diff --git a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
index b376fd5b2c..3e55a6be9e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
 import Resend from '../../../Resend';
 import SettingsStore from '../../../settings/SettingsStore';
-import {makeEventPermalink} from '../../../matrix-to';
 import { isUrlPermitted } from '../../../HtmlUtils';
 
 module.exports = React.createClass({
@@ -197,6 +196,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         const ShareDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ShareDialog");
         Modal.createTrackedDialog('share room message dialog', '', ShareDialog, {
             target: this.props.mxEvent,
+            permalinkCreator: this.props.permalinkCreator,
         });
         this.closeMenu();
     },
@@ -305,10 +305,17 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             }
         }
 
+        let permalink;
+        if (this.props.permalinkCreator) {
+            permalink = this.props.permalinkCreator.forEvent(
+                this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(),
+                this.props.mxEvent.getId(),
+            );
+        }
         // XXX: if we use room ID, we should also include a server where the event can be found (other than in the domain of the event ID)
         const permalinkButton = (
             <div className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field">
-                <a href={makeEventPermalink(mxEvent.getRoomId(), mxEvent.getId())}
+                <a href={permalink}
                   target="_blank" rel="noopener" onClick={this.onPermalinkClick}>
                     { mxEvent.isRedacted() || mxEvent.getType() !== 'm.room.message'
                         ? _t('Share Permalink') : _t('Share Message') }
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
index 3a0b00adf2..13d8e99258 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {Room, User, Group, RoomMember, MatrixEvent} from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import sdk from '../../../index';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import QRCode from 'qrcode-react';
-import {makeEventPermalink, makeGroupPermalink, makeRoomPermalink, makeUserPermalink} from "../../../matrix-to";
+import {RoomPermalinkCreator, makeGroupPermalink, makeUserPermalink} from "../../../matrix-to";
 import * as ContextualMenu from "../../structures/ContextualMenu";
 
 const socials = [
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ export default class ShareDialog extends React.Component {
         });
     }
 
+    componentWillMount() {
+        if (this.props.target instanceof Room) {
+            const permalinkCreator = new RoomPermalinkCreator(this.props.target);
+            permalinkCreator.load();
+            this.setState({permalinkCreator});
+        }
+    }
+
     render() {
         let title;
         let matrixToUrl;
@@ -146,9 +154,9 @@ export default class ShareDialog extends React.Component {
             }
 
             if (this.state.linkSpecificEvent) {
-                matrixToUrl = makeEventPermalink(this.props.target.roomId, events[events.length - 1].getId());
+                matrixToUrl = this.state.permalinkCreator.forEvent(events[events.length - 1].getId());
             } else {
-                matrixToUrl = makeRoomPermalink(this.props.target.roomId);
+                matrixToUrl = this.state.permalinkCreator.forRoom();
             }
         } else if (this.props.target instanceof User || this.props.target instanceof RoomMember) {
             title = _t('Share User');
@@ -169,9 +177,9 @@ export default class ShareDialog extends React.Component {
             </div>;
 
             if (this.state.linkSpecificEvent) {
-                matrixToUrl = makeEventPermalink(this.props.target.getRoomId(), this.props.target.getId());
+                matrixToUrl = this.props.permalinkCreator.forEvent(this.props.target.getId());
             } else {
-                matrixToUrl = makeRoomPermalink(this.props.target.getRoomId());
+                matrixToUrl = this.props.permalinkCreator.forRoom();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
index c543db5262..17d272fa36 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
             mxEvent: this.props.mxEvent,
             left: x,
             top: y,
+            permalinkCreator: this.props.permalinkCreator,
             eventTileOps: tile && tile.getEventTileOps ? tile.getEventTileOps() : undefined,
             collapseReplyThread: replyThread && replyThread.canCollapse() ? replyThread.collapse : undefined,
             e2eInfoCallback: e2eInfoCallback,