diff --git a/portal.go b/portal.go
index d93ad17..e5cd370 100644
--- a/portal.go
+++ b/portal.go
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ func (portal *Portal) sendMatrixMessage(intent *appservice.IntentAPI, eventType
 
 func (portal *Portal) handleMatrixMessages(msg portalMatrixMessage) {
 	switch msg.evt.Type {
-	case event.EventMessage:
+	case event.EventMessage, event.EventSticker:
 		portal.handleMatrixMessage(msg.user, msg.evt)
 	case event.EventRedaction:
 		portal.handleMatrixRedaction(msg.user, msg.evt)
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ func (portal *Portal) handleMatrixMessage(sender *User, evt *event.Event) {
 			}
 		}
 		sendReq.Content = portal.parseMatrixHTML(sender, content)
-	case event.MsgAudio, event.MsgFile, event.MsgImage, event.MsgVideo:
+	case event.MsgAudio, event.MsgFile, event.MsgImage, event.MsgVideo, "": // MsgType is empty when the message is a sticker
 		data, err := portal.downloadMatrixAttachment(content)
 		if err != nil {
 			go portal.sendMessageMetrics(evt, err, "Error downloading media in")