diff --git a/src/app/__tests__/not-found.test.tsx b/src/app/__tests__/not-found.test.tsx
index e7ad2793..eb32f9c3 100644
--- a/src/app/__tests__/not-found.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/__tests__/not-found.test.tsx
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@ import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react"
  * not "Profile not found" (Greptile on #267).
  */
 
-const { pathname, lookupActor, lookupRecord } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+const { pathname, lookupActor, lookupRecord, resolveHandle } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   pathname: { value: "" },
   lookupActor: vi.fn(),
   lookupRecord: vi.fn(),
+  resolveHandle: vi.fn(),
 }))
 vi.mock("next/headers", () => ({
   headers: async () => new Headers({ "x-pathname": pathname.value }),
 }))
 vi.mock("@/lib/og-metadata", () => ({ lookupActor, lookupRecord }))
+vi.mock("@/lib/atproto/did", () => ({ resolveHandle }))
 
 import NotFoundPage from "../not-found"
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ async function renderAt(path: string) {
 beforeEach(() => {
   lookupActor.mockReset().mockResolvedValue({ status: "found", did: "did:plc:alice", handle: "alice.example.com" })
   lookupRecord.mockReset().mockResolvedValue({ uri: "", value: {} })
+  resolveHandle.mockReset().mockResolvedValue(null)
 })
 
 describe("not-found page", () => {
@@ -49,6 +52,24 @@ describe("not-found page", () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it("a DID-addressed missing record links the profile by its handle", async () => {
+    lookupActor.mockResolvedValue({ status: "found", did: "did:plc:alice", handle: null })
+    lookupRecord.mockResolvedValue("missing")
+    resolveHandle.mockResolvedValue("alice.example.com")
+    await renderAt("/did:plc:alice/activity/3abc")
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "View @alice.example.com" }).getAttribute("href")).toBe(
+      "/alice.example.com",
+    )
+  })
+
+  it("falls back to the DID when the handle can't be resolved", async () => {
+    lookupActor.mockResolvedValue({ status: "found", did: "did:plc:alice", handle: null })
+    lookupRecord.mockResolvedValue("missing")
+    resolveHandle.mockRejectedValue(new Error("down"))
+    await renderAt("/did:plc:alice/activity/3abc")
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "View @did:plc:alice" })).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
   it("a missing record's edit page is a missing record too", async () => {
     lookupRecord.mockResolvedValue("missing")
     expect(await renderAt("/alice.example.com/activity/3abc/edit")).toBe("Activity not found")
diff --git a/src/app/not-found.tsx b/src/app/not-found.tsx
index a84c05c2..0b735c3f 100644
--- a/src/app/not-found.tsx
+++ b/src/app/not-found.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { FileQuestion, UserX } from "lucide-react";
 import Button from "@/components/ui/button";
 import EmptyState from "@/components/ui/empty-state";
 import NotFoundMarker from "@/components/layout/not-found-marker";
+import { resolveHandle } from "@/lib/atproto/did";
 import { lookupActor, lookupRecord } from "@/lib/og-metadata";
 import {
   collectionForType,
@@ -45,7 +46,12 @@ async function whatIsMissing(pathname: string | null): Promise<Missing> {
   const [, type, rkey] = segments;
   if (segments.length >= 3 && isRecordType(type) && rkey) {
     const record = await lookupRecord(resolved.did, collectionForType(type), rkey);
-    if (record === "missing") return { kind: "record", actor: actor.value, type };
+    if (record === "missing") {
+      // A DID-addressed link still names the profile by its handle.
+      const handle =
+        resolved.handle ?? (await resolveHandle(resolved.did).catch(() => null));
+      return { kind: "record", actor: handle ?? actor.value, type };
+    }
   }
   return null;
 }