diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/activity_draft.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/activity_draft.ex
index 9bcb9f587..f849b2e01 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/activity_draft.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/activity_draft.ex
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.ActivityDraft do
         draft.poll
       )
       |> Map.put("emoji", emoji)
+      |> Map.put("source", draft.status)
 
     %__MODULE__{draft | object: object}
   end
diff --git a/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs b/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs
index 6bd26050e..cbdd994a9 100644
--- a/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPITest do
       object = Object.normalize(activity)
 
       assert object.data["content"] == "<p><b>2hu</b></p>alert(&#39;xss&#39;)"
+      assert object.data["source"] == post
     end
 
     test "it filters out obviously bad tags when accepting a post as Markdown" do
@@ -461,6 +462,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPITest do
       object = Object.normalize(activity)
 
       assert object.data["content"] == "<p><b>2hu</b></p>alert(&#39;xss&#39;)"
+      assert object.data["source"] == post
     end
 
     test "it does not allow replies to direct messages that are not direct messages themselves" do