diff --git a/app/views/users/show.html.erb b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
index 8607f4f1d..0166f28cd 100644
--- a/app/views/users/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       <% if @user.active? %>
         <%= govuk_link_to "Deactivate user", "/users/#{@user.id}/deactivate" %>
       <% else %>
-        <span class="app-!-colour-muted govuk-!-margin-right-2">This user has been deactivated.</span>
+        <span class="app-!-colour-muted govuk-!-margin-right-2">This user has been deactivated. <%= govuk_link_to "Reactivate user", "/users/#{@user.id}/reactivate" %></span>
       <% end %>
     <% end %>
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/users_controller_spec.rb
index 8e6e44385..82f69eb0f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -515,6 +515,10 @@ RSpec.describe UsersController, type: :request do
             it "shows if user is not active" do
               expect(page).to have_content("This user has been deactivated.")
             end
+
+            it "allows reactivating the user" do
+              expect(page).to have_link("Reactivate user", href: "/users/#{other_user.id}/reactivate")
+            end
           end
         end
 
@@ -1086,6 +1090,21 @@ RSpec.describe UsersController, type: :request do
           it "allows deactivating the user" do
             expect(page).to have_link("Deactivate user", href: "/users/#{other_user.id}/deactivate")
           end
+
+          context "when user is deactivated" do
+            before do
+              other_user.update!(active: false)
+              get "/users/#{other_user.id}", headers:, params: {}
+            end
+
+            it "shows if user is not active" do
+              expect(page).to have_content("This user has been deactivated.")
+            end
+
+            it "allows reactivating the user" do
+              expect(page).to have_link("Reactivate user", href: "/users/#{other_user.id}/reactivate")
+            end
+          end
         end
 
         context "when the user is not part of the same organisation as the current user" do