diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
index feaf9a900..c28e20ed1 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.MastodonAPIController do
   alias Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.{StatusView, AccountView}
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub
   alias Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.TwitterAPI
-  alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
+  alias Pleroma.Web.{CommonAPI, OStatus}
   import Ecto.Query
   import Logger
 
@@ -361,11 +361,19 @@ def blocks(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, _) do
   def search(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, %{"q" => query} = params) do
     accounts = User.search(query, params["resolve"] == "true")
 
+    fetched = if Regex.match?(~r/https?:/, query) do
+      with {:ok, activities} <- OStatus.fetch_activity_from_url(query) do
+        activities
+      else
+        _e -> []
+      end
+    end || []
+
     q = from a in Activity,
       where: fragment("?->>'type' = 'Create'", a.data),
       where: fragment("to_tsvector('english', ?->'object'->>'content') @@ plainto_tsquery('english', ?)", a.data, ^query),
       limit: 20
-    statuses = Repo.all(q)
+    statuses = Repo.all(q) ++ fetched
 
     res = %{
       "accounts" => AccountView.render("accounts.json", users: accounts, for: user, as: :user),
diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
index d118026eb..8bbdecaa8 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ test "search", %{conn: conn} do
     assert status["id"] == to_string(activity.id)
   end
 
+  test "search fetches remote statuses", %{conn: conn} do
+    conn = conn
+    |> get("/api/v1/search", %{"q" => "https://shitposter.club/notice/2827873"})
+    assert results = json_response(conn, 200)
+
+    [status] = results["statuses"]
+    assert status["uri"] == "tag:shitposter.club,2017-05-05:noticeId=2827873:objectType=comment"
+  end
+
   test "search fetches remote accounts", %{conn: conn} do
     conn = conn
     |> get("/api/v1/search", %{"q" => "shp@social.heldscal.la", "resolve" => "true"})