diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
index cf51d86..ec84e07 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
@@ -390,10 +390,19 @@ async function eventToMessage(event, guild, di) {
 
 			// Handling mentions of Discord users
 			input = input.replace(/("https:\/\/matrix.to\/#\/(@[^"]+)")>/g, (whole, attributeValue, mxid) => {
-				if (!utils.eventSenderIsFromDiscord(mxid)) return whole
-				const userID = select("sim", "user_id", {mxid: mxid}).pluck().get()
-				if (!userID) return whole
-				return `${attributeValue} data-user-id="${userID}">`
+				if (utils.eventSenderIsFromDiscord(mxid)) {
+					// Handle mention of an OOYE sim user by their mxid
+					const userID = select("sim", "user_id", {mxid: mxid}).pluck().get()
+					if (!userID) return whole
+					return `${attributeValue} data-user-id="${userID}">`
+				} else {
+					// Handle mention of a Matrix user by their mxid
+					// Check if this Matrix user is actually the sim user from another old bridge in the room?
+					const match = mxid.match(/[^:]*discord[^:]*_([0-9]{6,}):/) // try to match @_discord_123456, @_discordpuppet_123456, etc.
+					if (match) return `${attributeValue} data-user-id="${match[1]}">`
+					// Nope, just a real Matrix user.
+					return whole
+				}
 			})
 
 			// Handling mentions of Discord rooms
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
index 40eb83e..6dbe112 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
@@ -2211,6 +2211,33 @@ test("event2message: guessed @mentions may join members to mention", async t =>
 	t.equal(called, 1, "searchGuildMembers should be called once")
 })
 
+test("event2message: guessed @mentions work with other matrix bridge old users", async t => {
+	t.deepEqual(
+		await eventToMessage({
+			type: "m.room.message",
+			sender: "@cadence:cadence.moe",
+			content: {
+				msgtype: "m.text",
+				body: "extremity#0: zenosia#0717:  back me up on this sentiment, if not necessarily the phrasing",
+				format: "org.matrix.custom.html",
+			formatted_body: "<a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/@_discord_114147806469554185:cadence.moe\">extremity#0</a>: <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/@_discordpuppet_176943908762006200:cadence.moe\">zenosia#0717</a>:  back me up on this sentiment, if not necessarily the phrasing"
+			},
+			room_id: "!kLRqKKUQXcibIMtOpl:cadence.moe",
+			event_id: "$SiXetU9h9Dg-M9Frcw_C6ahnoXZ3QPZe3MVJR5tcB9A"
+		}),
+		{
+			messagesToDelete: [],
+			messagesToEdit: [],
+			messagesToSend: [{
+				username: "cadence [they]",
+				content: "<@114147806469554185> <@176943908762006200> back me up on this sentiment, if not necessarily the phrasing",
+				avatar_url: undefined
+			}],
+			ensureJoined: [] // we already think it worked on Matrix side due to the pill, so no need for the OOYE sim user to join the room to indicate success.
+		}
+	)
+})
+
 slow()("event2message: unknown emoji in the end is reuploaded as a sprite sheet", async t => {
 	const messages = await eventToMessage({
 		type: "m.room.message",