diff --git a/libraries/permissions/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/api/PermissionsEvent.kt b/libraries/permissions/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/api/PermissionsEvent.kt
index fd01e12134..8604959068 100644
--- a/libraries/permissions/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/api/PermissionsEvent.kt
+++ b/libraries/permissions/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/api/PermissionsEvent.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,23 @@
 package io.element.android.libraries.permissions.api
 
 sealed interface PermissionsEvent {
+    /**
+     * Request the runtime permission. If the app has already recorded a soft denial for this
+     * permission, this event is intercepted to raise [PermissionsState.showDialog] instead of
+     * hitting the OS — the intent is for the caller to render `PermissionsView` to prompt the
+     * user to open system settings.
+     *
+     * If the caller renders its own "already denied" UI and wants the OS prompt regardless,
+     * use [ForceRequestPermissions].
+     */
     data object RequestPermissions : PermissionsEvent
+
+    /**
+     * Same as [RequestPermissions] but bypasses the soft-denial intercept — always launches
+     * the OS permission dialog. The OS may still auto-deny for permanently-denied permissions.
+     */
+    data object ForceRequestPermissions : PermissionsEvent
+
     data object CloseDialog : PermissionsEvent
     data object OpenSystemSettingAndCloseDialog : PermissionsEvent
 }
diff --git a/libraries/permissions/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/impl/DefaultPermissionsPresenter.kt b/libraries/permissions/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/impl/DefaultPermissionsPresenter.kt
index 42331e001a..e3979e5ed2 100644
--- a/libraries/permissions/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/impl/DefaultPermissionsPresenter.kt
+++ b/libraries/permissions/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/impl/DefaultPermissionsPresenter.kt
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ class DefaultPermissionsPresenter(
                         permissionState.launchPermissionRequest()
                     }
                 }
+                PermissionsEvent.ForceRequestPermissions -> {
+                    permissionState.launchPermissionRequest()
+                }
                 PermissionsEvent.OpenSystemSettingAndCloseDialog -> {
                     permissionActions.openSettings(permission)
                     showDialog.value = false
diff --git a/libraries/permissions/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/test/FakePermissionsPresenter.kt b/libraries/permissions/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/test/FakePermissionsPresenter.kt
index efd584585f..4c04a919da 100644
--- a/libraries/permissions/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/test/FakePermissionsPresenter.kt
+++ b/libraries/permissions/test/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/permissions/test/FakePermissionsPresenter.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class FakePermissionsPresenter(
     private fun handleEvent(event: PermissionsEvent) {
         when (event) {
             PermissionsEvent.RequestPermissions -> state.value = state.value.copy(showDialog = true, permissionAlreadyAsked = true)
+            PermissionsEvent.ForceRequestPermissions -> state.value = state.value.copy(permissionAlreadyAsked = true)
             PermissionsEvent.CloseDialog -> state.value = state.value.copy(showDialog = false)
             PermissionsEvent.OpenSystemSettingAndCloseDialog -> state.value = state.value.copy(showDialog = false)
         }