diff --git a/ts/services/megaphone.preload.ts b/ts/services/megaphone.preload.ts
index e584aa8105..fa3e82eecd 100644
--- a/ts/services/megaphone.preload.ts
+++ b/ts/services/megaphone.preload.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ export function isMegaphoneShowable(
 ): megaphone is VisibleRemoteMegaphoneType {
   const nowMs = Date.now();
   const {
+    dontShowBeforeEpochMs,
     dontShowAfterEpochMs,
     isFinished,
     snoozedAt,
@@ -201,7 +202,11 @@ export function isMegaphoneShowable(
     secondaryCtaId,
   } = megaphone;
 
-  if (isFinished || nowMs > dontShowAfterEpochMs) {
+  if (
+    isFinished ||
+    nowMs < dontShowBeforeEpochMs ||
+    nowMs > dontShowAfterEpochMs
+  ) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/ts/test-node/services/megaphone_test.preload.ts b/ts/test-node/services/megaphone_test.preload.ts
index 1b7831b406..5ceda95326 100644
--- a/ts/test-node/services/megaphone_test.preload.ts
+++ b/ts/test-node/services/megaphone_test.preload.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ describe('megaphone service', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(isMegaphoneShowable(megaphone), true);
     });
 
+    it('handles megaphone with dontShowBeforeEpochMs in the future', () => {
+      const megaphone = getMegaphone({
+        dontShowBeforeEpochMs: Date.now() + 1 * DAY,
+      });
+      assert.strictEqual(isMegaphoneShowable(megaphone), false);
+    });
+
     it('handles megaphone expired past dontShowAfterEpochMs', () => {
       const megaphone = getMegaphone({
         dontShowAfterEpochMs: Date.now() - 1 * DAY,