diff --git a/app/builders/messages/instagram/message_builder.rb b/app/builders/messages/instagram/message_builder.rb
index e2c594376..5b2243906 100644
--- a/app/builders/messages/instagram/message_builder.rb
+++ b/app/builders/messages/instagram/message_builder.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ class Messages::Instagram::MessageBuilder < Messages::Messenger::MessageBuilder
     message[:reply_to][:story] if message[:reply_to].present? && message[:reply_to][:story].present?
   end
 
+  def message_reply_attributes
+    message[:reply_to][:mid] if message[:reply_to].present? && message[:reply_to][:mid].present?
+  end
+
   def build_message
     return if @outgoing_echo && already_sent_from_chatwoot?
     return if message_content.blank? && all_unsupported_files?
@@ -118,7 +122,10 @@ class Messages::Instagram::MessageBuilder < Messages::Messenger::MessageBuilder
       message_type: message_type,
       source_id: message_identifier,
       content: message_content,
-      sender: @outgoing_echo ? nil : contact
+      sender: @outgoing_echo ? nil : contact,
+      content_attributes: {
+        in_reply_to_external_id: message_reply_attributes
+      }
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/conversation/Message.vue b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/conversation/Message.vue
index e0027850b..d7c9742ae 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/conversation/Message.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/conversation/Message.vue
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         />
         <instagram-story-reply v-if="storyUrl" :story-url="storyUrl" />
         <bubble-reply-to
-          v-if="inReplyToMessageId && inboxSupportsReplyTo"
+          v-if="inReplyToMessageId && inboxSupportsReplyTo.incoming"
           :message="inReplyTo"
           :message-type="data.message_type"
           :parent-has-attachments="hasAttachments"
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ export default {
       default: false,
     },
     inboxSupportsReplyTo: {
-      type: Boolean,
-      default: false,
+      type: Object,
+      default: () => ({}),
     },
     inReplyTo: {
       type: Object,
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export default {
         copy: this.hasText,
         delete: this.hasText || this.hasAttachments,
         cannedResponse: this.isOutgoing && this.hasText,
-        replyTo: !this.data.private && this.inboxSupportsReplyTo,
+        replyTo: !this.data.private && this.inboxSupportsReplyTo.outgoing,
       };
     },
     contentAttributes() {
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/conversation/MessagesView.vue b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/conversation/MessagesView.vue
index a1dc9b814..38bb24f8f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/conversation/MessagesView.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/conversation/MessagesView.vue
@@ -285,13 +285,18 @@ export default {
       return this.currentChat.unread_count || 0;
     },
     inboxSupportsReplyTo() {
-      return (
-        this.inboxHasFeature(INBOX_FEATURES.REPLY_TO_OUTGOING) &&
-        this.isFeatureEnabledonAccount(
+      if (
+        !this.isFeatureEnabledonAccount(
           this.accountId,
           FEATURE_FLAGS.MESSAGE_REPLY_TO
         )
-      );
+      ) {
+        return {};
+      }
+      return {
+        incoming: this.inboxHasFeature(INBOX_FEATURES.REPLY_TO),
+        outgoing: this.inboxHasFeature(INBOX_FEATURES.REPLY_TO_OUTGOING),
+      };
     },
   },
 
diff --git a/spec/builders/messages/instagram/message_builder_spec.rb b/spec/builders/messages/instagram/message_builder_spec.rb
index b7dfddc8e..618b8bdd6 100644
--- a/spec/builders/messages/instagram/message_builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/builders/messages/instagram/message_builder_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe Messages::Instagram::MessageBuilder do
   let!(:dm_params) { build(:instagram_message_create_event).with_indifferent_access }
   let!(:story_mention_params) { build(:instagram_story_mention_event).with_indifferent_access }
   let!(:instagram_story_reply_event) { build(:instagram_story_reply_event).with_indifferent_access }
+  let!(:instagram_message_reply_event) { build(:instagram_message_reply_event).with_indifferent_access }
   let(:fb_object) { double }
   let(:contact) { create(:contact, id: 'Sender-id-1', name: 'Jane Dae') }
   let(:contact_inbox) { create(:contact_inbox, contact_id: contact.id, inbox_id: instagram_inbox.id, source_id: 'Sender-id-1') }
@@ -101,6 +102,34 @@ describe Messages::Instagram::MessageBuilder do
       expect(message.content_attributes[:story_url]).to eq('https://chatwoot-assets.local/sample.png')
     end
 
+    it 'creates message with for reply with mid' do
+      allow(Koala::Facebook::API).to receive(:new).and_return(fb_object)
+      allow(fb_object).to receive(:get_object).and_return(
+        {
+          name: 'Jane',
+          id: 'Sender-id-1',
+          account_id: instagram_inbox.account_id,
+          profile_pic: 'https://chatwoot-assets.local/sample.png'
+        }.with_indifferent_access
+      )
+      # create first message to ensure reply to is valid
+      first_message = dm_params[:entry][0]['messaging'][0]
+      contact_inbox
+      described_class.new(first_message, instagram_inbox).perform
+
+      # create the second message with the reply to mid set
+      messaging = instagram_message_reply_event[:entry][0]['messaging'][0]
+      contact_inbox
+
+      described_class.new(messaging, instagram_inbox).perform
+      first_message = instagram_channel.inbox.messages.first
+      message = instagram_channel.inbox.messages.last
+
+      expect(message.content).to eq('This is message with replyto mid')
+      expect(message.content_attributes[:in_reply_to_external_id]).to eq(first_message.source_id)
+      expect(message.content_attributes[:in_reply_to]).to eq(first_message.id)
+    end
+
     it 'raises exception on deleted story' do
       allow(Koala::Facebook::API).to receive(:new).and_return(fb_object)
       allow(fb_object).to receive(:get_object).and_raise(Koala::Facebook::ClientError.new(
diff --git a/spec/factories/instagram/instagram_message_create_event.rb b/spec/factories/instagram/instagram_message_create_event.rb
index 4cc8b7f67..7729c1d7a 100644
--- a/spec/factories/instagram/instagram_message_create_event.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/instagram/instagram_message_create_event.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,36 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     initialize_with { attributes }
   end
 
+  factory :instagram_message_reply_event, class: Hash do
+    entry do
+      [
+        {
+          'id': 'instagram-message-id-123',
+          'time': '2021-09-08T06:35:04+0000',
+          'messaging': [
+            {
+              'sender': {
+                'id': 'Sender-id-1'
+              },
+              'recipient': {
+                'id': 'chatwoot-app-user-id-1'
+              },
+              'timestamp': '2021-09-08T06:34:04+0000',
+              'message': {
+                'mid': 'message-id-2',
+                'text': 'This is message with replyto mid',
+                'reply_to': {
+                  'mid': 'message-id-1'
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    end
+    initialize_with { attributes }
+  end
+
   factory :instagram_test_text_event, class: Hash do
     entry do
       [