diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/tag_manager.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/tag_manager.rb
index 96e610b6da..bd5dddcac6 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/tag_manager.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/tag_manager.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ActivityPub::TagManager
 
   def local_uri?(uri)
     host = Addressable::URI.parse(uri).normalized_host
-    ::TagManager.instance.local_domain?(host) || ::TagManager.instance.web_domain?(host)
+    !host.nil? && (::TagManager.instance.local_domain?(host) || ::TagManager.instance.web_domain?(host))
   end
 
   def uri_to_local_id(uri, param = :id)
diff --git a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/base.rb b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/base.rb
index e1477f0eb2..da9a017594 100644
--- a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/base.rb
+++ b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/base.rb
@@ -29,16 +29,28 @@ class OStatus::Activity::Base
   end
 
   def url
-    link = @xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="alternate"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS)
+    link = @xml.xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="alternate"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS).find { |link_candidate| link_candidate['type'] == 'text/html' }
     link.nil? ? nil : link['href']
   end
 
+  def activitypub_uri
+    link = @xml.xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="alternate"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS).find { |link_candidate| ['application/activity+json', 'application/ld+json; profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"'].include?(link_candidate['type']) }
+    link.nil? ? nil : link['href']
+  end
+
+  def activitypub_uri?
+    activitypub_uri.present?
+  end
+
   private
 
   def find_status(uri)
     if TagManager.instance.local_id?(uri)
       local_id = TagManager.instance.unique_tag_to_local_id(uri, 'Status')
       return Status.find_by(id: local_id)
+    elsif ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.local_uri?(uri)
+      local_id = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_to_local_id(uri)
+      return Status.find_by(id: local_id)
     end
 
     Status.find_by(uri: uri)
diff --git a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
index 6ec2cdd561..12488ab31b 100644
--- a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
+++ b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/creation.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class OStatus::Activity::Creation < OStatus::Activity::Base
     end
 
     return [nil, false] if @account.suspended?
+    return perform_via_activitypub if activitypub_uri?
 
     Rails.logger.debug "Creating remote status #{id}"
 
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ class OStatus::Activity::Creation < OStatus::Activity::Base
     [status, true]
   end
 
+  def perform_via_activitypub
+    [find_status(activitypub_uri) || ActivityPub::FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(activitypub_uri), false]
+  end
+
   def content
     @xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:content', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS).content
   end
diff --git a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/remote.rb b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/remote.rb
index ecec6886c0..5b204b6d8f 100644
--- a/app/lib/ostatus/activity/remote.rb
+++ b/app/lib/ostatus/activity/remote.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 class OStatus::Activity::Remote < OStatus::Activity::Base
   def perform
-    find_status(id) || FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(url)
+    if activitypub_uri?
+      find_status(activitypub_uri) || FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(url)
+    else
+      find_status(id) || FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(url)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/lib/ostatus/atom_serializer.rb b/app/lib/ostatus/atom_serializer.rb
index 0d62361bec..92a16d2280 100644
--- a/app/lib/ostatus/atom_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/lib/ostatus/atom_serializer.rb
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ class OStatus::AtomSerializer
   end
 
   def serialize_status_attributes(entry, status)
+    append_element(entry, 'link', nil, rel: :alternate, type: 'application/activity+json', href: ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_for(status)) if status.account.local?
+
     append_element(entry, 'summary', status.spoiler_text, 'xml:lang': status.language) if status.spoiler_text?
     append_element(entry, 'content', Formatter.instance.format(status).to_str, type: 'html', 'xml:lang': status.language)
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/ostatus/atom_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/ostatus/atom_serializer_spec.rb
index b0cb8f019e..301a0ce30d 100644
--- a/spec/lib/ostatus/atom_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/ostatus/atom_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ RSpec.describe OStatus::AtomSerializer do
 
       author = OStatus::AtomSerializer.new.author(account)
 
-      link = author.nodes.find { |node| node.name == 'link' && node[:rel] == 'alternate' }
+      link = author.nodes.find { |node| node.name == 'link' && node[:rel] == 'alternate' && node[:type] == 'text/html' }
       expect(link[:type]).to eq 'text/html'
       expect(link[:rel]).to eq 'alternate'
       expect(link[:href]).to eq 'https://cb6e6126.ngrok.io/@username'
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ RSpec.describe OStatus::AtomSerializer do
         remote_status.stream_entry.update!(created_at: '2000-01-01T00:00:00Z')
 
         entry = OStatus::AtomSerializer.new.entry(remote_status.stream_entry, true)
+        entry.nodes.delete_if { |node| node[:type] == 'application/activity+json' } # Remove ActivityPub link to simplify test
         xml = OStatus::AtomSerializer.render(entry).gsub('cb6e6126.ngrok.io', 'remote')
 
         remote_status.destroy!
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ RSpec.describe OStatus::AtomSerializer do
         account = Account.create!(
           domain: 'remote',
           username: 'username',
-          last_webfingered_at: Time.now.utc,
+          last_webfingered_at: Time.now.utc
         )
 
         ProcessFeedService.new.call(xml, account)
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ RSpec.describe OStatus::AtomSerializer do
 
       entry = OStatus::AtomSerializer.new.entry(status.stream_entry)
 
-      link = entry.nodes.find { |node| node.name == 'link' && node[:rel] == 'alternate' }
+      link = entry.nodes.find { |node| node.name == 'link' && node[:rel] == 'alternate' && node[:type] == 'text/html' }
       expect(link[:type]).to eq 'text/html'
       expect(link[:href]).to eq "https://cb6e6126.ngrok.io/users/username/updates/#{status.stream_entry.id}"
     end
@@ -642,7 +643,7 @@ RSpec.describe OStatus::AtomSerializer do
 
       feed = OStatus::AtomSerializer.new.feed(account, [])
 
-      link = feed.nodes.find { |node| node.name == 'link' && node[:rel] == 'alternate' }
+      link = feed.nodes.find { |node| node.name == 'link' && node[:rel] == 'alternate' && node[:type] == 'text/html' }
       expect(link[:type]).to eq 'text/html'
       expect(link[:href]).to eq 'https://cb6e6126.ngrok.io/@username'
     end
@@ -1509,7 +1510,7 @@ RSpec.describe OStatus::AtomSerializer do
 
       entry = OStatus::AtomSerializer.new.object(status)
 
-      link = entry.nodes.find { |node| node.name == 'link' && node[:rel] == 'alternate' }
+      link = entry.nodes.find { |node| node.name == 'link' && node[:rel] == 'alternate' && node[:type] == 'text/html' }
       expect(link[:type]).to eq 'text/html'
       expect(link[:href]).to eq "https://cb6e6126.ngrok.io/@username/#{status.id}"
     end