diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index 0caec6b9ff..068264794c 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -46,39 +46,54 @@ ActivityPub.getActor = async (input) => {
 	return actor;
 };
 
-ActivityPub.mockProfile = async (callerUid, actor) => {
-	// Accepts an actor object; the output of getActor()
-	const uid = actor.id;
-	const { preferredUsername, published, icon, image, name, summary, hostname } = actor;
-	const isFollowing = await db.isSortedSetMember(`followingRemote:${callerUid}`, uid);
-
-	let picture;
-	if (icon) {
-		picture = typeof icon === 'string' ? icon : icon.url;
+ActivityPub.mockProfile = async (actors, callerUid = 0) => {
+	// Accepts an array containing actor objects (the output of getActor()), or uris
+	let single = false;
+	if (!Array.isArray(actors)) {
+		single = true;
+		actors = [actors];
 	}
-	const iconBackgrounds = await user.getIconBackgrounds();
-	let bgColor = Array.prototype.reduce.call(preferredUsername, (cur, next) => cur + next.charCodeAt(), 0);
-	bgColor = iconBackgrounds[bgColor % iconBackgrounds.length];
 
-	const payload = {
-		uid,
-		username: `${preferredUsername}@${hostname}`,
-		userslug: `${preferredUsername}@${hostname}`,
-		fullname: name,
-		joindate: new Date(published).getTime(),
-		picture,
-		'icon:text': (preferredUsername[0] || '').toUpperCase(),
-		'icon:bgColor': bgColor,
-		uploadedpicture: undefined,
-		'cover:url': !image || typeof image === 'string' ? image : image.url,
-		'cover:position': '50% 50%',
-		aboutme: summary,
-		aboutmeParsed: summary,
+	const profiles = await Promise.all(actors.map(async (actor) => {
+		// convert uri to actor object
+		if (typeof actor === 'string' && ActivityPub.helpers.isUri(actor)) {
+			actor = await ActivityPub.getActor(actor);
+		}
 
-		isFollowing,
-	};
+		const uid = actor.id;
+		const { preferredUsername, published, icon, image, name, summary, hostname } = actor;
+		const isFollowing = await db.isSortedSetMember(`followingRemote:${callerUid}`, uid);
 
-	return payload;
+		let picture;
+		if (icon) {
+			picture = typeof icon === 'string' ? icon : icon.url;
+		}
+		const iconBackgrounds = await user.getIconBackgrounds();
+		let bgColor = Array.prototype.reduce.call(preferredUsername, (cur, next) => cur + next.charCodeAt(), 0);
+		bgColor = iconBackgrounds[bgColor % iconBackgrounds.length];
+
+		const payload = {
+			uid,
+			username: `${preferredUsername}@${hostname}`,
+			userslug: `${preferredUsername}@${hostname}`,
+			fullname: name,
+			joindate: new Date(published).getTime(),
+			picture,
+			'icon:text': (preferredUsername[0] || '').toUpperCase(),
+			'icon:bgColor': bgColor,
+			uploadedpicture: undefined,
+			'cover:url': !image || typeof image === 'string' ? image : image.url,
+			'cover:position': '50% 50%',
+			aboutme: summary,
+			aboutmeParsed: summary,
+
+			isFollowing,
+		};
+
+		return payload;
+	}));
+
+	return single ? profiles.pop() : profiles;
 };
 
 ActivityPub.resolveInboxes = async ids => await Promise.all(ids.map(async (id) => {
diff --git a/src/controllers/activitypub/profiles.js b/src/controllers/activitypub/profiles.js
index 45a0280c66..afeab8cedb 100644
--- a/src/controllers/activitypub/profiles.js
+++ b/src/controllers/activitypub/profiles.js
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ controller.get = async function (req, res, next) {
 		return next();
 	}
 
-	const payload = await mockProfile(req.uid, actor);
+	const payload = await mockProfile(actor, req.uid);
 	res.render('account/profile', payload);
 };