diff --git a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/base.rb b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/base.rb
index da9a01759472d45446b6232921a5da34e7280314..1dc7abee3f39b853b5f5abbaaff26150c6639b5e 100644
--- a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/base.rb
+++ b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/base.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ class OStatus::Activity::Base
     Status.find_by(uri: uri)
   end
 
+  def find_activitypub_status(uri, href)
+    tag_matches = /tag:([^,:]+)[^:]*:objectId=([\d]+)/.match(uri)
+    href_matches = %r{/users/([^/]+)}.match(href)
+
+    unless tag_matches.nil? || href_matches.nil?
+      uri = "https://#{tag_matches[1]}/users/#{href_matches[1]}/statuses/#{tag_matches[2]}"
+      Status.find_by(uri: uri)
+    end
+  end
+
   def redis
     Redis.current
   end
diff --git a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
index b28239a05b6ad2215a31db463cc9a42d096bbbee..1a23c9efa31bb7dadeaf1ff68b2b4a7795f21816 100644
--- a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
+++ b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class OStatus::Activity::Creation < OStatus::Activity::Base
         language: content_language,
         visibility: visibility_scope,
         conversation: find_or_create_conversation,
-        thread: thread? ? find_status(thread.first) : nil
+        thread: thread? ? find_status(thread.first) || find_activitypub_status(thread.first, thread.second) : nil
       )
 
       save_mentions(status)