diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 45116a3bdb..acb9f6a065 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ function post_remote($a,$arr) {
 
 	if(! x($arr,'type'))
 		$arr['type'] = 'remote';
+	$arr['wall'] = ((intval($arr['wall'])) ? 1 : 0);
 	$arr['uri'] = notags(trim($arr['uri']));
 	$arr['author-name'] = notags(trim($arr['author-name']));
 	$arr['author-link'] = notags(trim($arr['author-link']));
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 7bcf2af09c..a1a6ab7168 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 				// remote reply to our post. Import and then notify everybody else.
 				$datarray = get_atom_elements($item);
 				$datarray['type'] = 'remote-comment';
+				$datarray['wall'] = 1;
 				$datarray['parent-uri'] = $parent_uri;
 				$datarray['uid'] = $importer['importer_uid'];
 				$datarray['contact-id'] = $importer['id'];
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 20a2488c51..5e4f54ce0a 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -96,23 +96,30 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	if($post_type == 'net-comment') {
 		if($parent_item !== null) {
-			if($parent_item['type'] == 'remote')
+			if($parent_item['type'] == 'remote') {
 				$post_type = 'remote-comment';
-			else		
+			} 
+			else {		
 				$post_type = 'wall-comment';
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	$wall = 0;
+	if($post_type == 'wall' || $post_type == 'wall-comment')
+		$wall = 1;
+ 
 	$notify_type = (($parent) ? 'comment-new' : 'wall-new' );
 
 	$uri = item_new_uri($a->get_hostname(),$profile_uid);
 
-	$r = q("INSERT INTO `item` (`uid`,`type`,`contact-id`,`owner-name`,`owner-link`,`owner-avatar`, 
+	$r = q("INSERT INTO `item` (`uid`,`type`,`wall`,`contact-id`,`owner-name`,`owner-link`,`owner-avatar`, 
 		`author-name`, `author-link`, `author-avatar`, `created`,
 		`edited`, `changed`, `uri`, `title`, `body`, `location`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid`)
 		VALUES( %d, '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
 		intval($profile_uid),
 		dbesc($post_type),
+		intval($wall),
 		intval($contact_id),
 		dbesc($contact_record['name']),
 		dbesc($contact_record['url']),