diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index f90fdafb8..96597a4f3 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ With the port to Bootstrap 3, app/views/terms/default.haml has a new structure.
 * Fix notifications for interactions by non-contacts [#6498](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6498)
 * Fix issue where the publisher was broken on profile pages [#6503](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6503)
 * Prevent participations being created for invalid interactions [#6552](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6552)
+* Improve federation for reshare related interactions [#6481](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6481)
 
 ## Features
 
diff --git a/app/models/reshare.rb b/app/models/reshare.rb
index 456d12866..7946c92a7 100644
--- a/app/models/reshare.rb
+++ b/app/models/reshare.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class Reshare < Post
   def receive(recipient, sender)
     local_reshare = Reshare.where(:guid => self.guid).first
     if local_reshare && local_reshare.root.author_id == recipient.person.id
+      recipient.participate! self
       return unless recipient.has_contact_for?(sender)
     end
     super(recipient, sender)
diff --git a/lib/federated/generator.rb b/lib/federated/generator.rb
index da3a8390e..062d13168 100644
--- a/lib/federated/generator.rb
+++ b/lib/federated/generator.rb
@@ -12,11 +12,20 @@ module Federated
       relayable = build(options)
       if relayable.save!
         logger.info "user:#{@user.id} dispatching #{relayable.class}:#{relayable.guid}"
+        add_root_author(relayable)
         Postzord::Dispatcher.defer_build_and_post(@user, relayable, @dispatcher_opts)
         relayable
       end
     end
 
+    def add_root_author(relayable)
+      return unless relayable.parent.respond_to?(:root) && relayable.parent.root
+      # Comment post is a reshare, include original author in subscribers
+      root_post = relayable.parent.root
+      @dispatcher_opts[:additional_subscribers] ||= []
+      @dispatcher_opts[:additional_subscribers] << root_post.author
+    end
+
     def build(options={})
       options.merge!(relayable_options)
       relayable = self.class.federated_class.new(options.merge(:author_id => @user.person.id))
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/federated/generator_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/federated/generator_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7859efc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora/federated/generator_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe "adds root author on reshare" do
+  before do
+    @generator = Federated::Generator.new(double("user", id: 1), double)
+    @root_author = double("root_author")
+    root = double("root", author: @root_author)
+    parent = double("parent", root: root)
+    @relayable = double("relayable", parent: parent, class: "foo", guid: "123")
+  end
+
+  it "adds root to additional subscribers" do
+    @generator.add_root_author(@relayable)
+    additional_subscribers = @generator.instance_variable_get(:@dispatcher_opts)[:additional_subscribers]
+    expect(additional_subscribers).to include(@root_author)
+  end
+
+  it "calls add_root_author" do
+    allow(Postzord::Dispatcher).to receive(:defer_build_and_post).and_return(true)
+    allow(@generator).to receive(:build).and_return(@relayable)
+    allow(@relayable).to receive(:save!).and_return(true)
+    expect(@generator).to receive(:add_root_author)
+    @generator.create!
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb b/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
index 0e13aacd4..d3cf959f4 100644
--- a/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ describe Reshare, type: :model do
       receive_reshare
       expect(@root.resharers).to include(@reshare.author)
     end
+
     it "does not error if the root author has a contact for the resharer" do
       bob.share_with @reshare.author, bob.aspects.first
       expect {
@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@ describe Reshare, type: :model do
         end
       }.not_to raise_error
     end
+
+    it "participates root author in the reshare" do
+      receive_reshare
+      participations = Participation.where(target_id: @reshare.id, author_id: @root.author_id)
+      expect(participations.count).to eq(1)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#nsfw" do