diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/InviteDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/InviteDialog.js
index 8fec2437f6..caf94bb8de 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/InviteDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/InviteDialog.js
@@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ export default class InviteDialog extends React.PureComponent {
             record.score += scoreBoost;
         }
 
+        // Last chance: if the user ID matches the search term, score it higher
+        if (this.state.filterText && this.state.filterText[0] === '@') {
+            for (const memberId in memberScores) {
+                if (memberId.startsWith(this.state.filterText)) {
+                    memberScores[memberId] += 2; // arbitrary score bump
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         const members = Object.values(memberScores);
         members.sort((a, b) => {
             if (a.score === b.score) {