diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
index c30a4ccc99..66aedf65b0 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ class Processor
 		$event['finish']    = $activity['end-time'];
 		$event['nofinish']  = empty($event['finish']);
 		$event['location']  = $activity['location'];
-		$event['adjust']    = true;
+		$event['adjust']    = $activity['adjust'] ?? true;
 		$event['cid']       = $item['contact-id'];
 		$event['uid']       = $item['uid'];
 		$event['uri']       = $item['uri'];
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
index a8c997c60c..c98e701439 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
@@ -1372,6 +1372,7 @@ class Receiver
 		$object_data = self::getSource($object, $object_data);
 		$object_data['start-time'] = JsonLD::fetchElement($object, 'as:startTime', '@value');
 		$object_data['end-time'] = JsonLD::fetchElement($object, 'as:endTime', '@value');
+		$object_data['adjust'] = JsonLD::fetchElement($object, 'dfrn:adjust', '@value');
 		$object_data['location'] = $location;
 		$object_data['latitude'] = JsonLD::fetchElement($object, 'as:location', 'as:latitude', '@type', 'as:Place');
 		$object_data['latitude'] = JsonLD::fetchElement($object_data, 'latitude', '@value');
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
index 8adc7c4963..65a3c9167a 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ class Transmitter
 	 * @return array with the event data
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public static function createEvent($item)
+	private static function createEvent($item)
 	{
 		$event = [];
 		$event['name'] = $item['event-summary'];
@@ -1424,6 +1424,8 @@ class Transmitter
 			$event['location'] = self::createLocation($item);
 		}
 
+		$event['dfrn:adjust'] = (bool)$item['event-adjust'];
+
 		return $event;
 	}