diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
index b306e8e8cce2f51c37e0db80bea5e5ca8e14a373..c12e1c12e11e24ea1a8caa4618cc3ea71f0ece8d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Api::V1::AccountsController < Api::BaseController
   def follow
     FollowService.new.call(current_user.account, @account, reblogs: truthy_param?(:reblogs))
 
-    options = @account.locked? ? {} : { following_map: { @account.id => { reblogs: truthy_param?(:reblogs) } }, requested_map: { @account.id => false } }
+    options = @account.locked? || current_user.account.silenced? ? {} : { following_map: { @account.id => { reblogs: truthy_param?(:reblogs) } }, requested_map: { @account.id => false } }
 
     render json: @account, serializer: REST::RelationshipSerializer, relationships: relationships(options)
   end
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/getting_started/index.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/getting_started/index.js
index f6d90580b6cce03c54b706c0458d6840fdabfd7a..67ec7665b670c1fc36d64ce5999d75918d6f8245 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/getting_started/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/getting_started/index.js
@@ -77,16 +77,14 @@ class GettingStarted extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   };
 
   componentDidMount () {
-    const { myAccount, fetchFollowRequests, multiColumn } = this.props;
+    const { fetchFollowRequests, multiColumn } = this.props;
 
     if (!multiColumn && window.innerWidth >= NAVIGATION_PANEL_BREAKPOINT) {
       this.context.router.history.replace('/timelines/home');
       return;
     }
 
-    if (myAccount.get('locked')) {
-      fetchFollowRequests();
-    }
+    fetchFollowRequests();
   }
 
   render () {
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ class GettingStarted extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
     height += 48*3;
 
-    if (myAccount.get('locked')) {
+    if (myAccount.get('locked') || unreadFollowRequests > 0) {
       navItems.push(<ColumnLink key={i++} icon='user-plus' text={intl.formatMessage(messages.follow_requests)} badge={badgeDisplay(unreadFollowRequests, 40)} to='/follow_requests' />);
       height += 48;
     }
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/follow.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/follow.rb
index 28f1da19f89072cb1feb82bbae09bd19268b1864..ec92f4255f6b0295acc9bb457f90fcc22ce23dd6 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/follow.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/follow.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Follow < ActivityPub::Activity
 
     follow_request = FollowRequest.create!(account: @account, target_account: target_account, uri: @json['id'])
 
-    if target_account.locked?
+    if target_account.locked? || @account.silenced?
       NotifyService.new.call(target_account, follow_request)
     else
       AuthorizeFollowService.new.call(@account, target_account)
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/credential_account_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/credential_account_serializer.rb
index fb195eb07d8bf24f684436dfbc752dd75a55c6d4..be0d763dc122991b0fdc957d321cd0d7c2a7a9df 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/credential_account_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/credential_account_serializer.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class REST::CredentialAccountSerializer < REST::AccountSerializer
       language: user.setting_default_language,
       note: object.note,
       fields: object.fields.map(&:to_h),
+      follow_requests_count: FollowRequest.where(target_account: object).limit(40).count,
     }
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/follow_service.rb b/app/services/follow_service.rb
index 101acdaf96365aa85dccef86c6ff4bfa1d8efe0a..1941c2e2d8864a352e2de04239391ea2ee5bdee2 100644
--- a/app/services/follow_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/follow_service.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class FollowService < BaseService
 
     ActivityTracker.increment('activity:interactions')
 
-    if target_account.locked? || target_account.activitypub?
+    if target_account.locked? || source_account.silenced? || target_account.activitypub?
       request_follow(source_account, target_account, reblogs: reblogs)
     elsif target_account.local?
       direct_follow(source_account, target_account, reblogs: reblogs)
diff --git a/app/services/update_account_service.rb b/app/services/update_account_service.rb
index 01756a73d4bbeafdc8cef1af40849c59b916a575..ebf24be37698be220593bc7ba40dccee741abbce 100644
--- a/app/services/update_account_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/update_account_service.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ class UpdateAccountService < BaseService
   private
 
   def authorize_all_follow_requests(account)
-    AuthorizeFollowWorker.push_bulk(FollowRequest.where(target_account: account).select(:account_id, :target_account_id)) do |req|
+    follow_requests = FollowRequest.where(target_account: account)
+    follow_requests = follow_requests.select { |req| !req.account.silenced? }
+    AuthorizeFollowWorker.push_bulk(follow_requests) do |req|
       [req.account_id, req.target_account_id]
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/lib/activitypub/activity/follow_spec.rb b/spec/lib/activitypub/activity/follow_spec.rb
index 6bbacdbe644d2c2f2085651e7cfbe2b6a760373c..05112cc184f2a65aa2437b2aa7276b251f48f711 100644
--- a/spec/lib/activitypub/activity/follow_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/activitypub/activity/follow_spec.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,36 @@ RSpec.describe ActivityPub::Activity::Follow do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'silenced account following an unlocked account' do
+      before do
+        sender.touch(:silenced_at)
+        subject.perform
+      end
+
+      it 'does not create a follow from sender to recipient' do
+        expect(sender.following?(recipient)).to be false
+      end
+
+      it 'creates a follow request' do
+        expect(sender.requested?(recipient)).to be true
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'unlocked account muting the sender' do
+      before do
+        recipient.mute!(sender)
+        subject.perform
+      end
+
+      it 'creates a follow from sender to recipient' do
+        expect(sender.following?(recipient)).to be true
+      end
+
+      it 'does not create a follow request' do
+        expect(sender.requested?(recipient)).to be false
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'locked account' do
       before do
         recipient.update(locked: true)
diff --git a/spec/services/follow_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/follow_service_spec.rb
index 86c85293e888694a37967416c17a6a7f50611108..ae863a9f0e98451ce3dc04e683fd6e9162ad67fb 100644
--- a/spec/services/follow_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/follow_service_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,33 @@ RSpec.describe FollowService, type: :service do
       end
     end
 
+    describe 'unlocked account, from silenced account' do
+      let(:bob) { Fabricate(:user, email: 'bob@example.com', account: Fabricate(:account, username: 'bob')).account }
+
+      before do
+        sender.touch(:silenced_at)
+        subject.call(sender, bob.acct)
+      end
+
+      it 'creates a follow request with reblogs' do
+        expect(FollowRequest.find_by(account: sender, target_account: bob, show_reblogs: true)).to_not be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'unlocked account, from a muted account' do
+      let(:bob) { Fabricate(:user, email: 'bob@example.com', account: Fabricate(:account, username: 'bob')).account }
+
+      before do
+        bob.mute!(sender)
+        subject.call(sender, bob.acct)
+      end
+
+      it 'creates a following relation with reblogs' do
+        expect(sender.following?(bob)).to be true
+        expect(sender.muting_reblogs?(bob)).to be false
+      end
+    end
+
     describe 'unlocked account' do
       let(:bob) { Fabricate(:user, email: 'bob@example.com', account: Fabricate(:account, username: 'bob')).account }
 
diff --git a/spec/services/update_account_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/update_account_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..960b26891f78780f18f10c3cd8de59dc5738827d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/update_account_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe UpdateAccountService, type: :service do
+  subject { UpdateAccountService.new }
+
+  describe 'switching form locked to unlocked accounts' do
+    let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, locked: true) }
+    let(:alice)   { Fabricate(:user, email: 'alice@example.com', account: Fabricate(:account, username: 'alice')).account }
+    let(:bob)     { Fabricate(:user, email: 'bob@example.com', account: Fabricate(:account, username: 'bob')).account }
+    let(:eve)     { Fabricate(:user, email: 'eve@example.com', account: Fabricate(:account, username: 'eve')).account }
+
+    before do
+      bob.touch(:silenced_at)
+      account.mute!(eve)
+
+      FollowService.new.call(alice, account)
+      FollowService.new.call(bob, account)
+      FollowService.new.call(eve, account)
+
+      subject.call(account, { locked: false })
+    end
+
+    it 'auto-accepts pending follow requests' do
+      expect(alice.following?(account)).to be true
+      expect(alice.requested?(account)).to be false
+    end
+
+    it 'does not auto-accept pending follow requests from silenced users' do
+      expect(bob.following?(account)).to be false
+      expect(bob.requested?(account)).to be true
+    end
+
+    it 'auto-accepts pending follow requests from muted users so as to not leak mute' do
+      expect(eve.following?(account)).to be true
+      expect(eve.requested?(account)).to be false
+    end
+  end
+end