diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 006c70860d..14e6d02ba0 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Item
 
 	// All fields in the item table
 	const ITEM_FIELDLIST = ['id', 'uid', 'parent', 'uri', 'parent-uri', 'thr-parent',
-			'guid', 'uri-id', 'parent-uri-id', 'thr-parent-id',
+			'guid', 'uri-id', 'parent-uri-id', 'thr-parent-id', 'vid',
 			'contact-id', 'type', 'wall', 'gravity', 'extid', 'icid', 'iaid', 'psid',
 			'created', 'edited', 'commented', 'received', 'changed', 'verb',
 			'postopts', 'plink', 'resource-id', 'event-id', 'attach', 'inform',
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class Item
 		$fields = [];
 
 		$fields['item'] = ['id', 'uid', 'parent', 'uri', 'parent-uri', 'thr-parent',
-			'guid', 'uri-id', 'parent-uri-id', 'thr-parent-id',
+			'guid', 'uri-id', 'parent-uri-id', 'thr-parent-id', 'vid',
 			'contact-id', 'owner-id', 'author-id', 'type', 'wall', 'gravity', 'extid',
 			'created', 'edited', 'commented', 'received', 'changed', 'psid',
 			'resource-id', 'event-id', 'attach', 'post-type', 'file',
diff --git a/src/Model/Verb.php b/src/Model/Verb.php
index 46b306c1d3..759c1b0f27 100644
--- a/src/Model/Verb.php
+++ b/src/Model/Verb.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Verb
 	 * @return integer verb id
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
-	public static function getID($verb)
+	public static function getID(string $verb)
 	{
 		if (empty($verb)) {
 			return 0;
@@ -48,4 +48,24 @@ class Verb
 
 		return DBA::lastInsertId();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return verb name for the given ID
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $id
+	 * @return string verb
+	 */
+	public static function getByID(int $id)
+	{
+		if (empty($id)) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		$verb_record = DBA::selectFirst('verb', ['name'], ['id' => $id]);
+		if (!DBA::isResult($verb_record)) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		return $verb_record['name'];
+	}
 }
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index dd1528a2f5..512002f25c 100755
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
 if (!defined('DB_UPDATE_VERSION')) {
-	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1348);
+	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1349);
 }
 
 return [
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 4b719682aa..48d44813b1 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -474,3 +474,28 @@ function update_1348()
 
 	return Update::SUCCESS;
 }
+
+function update_1349()
+{
+	$correct = true;
+	foreach (Item::ACTIVITIES as $index => $activity) {
+		if (!DBA::exists('verb', ['id' => $index + 1, 'name' => $activity])) {
+			$correct = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!$correct) {
+		// The update failed - but it cannot be recovered, since the data doesn't match our expectation
+		// This means that we can't use this "shortcut" to fill the "vid" field and we have to rely upon
+		// the postupdate. This is not fatal, but means that it will take some longer time for the system
+		// to fill all data.
+		return Update::SUCCESS;
+	}
+
+	if (!DBA::e("UPDATE `item` INNER JOIN `item-activity` ON `item`.`uri-id` = `item-activity`.`uri-id`
+		SET `vid` = `item-activity`.`activity` + 1 WHERE `gravity` = ? AND (`vid` IS NULL OR `vid` = 0)", GRAVITY_ACTIVITY)) {
+		return Update::FAILED;
+	}
+
+	return Update::SUCCESS;
+}
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