkBuilder {
     fun permalinkForUser(userId: UserId): Result<String>
     fun permalinkForRoomAlias(roomAlias: RoomAlias): Result<String>
+
+    /**
+     * Permalink meant to be shared outside of Matrix, for instance through the system share sheet.
+     * It points to the HealthChat matrix.to deployment, so that recipients who do not have the app
+     * yet are offered HealthChat rather than Element.
+     *
+     * Links embedded in events (mention pills, replies, …) must keep using [permalinkForUser]:
+     * matrix.to is the format other Matrix clients expect on the wire.
+     */
+    fun sharePermalinkForUser(userId: UserId): Result<String>
 }
 
 sealed class PermalinkBuilderError : Throwable() {
diff --git a/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/permalink/DefaultPermalinkBuilder.kt b/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/permalink/DefaultPermalinkBuilder.kt
index 2b34138dc9..6178b314a3 100644
--- a/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/permalink/DefaultPermalinkBuilder.kt
+++ b/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/permalink/DefaultPermalinkBuilder.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ package io.element.android.libraries.matrix.impl.permalink
 
 import dev.zacsweers.metro.AppScope
 import dev.zacsweers.metro.ContributesBinding
+import io.element.android.appconfig.MatrixConfiguration
+import io.element.android.libraries.core.extensions.replacePrefix
 import io.element.android.libraries.core.extensions.runCatchingExceptions
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.core.MatrixPatterns
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.core.RoomAlias
@@ -38,4 +40,13 @@ class DefaultPermalinkBuilder : PermalinkBuilder {
             matrixToRoomAliasPermalink(roomAlias.value)
         }
     }
+
+    override fun sharePermalinkForUser(userId: UserId): Result<String> {
+        return permalinkForUser(userId).map { permalink ->
+            permalink.replacePrefix(
+                MatrixConfiguration.MATRIX_TO_PERMALINK_BASE_URL,
+                MatrixConfiguration.HEALTHCHAT_TO_PERMALINK_BASE_URL,
+            )
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/matrix/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/test/permalink/FakePermalinkBuilder.kt b/libraries/matrix/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/test/permalink/FakePermalinkBuilder.kt
index 461d59cf1d..179d96194d 100644
--- a/libraries/matrix/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/test/permalink/FakePermalinkBuilder.kt
+++ b/libraries/matrix/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/test/permalink/FakePermalinkBuilder.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import io.element.android.tests.testutils.lambda.lambdaError
 class FakePermalinkBuilder(
     private val permalinkForUserLambda: (UserId) -> Result<String> = { lambdaError() },
     private val permalinkForRoomAliasLambda: (RoomAlias) -> Result<String> = { lambdaError() },
+    private val sharePermalinkForUserLambda: (UserId) -> Result<String> = { lambdaError() },
 ) : PermalinkBuilder {
     override fun permalinkForUser(userId: UserId): Result<String> {
         return permalinkForUserLambda(userId)
@@ -24,4 +25,8 @@ class FakePermalinkBuilder(
     override fun permalinkForRoomAlias(roomAlias: RoomAlias): Result<String> {
         return permalinkForRoomAliasLambda(roomAlias)
     }
+
+    override fun sharePermalinkForUser(userId: UserId): Result<String> {
+        return sharePermalinkForUserLambda(userId)
+    }
 }