diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index 6d58aba7096b14..0980f94bac6875 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def process_status
     end
 
     resolve_thread(@status)
+    fetch_replies(@status)
     distribute(@status)
     forward_for_reply if @status.public_visibility? || @status.unlisted_visibility?
   end
@@ -213,6 +214,15 @@ def resolve_thread(status)
     ThreadResolveWorker.perform_async(status.id, in_reply_to_uri)
   end
 
+  def fetch_replies(status)
+    collection = @object['replies']
+    return if collection.nil?
+    replies = ActivityPub::FetchRepliesService.new.call(status, collection, false)
+    return if replies.present?
+    uri = value_or_id(collection)
+    ActivityPub::FetchRepliesWorker.perform_async(status.id, uri) unless uri.nil?
+  end
+
   def conversation_from_uri(uri)
     return nil if uri.nil?
     return Conversation.find_by(id: OStatus::TagManager.instance.unique_tag_to_local_id(uri, 'Conversation')) if OStatus::TagManager.instance.local_id?(uri)
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/status_threading_concern.rb b/app/models/concerns/status_threading_concern.rb
index b9c800c2aabdbb..15eb695cd04aaa 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/status_threading_concern.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/status_threading_concern.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ def descendants(limit, account = nil, max_child_id = nil, since_child_id = nil,
     find_statuses_from_tree_path(descendant_ids(limit, max_child_id, since_child_id, depth), account, promote: true)
   end
 
+  def self_replies(limit)
+    account.statuses.where(in_reply_to_id: id, visibility: [:public, :unlisted]).reorder(id: :asc).limit(limit)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def ancestor_ids(limit)
diff --git a/app/presenters/activitypub/collection_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/activitypub/collection_presenter.rb
index ec84ab1a3dd8cd..28331f0c41d600 100644
--- a/app/presenters/activitypub/collection_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/activitypub/collection_presenter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class ActivityPub::CollectionPresenter < ActiveModelSerializers::Model
-  attributes :id, :type, :size, :items, :part_of, :first, :last, :next, :prev
+  attributes :id, :type, :size, :items, :page, :part_of, :first, :last, :next, :prev
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/activitypub/collection_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/activitypub/collection_serializer.rb
index e8960131bb2ade..b03609957d104b 100644
--- a/app/serializers/activitypub/collection_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/activitypub/collection_serializer.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ def self.serializer_for(model, options)
     super
   end
 
-  attributes :id, :type
+  attribute :id, if: -> { object.id.present? }
+  attribute :type
   attribute :total_items, if: -> { object.size.present? }
   attribute :next, if: -> { object.next.present? }
   attribute :prev, if: -> { object.prev.present? }
@@ -37,6 +38,6 @@ def ordered?
   end
 
   def page?
-    object.part_of.present?
+    object.part_of.present? || object.page.present?
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb
index c9d23e25fa8543..6b0978ad3ce24d 100644
--- a/app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class ActivityPub::NoteSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   has_many :media_attachments, key: :attachment
   has_many :virtual_tags, key: :tag
 
+  has_one :replies, serializer: ActivityPub::CollectionSerializer
+
   def id
     ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_for(object)
   end
@@ -33,6 +35,17 @@ def content_map
     { object.language => Formatter.instance.format(object) }
   end
 
+  def replies
+    ActivityPub::CollectionPresenter.new(
+      type: :unordered,
+      first: ActivityPub::CollectionPresenter.new(
+        type: :unordered,
+        page: true,
+        items: object.self_replies(5).pluck(:uri)
+      )
+    )
+  end
+
   def language?
     object.language.present?
   end
diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..95c486a431b9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class ActivityPub::FetchRepliesService < BaseService
+  include JsonLdHelper
+
+  def call(parent_status, collection_or_uri, allow_synchronous_requests = true)
+    @account = parent_status.account
+    @allow_synchronous_requests = allow_synchronous_requests
+
+    @items = collection_items(collection_or_uri)
+    return if @items.nil?
+
+    FetchReplyWorker.push_bulk(filtered_replies)
+
+    @items
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def collection_items(collection_or_uri)
+    collection = fetch_collection(collection_or_uri)
+    return unless collection.is_a?(Hash)
+
+    collection = fetch_collection(collection['first']) if collection['first'].present?
+    return unless collection.is_a?(Hash)
+
+    case collection['type']
+    when 'Collection', 'CollectionPage'
+      collection['items']
+    when 'OrderedCollection', 'OrderedCollectionPage'
+      collection['orderedItems']
+    end
+  end
+
+  def fetch_collection(collection_or_uri)
+    return collection_or_uri if collection_or_uri.is_a?(Hash)
+    return unless @allow_synchronous_requests
+    return if invalid_origin?(collection_or_uri)
+    collection = fetch_resource_without_id_validation(collection_or_uri)
+    raise Mastodon::UnexpectedResponseError if collection.nil?
+    collection
+  end
+
+  def filtered_replies
+    # Only fetch replies to the same server as the original status to avoid
+    # amplification attacks.
+
+    # Also limit to 5 fetched replies to limit potential for DoS.
+    @items.map { |item| value_or_id(item) }.reject { |uri| invalid_origin?(uri) }.take(5)
+  end
+
+  def invalid_origin?(url)
+    return true if unsupported_uri_scheme?(url)
+
+    needle   = Addressable::URI.parse(url).host
+    haystack = Addressable::URI.parse(@account.uri).host
+
+    !haystack.casecmp(needle).zero?
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/activitypub/fetch_replies_worker.rb b/app/workers/activitypub/fetch_replies_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bf466db5429bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/activitypub/fetch_replies_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class ActivityPub::FetchRepliesWorker
+  include Sidekiq::Worker
+  include ExponentialBackoff
+
+  sidekiq_options queue: 'pull', retry: 3
+
+  def perform(parent_status_id, replies_uri)
+    ActivityPub::FetchRepliesService.new.call(Status.find(parent_status_id), replies_uri)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/concerns/exponential_backoff.rb b/app/workers/concerns/exponential_backoff.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f2b931e33128f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/concerns/exponential_backoff.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module ExponentialBackoff
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  included do
+    sidekiq_retry_in do |count|
+      15 + 10 * (count**4) + rand(10 * (count**4))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/fetch_reply_worker.rb b/app/workers/fetch_reply_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f7aa25e815b236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/fetch_reply_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class FetchReplyWorker
+  include Sidekiq::Worker
+  include ExponentialBackoff
+
+  sidekiq_options queue: 'pull', retry: 3
+
+  def perform(child_url)
+    FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(child_url)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/thread_resolve_worker.rb b/app/workers/thread_resolve_worker.rb
index c18a778d555e47..8bba9ca75e668f 100644
--- a/app/workers/thread_resolve_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/thread_resolve_worker.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 
 class ThreadResolveWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
+  include ExponentialBackoff
 
   sidekiq_options queue: 'pull', retry: 3
 
-  sidekiq_retry_in do |count|
-    15 + 10 * (count**4) + rand(10 * (count**4))
-  end
-
   def perform(child_status_id, parent_url)
     child_status  = Status.find(child_status_id)
     parent_status = FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(parent_url)
diff --git a/spec/serializers/activitypub/note_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/activitypub/note_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..55bfbc16bf8815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/serializers/activitypub/note_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe ActivityPub::NoteSerializer do
+  let!(:account) { Fabricate(:account) }
+  let!(:other)   { Fabricate(:account) }
+  let!(:parent)  { Fabricate(:status, account: account, visibility: :public) }
+  let!(:reply1)  { Fabricate(:status, account: account, thread: parent, visibility: :public) }
+  let!(:reply2)  { Fabricate(:status, account: account, thread: parent, visibility: :public) }
+  let!(:reply3)  { Fabricate(:status, account: other, thread: parent, visibility: :public) }
+  let!(:reply4)  { Fabricate(:status, account: account, thread: parent, visibility: :public) }
+  let!(:reply5)  { Fabricate(:status, account: account, thread: parent, visibility: :direct) }
+
+  before(:each) do
+    @serialization = ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(parent, serializer: ActivityPub::NoteSerializer, adapter: ActivityPub::Adapter)
+  end
+
+  subject { JSON.parse(@serialization.to_json) }
+
+  it 'has a Note type' do
+    expect(subject['type']).to eql('Note')
+  end
+
+  it 'has a replies collection' do
+    expect(subject['replies']['type']).to eql('Collection')
+  end
+
+  it 'has a replies collection with a first Page' do
+    expect(subject['replies']['first']['type']).to eql('CollectionPage')
+  end
+
+  it 'includes public self-replies in its replies collection' do
+    expect(subject['replies']['first']['items']).to include(reply1.uri, reply2.uri, reply4.uri)
+  end
+
+  it 'does not include replies from others in its replies collection' do
+    expect(subject['replies']['first']['items']).to_not include(reply3.uri)
+  end
+
+  it 'does not include replies with direct visibility in its replies collection' do
+    expect(subject['replies']['first']['items']).to_not include(reply5.uri)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..65c453341143ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe ActivityPub::FetchRepliesService, type: :service do
+  let(:actor)          { Fabricate(:account, domain: 'example.com', uri: 'http://example.com/account') }
+  let(:status)         { Fabricate(:status, account: actor) }
+  let(:collection_uri) { 'http://example.com/replies/1' }
+
+  let(:items) do
+    [
+      'http://example.com/self-reply-1',
+      'http://example.com/self-reply-2',
+      'http://example.com/self-reply-3',
+      'http://other.com/other-reply-1',
+      'http://other.com/other-reply-2',
+      'http://other.com/other-reply-3',
+      'http://example.com/self-reply-4',
+      'http://example.com/self-reply-5',
+      'http://example.com/self-reply-6',
+    ]
+  end
+
+  let(:payload) do
+    {
+      '@context': 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+      type: 'Collection',
+      id: collection_uri,
+      items: items,
+    }.with_indifferent_access
+  end
+
+  subject { described_class.new }
+
+  describe '#call' do
+    context 'when the payload is a Collection with inlined replies' do
+      context 'when passing the collection itself' do
+        it 'spawns workers for up to 5 replies on the same server' do
+          allow(FetchReplyWorker).to receive(:push_bulk)
+          subject.call(status, payload)
+          expect(FetchReplyWorker).to have_received(:push_bulk).with(['http://example.com/self-reply-1', 'http://example.com/self-reply-2', 'http://example.com/self-reply-3', 'http://example.com/self-reply-4', 'http://example.com/self-reply-5'])
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when passing the URL to the collection' do
+        before do
+          stub_request(:get, collection_uri).to_return(status: 200, body: Oj.dump(payload))
+        end
+
+        it 'spawns workers for up to 5 replies on the same server' do
+          allow(FetchReplyWorker).to receive(:push_bulk)
+          subject.call(status, collection_uri)
+          expect(FetchReplyWorker).to have_received(:push_bulk).with(['http://example.com/self-reply-1', 'http://example.com/self-reply-2', 'http://example.com/self-reply-3', 'http://example.com/self-reply-4', 'http://example.com/self-reply-5'])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the payload is an OrderedCollection with inlined replies' do
+      let(:payload) do
+        {
+          '@context': 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+          type: 'OrderedCollection',
+          id: collection_uri,
+          orderedItems: items,
+        }.with_indifferent_access
+      end
+
+      context 'when passing the collection itself' do
+        it 'spawns workers for up to 5 replies on the same server' do
+          allow(FetchReplyWorker).to receive(:push_bulk)
+          subject.call(status, payload)
+          expect(FetchReplyWorker).to have_received(:push_bulk).with(['http://example.com/self-reply-1', 'http://example.com/self-reply-2', 'http://example.com/self-reply-3', 'http://example.com/self-reply-4', 'http://example.com/self-reply-5'])
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when passing the URL to the collection' do
+        before do
+          stub_request(:get, collection_uri).to_return(status: 200, body: Oj.dump(payload))
+        end
+
+        it 'spawns workers for up to 5 replies on the same server' do
+          allow(FetchReplyWorker).to receive(:push_bulk)
+          subject.call(status, collection_uri)
+          expect(FetchReplyWorker).to have_received(:push_bulk).with(['http://example.com/self-reply-1', 'http://example.com/self-reply-2', 'http://example.com/self-reply-3', 'http://example.com/self-reply-4', 'http://example.com/self-reply-5'])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the payload is a paginated Collection with inlined replies' do
+      let(:payload) do
+        {
+          '@context': 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+          type: 'Collection',
+          id: collection_uri,
+          first: {
+            type: 'CollectionPage',
+            partOf: collection_uri,
+            items: items,
+          }
+        }.with_indifferent_access
+      end
+
+      context 'when passing the collection itself' do
+        it 'spawns workers for up to 5 replies on the same server' do
+          allow(FetchReplyWorker).to receive(:push_bulk)
+          subject.call(status, payload)
+          expect(FetchReplyWorker).to have_received(:push_bulk).with(['http://example.com/self-reply-1', 'http://example.com/self-reply-2', 'http://example.com/self-reply-3', 'http://example.com/self-reply-4', 'http://example.com/self-reply-5'])
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when passing the URL to the collection' do
+        before do
+          stub_request(:get, collection_uri).to_return(status: 200, body: Oj.dump(payload))
+        end
+
+        it 'spawns workers for up to 5 replies on the same server' do
+          allow(FetchReplyWorker).to receive(:push_bulk)
+          subject.call(status, collection_uri)
+          expect(FetchReplyWorker).to have_received(:push_bulk).with(['http://example.com/self-reply-1', 'http://example.com/self-reply-2', 'http://example.com/self-reply-3', 'http://example.com/self-reply-4', 'http://example.com/self-reply-5'])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/activitypub/fetch_replies_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/activitypub/fetch_replies_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..91ef3c4b928fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/activitypub/fetch_replies_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe ActivityPub::FetchRepliesWorker do
+  subject { described_class.new }
+
+  let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, uri: 'https://example.com/user/1') }
+  let(:status)  { Fabricate(:status, account: account) }
+
+  let(:payload) do
+    {
+      '@context': 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+      id: 'https://example.com/statuses_replies/1',
+      type: 'Collection',
+      items: [],
+    }
+  end
+
+  let(:json) { Oj.dump(payload) }
+
+  describe 'perform' do
+    it 'performs a request if the collection URI is from the same host' do
+      stub_request(:get, 'https://example.com/statuses_replies/1').to_return(status: 200, body: json)
+      subject.perform(status.id, 'https://example.com/statuses_replies/1')
+      expect(a_request(:get, 'https://example.com/statuses_replies/1')).to have_been_made.once
+    end
+
+    it 'does not perform a request if the collection URI is from a different host' do
+      stub_request(:get, 'https://other.com/statuses_replies/1').to_return(status: 200)
+      subject.perform(status.id, 'https://other.com/statuses_replies/1')
+      expect(a_request(:get, 'https://other.com/statuses_replies/1')).to_not have_been_made
+    end
+
+    it 'raises when request fails' do
+      stub_request(:get, 'https://example.com/statuses_replies/1').to_return(status: 500)
+      expect { subject.perform(status.id, 'https://example.com/statuses_replies/1') }.to raise_error Mastodon::UnexpectedResponseError
+    end
+  end
+end