diff --git a/apps/web/res/css/_components.pcss b/apps/web/res/css/_components.pcss
index 4486e69a5d..914555497e 100644
--- a/apps/web/res/css/_components.pcss
+++ b/apps/web/res/css/_components.pcss
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@
 @import "./views/messages/_RoomAvatarEvent.pcss";
 @import "./views/messages/_TextualEvent.pcss";
 @import "./views/messages/_ThreadActionBar.pcss";
-@import "./views/messages/_UnknownBody.pcss";
 @import "./views/messages/_ViewSourceEvent.pcss";
 @import "./views/messages/_common_CryptoEvent.pcss";
 @import "./views/polls/pollHistory/_PollHistory.pcss";
diff --git a/apps/web/res/css/views/messages/_UnknownBody.pcss b/apps/web/res/css/views/messages/_UnknownBody.pcss
deleted file mode 100644
index 9583f55734..0000000000
--- a/apps/web/res/css/views/messages/_UnknownBody.pcss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 New Vector Ltd.
-Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
-Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
-*/
-
-.mx_UnknownBody {
-    white-space: pre-wrap;
-}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/MessageEvent.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/MessageEvent.tsx
index d8de22a427..58d7884a3f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/MessageEvent.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/MessageEvent.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
 import mime from "mime";
-import React, { createRef } from "react";
+import React, { createRef, type JSX } from "react";
 import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 import {
     EventType,
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import {
     M_POLL_START,
     type IContent,
 } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import { UnknownBodyView } from "@element-hq/web-shared-components";
 
 import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import { Mjolnir } from "../../../mjolnir/Mjolnir";
-import UnknownBody from "./UnknownBody";
 import { type IMediaBody } from "./IMediaBody";
 import { MediaEventHelper } from "../../../utils/MediaEventHelper";
 import { type IBodyProps } from "./IBodyProps";
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ const baseEvTypes = new Map<string, React.ComponentType<IBodyProps>>([
     [M_BEACON_INFO.altName, MBeaconBody],
 ]);
 
+function UnknownBody({ mxEvent, ref }: IBodyProps): JSX.Element {
+    return <UnknownBodyView text={mxEvent.getContent().body} ref={ref} className="mx_UnknownBody" />;
+}
+
 export default class MessageEvent extends React.Component<IProps> implements IMediaBody, IOperableEventTile {
     private body = createRef<React.Component | IOperableEventTile>();
     private mediaHelper?: MediaEventHelper;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/UnknownBody.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/UnknownBody.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 26e4ea5fca..0000000000
--- a/apps/web/src/components/views/messages/UnknownBody.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 New Vector Ltd.
-Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
-Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
-Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
-*/
-
-import React, { type JSX } from "react";
-
-import { type IBodyProps } from "./IBodyProps";
-
-export default ({ mxEvent, ref }: IBodyProps): JSX.Element => {
-    const text = mxEvent.getContent().body;
-    return (
-        <div className="mx_UnknownBody" ref={ref}>
-            {text}
-        </div>
-    );
-};
diff --git a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/messages/MessageEvent-test.tsx b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/messages/MessageEvent-test.tsx
index 9bc87cf7b7..667a3c50b3 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/messages/MessageEvent-test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/messages/MessageEvent-test.tsx
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ import MessageEvent from "../../../../../src/components/views/messages/MessageEv
 import { RoomPermalinkCreator } from "../../../../../src/utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
 import MatrixClientContext from "../../../../../src/contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 
-jest.mock("../../../../../src/components/views/messages/UnknownBody", () => ({
-    __esModule: true,
-    default: () => <div data-testid="unknown-body" />,
-}));
-
 jest.mock("../../../../../src/components/views/messages/MImageBody", () => ({
     __esModule: true,
     default: () => <div data-testid="image-body" />,
@@ -118,6 +113,25 @@ describe("MessageEvent", () => {
         expect(result.queryByTestId("textual-body")).toBeNull();
     });
 
+    it("renders the shared unknown body for unsupported message types", () => {
+        event = mkEvent({
+            event: true,
+            type: EventType.RoomMessage,
+            user: "@alice:example.com",
+            room: room.roomId,
+            content: {
+                msgtype: "org.example.unsupported",
+                body: "Unsupported message body",
+            },
+        });
+
+        const result = renderMessageEvent();
+
+        expect(result.getByText("Unsupported message body")).toBeInTheDocument();
+        expect(result.container.querySelector(".mx_UnknownBody")).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(result.queryByTestId("textual-body")).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     describe("when an image with a caption is sent", () => {
         let result: RenderResult;
 
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx/default-auto.png b/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx/default-auto.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3faed1727f
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx/default-auto.png differ
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx/multiline-auto.png b/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx/multiline-auto.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0889587c07
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx/multiline-auto.png differ
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/index.ts b/packages/shared-components/src/index.ts
index 04ac211dcb..234382b222 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export * from "./room/timeline/event-tile/body/MFileBodyView";
 export * from "./room/timeline/event-tile/body/MImageBodyView";
 export * from "./room/timeline/event-tile/body/MVideoBodyView";
 export * from "./room/timeline/event-tile/body/TextualBodyView";
+export * from "./room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView";
 export * from "./room/timeline/event-tile/EventTileView/TileErrorView";
 export * from "./core/pill-input/Pill";
 export * from "./core/pill-input/PillInput";
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.module.css b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a54ec03ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+.content {
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4aaa867bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import type { Meta, StoryObj } from "@storybook/react-vite";
+import { withViewDocs } from "../../../../../../.storybook/withViewDocs";
+import { UnknownBodyView } from "./UnknownBodyView";
+
+const UnknownBodyViewWrapper = withViewDocs(UnknownBodyView, UnknownBodyView);
+
+const meta = {
+    title: "Timeline/Timeline Body/UnknownBodyView",
+    component: UnknownBodyViewWrapper,
+    tags: ["autodocs"],
+    args: {
+        text: "Unsupported message body",
+        className: "",
+    },
+} satisfies Meta<typeof UnknownBodyViewWrapper>;
+
+export default meta;
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof meta>;
+
+export const Default: Story = {};
+
+export const Multiline: Story = {
+    args: {
+        text: "Unsupported message body\nwith preserved line breaks",
+    },
+};
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.test.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34c5ed66b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import { composeStories } from "@storybook/react-vite";
+import { render, screen } from "@test-utils";
+import React from "react";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { UnknownBodyView } from "./UnknownBodyView";
+import * as stories from "./UnknownBodyView.stories";
+
+const { Default, Multiline } = composeStories(stories);
+
+describe("UnknownBodyView", () => {
+    it("renders the default story", () => {
+        const { container } = render(<Default />);
+
+        expect(container).toMatchSnapshot();
+        expect(screen.getByText("Unsupported message body")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it("renders multiline content", () => {
+        const { container } = render(<Multiline />);
+
+        expect(container).toMatchSnapshot();
+        expect(screen.getByText(/with preserved line breaks/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it("applies a custom className to the root element", () => {
+        const { container } = render(<UnknownBodyView text="Unsupported message body" className="custom-unknown" />);
+
+        expect(container.firstChild).toHaveClass("custom-unknown");
+    });
+
+    it("forwards the provided ref to the root element", () => {
+        const ref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+
+        render(<UnknownBodyView text="Unsupported message body" ref={ref} />);
+
+        expect(ref.current).toBeInstanceOf(HTMLDivElement);
+        expect(ref.current).toHaveTextContent("Unsupported message body");
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccd6b47f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/UnknownBodyView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import classNames from "classnames";
+import React, { type JSX, type ReactNode, type Ref } from "react";
+
+import styles from "./UnknownBodyView.module.css";
+
+export interface UnknownBodyViewProps {
+    /**
+     * Fallback message body content.
+     */
+    text?: ReactNode;
+    /**
+     * Optional CSS class names applied to the root element.
+     */
+    className?: string;
+    /**
+     * Optional ref forwarded to the root element.
+     */
+    ref?: Ref<HTMLDivElement>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders fallback body content for unsupported message types.
+ */
+export function UnknownBodyView({ text, className, ref }: Readonly<UnknownBodyViewProps>): JSX.Element {
+    return (
+        <div className={classNames(styles.content, className)} ref={ref}>
+            {text}
+        </div>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/__snapshots__/UnknownBodyView.test.tsx.snap b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/__snapshots__/UnknownBodyView.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c66280621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/__snapshots__/UnknownBodyView.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Vitest Snapshot v1, https://vitest.dev/guide/snapshot.html
+
+exports[`UnknownBodyView > renders multiline content 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div
+    class="UnknownBodyView-module_content"
+  >
+    Unsupported message body
+with preserved line breaks
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`UnknownBodyView > renders the default story 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div
+    class="UnknownBodyView-module_content"
+  >
+    Unsupported message body
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/index.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49eded1c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/room/timeline/event-tile/body/UnknownBodyView/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+export { UnknownBodyView, type UnknownBodyViewProps } from "./UnknownBodyView";