diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MessageEvent.js b/src/components/views/messages/MessageEvent.js
index 38f55c9d70..c4d29257ff 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MessageEvent.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MessageEvent.js
@@ -62,17 +62,24 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             'm.audio': sdk.getComponent('messages.MAudioBody'),
             'm.video': sdk.getComponent('messages.MVideoBody'),
         };
+        const evTypes = {
+            'm.sticker': sdk.getComponent('messages.MStickerBody'),
+        };
 
         const content = this.props.mxEvent.getContent();
+        const type = this.props.mxEvent.getType();
         const msgtype = content.msgtype;
         let BodyType = UnknownBody;
-        if (msgtype && bodyTypes[msgtype]) {
-            BodyType = bodyTypes[msgtype];
-        } else if (this.props.mxEvent.getType() === 'm.sticker') {
-            BodyType = sdk.getComponent('messages.MStickerBody');
-        } else if (content.url) {
-            // Fallback to MFileBody if there's a content URL
-            BodyType = bodyTypes['m.file'];
+        if (!this.props.mxEvent.isRedacted()) {
+            // only resolve BodyType if event is not redacted
+            if (msgtype && bodyTypes[msgtype]) {
+                BodyType = bodyTypes[msgtype];
+            } else if (type && evTypes[type]) {
+                BodyType = evTypes[type];
+            } else if (content.url) {
+                // Fallback to MFileBody if there's a content URL
+                BodyType = bodyTypes['m.file'];
+            }
         }
 
         return <BodyType
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
index 589524bb9e..c43ddaad11 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
         }
 
         const isSending = (['sending', 'queued', 'encrypting'].indexOf(this.props.eventSendStatus) !== -1);
-        const isRedacted = (eventType === 'm.room.message') && this.props.isRedacted;
+        const isRedacted = isMessageEvent(this.props.mxEvent) && this.props.isRedacted;
         const isEncryptionFailure = this.props.mxEvent.isDecryptionFailure();
 
         const classes = classNames({
@@ -715,9 +715,15 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
     },
 }));
 
+// XXX this'll eventually be dynamic based on the fields once we have extensible event types
+const messageTypes = ['m.room.message', 'm.sticker'];
+function isMessageEvent(ev) {
+    return (messageTypes.includes(ev.getType()));
+}
+
 module.exports.haveTileForEvent = function(e) {
     // Only messages have a tile (black-rectangle) if redacted
-    if (e.isRedacted() && e.getType() !== 'm.room.message') return false;
+    if (e.isRedacted() && !isMessageEvent(e)) return false;
 
     const handler = getHandlerTile(e);
     if (handler === undefined) return false;