diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/activity_representer.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/activity_representer.ex
index a129fac23..842e44ee4 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/activity_representer.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/activity_representer.ex
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.OStatus.ActivityRepresenter do
-  alias Pleroma.{Activity, User}
+  alias Pleroma.{Activity, User, Object}
   alias Pleroma.Web.OStatus.UserRepresenter
   require Logger
 
+  defp get_href(id) do
+    with %Object{data: %{ "external_url" => external_url } }<- Object.get_cached_by_ap_id(id) do
+      external_url
+    else
+      _e -> id
+    end
+  end
+
   defp get_in_reply_to(%{"object" => %{"inReplyTo" => in_reply_to}}) do
-    [{:"thr:in-reply-to", [ref: to_charlist(in_reply_to)], []}]
+    [{:"thr:in-reply-to", [ref: to_charlist(in_reply_to), href: to_charlist(get_href(in_reply_to))], []}]
   end
 
   defp get_in_reply_to(_), do: []
diff --git a/test/web/ostatus/activity_representer_test.exs b/test/web/ostatus/activity_representer_test.exs
index 171a8bae7..0129e3758 100644
--- a/test/web/ostatus/activity_representer_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/ostatus/activity_representer_test.exs
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.OStatus.ActivityRepresenterTest do
     data = %{answer.data | "object" => object}
     answer = %{answer | data: data}
 
+    note_object = Object.get_by_ap_id(note.data["object"]["id"])
+    Repo.update!(Object.change(note_object, %{ data: Map.put(note_object.data, "external_url", "someurl") }))
+
     user = User.get_cached_by_ap_id(answer.data["actor"])
 
     expected = """
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.OStatus.ActivityRepresenterTest do
     <link type="application/atom+xml" href="#{answer.data["object"]["id"]}" rel="self" />
     <link type="text/html" href="#{answer.data["object"]["id"]}" rel="alternate" />
     <category term="2hu"/>
-    <thr:in-reply-to ref="#{note.data["object"]["id"]}" />
+    <thr:in-reply-to ref="#{note.data["object"]["id"]}" href="someurl" />
     <link rel="mentioned" ostatus:object-type="http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/collection" href="http://activityschema.org/collection/public"/>
     """