diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
index aebf598912..b28ee4452e 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class Transmitter
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (Config::get('debug', 'total_ap_delivery')) {
+		if (self::isAnnounce($item) || Config::get('debug', 'total_ap_delivery')) {
 			// Will be activated in a later step
 			$networks = Protocol::FEDERATED;
 		} else {
@@ -1423,6 +1423,23 @@ class Transmitter
 		return ['object' => $reshared_item, 'actor' => $profile, 'comment' => $reshared['comment']];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the provided item array is an announce
+	 *
+	 * @param array $item
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public static function isAnnounce($item)
+	{
+		$announce = self::getAnnounceArray($item);
+		if (empty($announce)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return empty($announce['comment']);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates an activity id for a given contact id
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Worker/Delivery.php b/src/Worker/Delivery.php
index d9a2109ba3..da0c8f2adb 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Delivery.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Delivery.php
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ class Delivery extends BaseObject
 	 */
 	private static function deliverDFRN($cmd, $contact, $owner, $items, $target_item, $public_message, $top_level, $followup)
 	{
+		// Transmit Diaspora reshares via Diaspora if the Friendica contact support Diaspora
+		if (Diaspora::isReshare($target_item['body']) && !empty(Diaspora::personByHandle(contact['addr'], false))) {
+			Logger::info('Reshare will be transmitted via Diaspora', ['url' => $contact['url'], 'guid' => ($target_item['guid'] ?? '') ?: $target_item['id']]);
+			self::deliverDiaspora($cmd, $contact, $owner, $items, $target_item, $public_message, $top_level, $followup);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		Logger::info('Deliver ' . (($target_item['guid'] ?? '') ?: $target_item['id']) . ' via DFRN to ' . (($contact['addr'] ?? '') ?: $contact['url']));
 
 		if ($cmd == self::MAIL) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index 3e4efb5f3c..19bd518856 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -625,6 +625,11 @@ class Notifier
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		// We deliver reshares via AP whenever possible
+		if (ActivityPub\Transmitter::isAnnounce($item)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		// Skip DFRN when the item will be (forcefully) delivered via AP
 		if (Config::get('debug', 'total_ap_delivery') && ($contact['network'] == Protocol::DFRN) && !empty(APContact::getByURL($contact['url'], false))) {
 			return true;