diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.test.ts b/packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.test.ts
index 670dcf6c1e..0b98b6d51d 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.test.ts
@@ -718,3 +718,10 @@ it("replaces the native placeholder only after the resolved URL decodes", () =>
   const prepared = prepareMarkdownSource("![image](shot.png)", undefined, { supportsSvg: false });
   expect(prepared.render(new Map([["shot.png", url]]))).toBe(`![image](<${url}>)`);
 });
+
+it("makes the web Markdown container selectable in Safari as well as unprefixed browsers", () => {
+  expect(createMarkdownStyles(lightTheme, { blockGap: 12 }).containerStyle).toEqual({
+    userSelect: "text",
+    WebkitUserSelect: "text",
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.tsx
index 4d6f042c2f..6d79beb01f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ const markdownStyle = (compact: boolean) => (theme: Theme, rt: { breakpoint?: st
   createMarkdownStyles(theme, { compact, blockGap: resolveDensity(rt, density.blockGap) });
 const regularStyle = markdownStyle(false);
 const compactStyle = markdownStyle(true);
-const WEB_CONTAINER = { userSelect: "text" as const };
 
 export interface MarkdownRendererProps extends MarkdownImageContext {
   text: string;
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ const MarkdownPart = memo(function MarkdownPart({
             <ThemedMarkdown
               key={`${segment.kind}:${segment.id}`}
               markdown={segment.source}
-              containerStyle={isWeb ? WEB_CONTAINER : undefined}
               uniProps={compact ? compactStyle : regularStyle}
               flavor="github"
               selectable
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/markdown/styles.ts b/packages/app/src/components/markdown/styles.ts
index 57ee40ff12..faf388a9dc 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/markdown/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/markdown/styles.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ import type { MarkdownStyle } from "react-native-enriched-markdown";
 import type { Theme } from "@/styles/theme";
 import { isWeb } from "@/constants/platform";
 
+// iOS Safari needs the prefix to override the gesture host's selection suppression.
+const WEB_CONTAINER = { userSelect: "text", WebkitUserSelect: "text" } as const;
+
 export function createMarkdownStyles(
   theme: Theme,
   { compact = false, blockGap }: { compact?: boolean; blockGap: number },
-): { markdownStyle: MarkdownStyle; selectionColor: string } {
+): { markdownStyle: MarkdownStyle; selectionColor: string; containerStyle?: typeof WEB_CONTAINER } {
   const fontSize = compact ? theme.fontSize.base : theme.fontSize.content;
   // Every block is followed by the same gap; the library drops it after the last block.
   const block = { marginTop: 0, marginBottom: blockGap };
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ export function createMarkdownStyles(
     fontWeight: "bold",
   });
   return {
+    containerStyle: isWeb ? WEB_CONTAINER : undefined,
     selectionColor: theme.colors.terminal.selectionBackground,
     markdownStyle: {
       paragraph,