diff --git a/mod/tagger.php b/mod/tagger.php
index e3ae6b9b5c..b3ba472eab 100644
--- a/mod/tagger.php
+++ b/mod/tagger.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
+use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Model\Term;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
@@ -171,6 +172,8 @@ EOT;
 
 	$term_objtype = ($item['resource-id'] ? Term::OBJECT_TYPE_PHOTO : Term::OBJECT_TYPE_POST);
 
+	Tag::store($item['uri-id'], Tag::HASHTAG, $term);
+
 	$t = q("SELECT count(tid) as tcount FROM term WHERE oid=%d AND term='%s'",
 		intval($item['id']),
 		DBA::escape($term)