diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index ea88e6c311..99721794a1 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -323,10 +323,42 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	proc_close(proc_open("\"$php_path\" \"include/notifier.php\" \"$notify_type\" \"$post_id\" &",
 		array(),$foo));
 
+	/**
+	 * Post to Facebook stream
+	 */
+
+	if((local_user()) && (local_user() == $profile_uid)) {
+		$appid  = get_config('system', 'facebook_appid'  );
+		$secret = get_config('system', 'facebook_secret' );
+		if($appid && $secret) {
+			$fb_post = get_pconfig($local_user(),'facebook','post');
+			if($fb_post) {
+				require_once('library/facebook.php');
+				require_once('include/bbcode.php');	
+
+				$facebook = new Facebook(array(
+					'appId'  => $appid,
+					'secret' => $secret,
+					'cookie' => true
+				));			
+				try {
+					$statusUpdate = $facebook->api('/me/feed', 'post', array('message'=> bbcode($body), 'cb' => ''));
+				} 
+				catch (FacebookApiException $e) {
+					notice( t('Facebook status update failed.') . EOL);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
 	return; // NOTREACHED
 }
 
+
+
+
+
 function item_content(&$a) {
 
 	if((! local_user()) && (! remote_user()))