diff --git a/app/helpers/jsonld_helper.rb b/app/helpers/jsonld_helper.rb
index e9056166c..9d2b6cf00 100644
--- a/app/helpers/jsonld_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/jsonld_helper.rb
@@ -52,18 +52,22 @@ module JsonLdHelper
     graph.dump(:normalize)
   end
 
-  def fetch_resource(uri, id)
+  def fetch_resource(uri, id, on_behalf_of = nil)
     unless id
-      json = fetch_resource_without_id_validation(uri)
+      json = fetch_resource_without_id_validation(uri, on_behalf_of)
       return unless json
       uri = json['id']
     end
 
-    json = fetch_resource_without_id_validation(uri)
+    json = fetch_resource_without_id_validation(uri, on_behalf_of)
     json.present? && json['id'] == uri ? json : nil
   end
 
-  def fetch_resource_without_id_validation(uri)
+  def fetch_resource_without_id_validation(uri, on_behalf_of = nil)
+    build_request(uri, on_behalf_of).perform do |response|
+      return body_to_json(response.body_with_limit) if response.code == 200
+    end
+    # If request failed, retry without doing it on behalf of a user
     build_request(uri).perform do |response|
       response.code == 200 ? body_to_json(response.body_with_limit) : nil
     end
@@ -85,8 +89,9 @@ module JsonLdHelper
 
   private
 
-  def build_request(uri)
+  def build_request(uri, on_behalf_of = nil)
     request = Request.new(:get, uri)
+    request.on_behalf_of(on_behalf_of) if on_behalf_of
     request.add_headers('Accept' => 'application/activity+json, application/ld+json')
     request
   end
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
index 7e146ea8c..f810c88a2 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Announce < ActivityPub::Activity
     if object_uri.start_with?('http')
       return if ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.local_uri?(object_uri)
 
-      ActivityPub::FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(object_uri, id: true)
+      ActivityPub::FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(object_uri, id: true, on_behalf_of: @account.followers.local.first)
     elsif @object['url'].present?
       ::FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(@object['url'])
     end
diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_remote_status_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
index b6c00a9e7..2b447abb3 100644
--- a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ class ActivityPub::FetchRemoteStatusService < BaseService
   include JsonLdHelper
 
   # Should be called when uri has already been checked for locality
-  def call(uri, id: true, prefetched_body: nil)
+  def call(uri, id: true, prefetched_body: nil, on_behalf_of: nil)
     @json = if prefetched_body.nil?
-              fetch_resource(uri, id)
+              fetch_resource(uri, id, on_behalf_of)
             else
               body_to_json(prefetched_body)
             end