diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/MyLinkify.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/MyLinkify.java
index 7ebb7666b..ba2d238b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/MyLinkify.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/MyLinkify.java
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ public class MyLinkify {
         Linkify.addLinks(body, Patterns.XMPP_PATTERN, "xmpp", XMPPURI_MATCH_FILTER, null);
         Linkify.addLinks(body, Patterns.TEL_URI, "tel");
         Linkify.addLinks(body, Patterns.SMS_URI, "sms");
+        Linkify.addLinks(body, Patterns.BITCOIN_URI, "bitcoin");
+        Linkify.addLinks(body, Patterns.BITCOINCASH_URI, "bitcoincash");
         Linkify.addLinks(body, Patterns.AUTOLINK_WEB_URL, "http", WEBURL_MATCH_FILTER, WEBURL_TRANSFORM_FILTER);
         if (includeGeo) {
             Linkify.addLinks(body, GeoHelper.GEO_URI, "geo");
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Patterns.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Patterns.java
index 51ba44b31..fcf1fc97d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Patterns.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Patterns.java
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ public class Patterns {
                     + "\\;\\/\\?\\@\\&\\=\\#\\~\\-\\.\\+\\!\\*\\'\\(\\)\\,\\_])"
                     + "|(?:\\%[a-fA-F0-9]{2}))+");
 
+    public static final Pattern BITCOIN_URI = Pattern
+            .compile("bitcoin\\:(?:[13][a-km-zA-HJ-NP-Z1-9]{25,34}|[bB][cC]1[pPqQ][a-zA-Z0-9]{38,58})(?:\\?(?:(?:["
+                    + Patterns.GOOD_IRI_CHAR
+                    + "\\;\\/\\?\\@\\&\\=\\#\\~\\-\\.\\+\\!\\*\\'\\(\\)\\,\\_])"
+                    + "|(?:\\%[a-fA-F0-9]{2}))+)?");
+
+    public static final Pattern BITCOINCASH_URI = Pattern
+            .compile("bitcoincash\\:(?:[13][a-km-zA-HJ-NP-Z1-9]{33}|[qp][a-z0-9]{41})(?:\\?(?:(?:["
+                    + Patterns.GOOD_IRI_CHAR
+                    + "\\;\\/\\?\\@\\&\\=\\#\\~\\-\\.\\+\\!\\*\\'\\(\\)\\,\\_])"
+                    + "|(?:\\%[a-fA-F0-9]{2}))+)?");
+
     /**
      *  Regular expression to match all IANA top-level domains.
      *  List accurate as of 2011/07/18.  List taken from: