diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
index 5a98119dac..d13111bcc6 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         var widget;
         if (this.state.link) {
             var LinkPreviewWidget = sdk.getComponent('rooms.LinkPreviewWidget');
-            widget = <LinkPreviewWidget link={ this.state.link } onWidgetLoad={ this.props.onWidgetLoad }/>;
+            widget = <LinkPreviewWidget link={ this.state.link } ts={ this.props.mxEvent.getTs() } onWidgetLoad={ this.props.onWidgetLoad }/>;
         }
 
         switch (content.msgtype) {
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/LinkPreviewWidget.js b/src/components/views/rooms/LinkPreviewWidget.js
index bfefb293c9..80e03522a4 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/LinkPreviewWidget.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/LinkPreviewWidget.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
     propTypes: {
         link: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+        ts: React.PropTypes.number,
         onWidgetLoad: React.PropTypes.func,
     },
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     },
 
     componentWillMount: function() {
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().getUrlPreview(this.props.link).then((res)=>{
+        MatrixClientPeg.get().getUrlPreview(this.props.link, this.props.ts).then((res)=>{
             this.setState({ preview: res });
             this.props.onWidgetLoad();
         }, (error)=>{