diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses_controller.rb
index db9fcce905..1df399405a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses_controller.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class Api::V1::StatusesController < Api::BaseController
       visibility: status_params[:visibility],
       force_visibility: status_params[:force_visibility],
       searchability: status_params[:searchability],
+      circle_id: status_params[:circle_id],
       language: status_params[:language],
       scheduled_at: status_params[:scheduled_at],
       application: doorkeeper_token.application,
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ class Api::V1::StatusesController < Api::BaseController
       :visibility,
       :force_visibility,
       :searchability,
+      :circle_id,
       :language,
       :markdown,
       :scheduled_at,
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/compose.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/compose.js
index cf695f79b4..381cfdd42f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/compose.js
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export const COMPOSE_POLL_OPTION_CHANGE   = 'COMPOSE_POLL_OPTION_CHANGE';
 export const COMPOSE_POLL_OPTION_REMOVE   = 'COMPOSE_POLL_OPTION_REMOVE';
 export const COMPOSE_POLL_SETTINGS_CHANGE = 'COMPOSE_POLL_SETTINGS_CHANGE';
 
+export const COMPOSE_CIRCLE_CHANGE = 'COMPOSE_CIRCLE_CHANGE';
+
 export const INIT_MEDIA_EDIT_MODAL = 'INIT_MEDIA_EDIT_MODAL';
 
 export const COMPOSE_CHANGE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTION = 'COMPOSE_CHANGE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTION';
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ export function submitCompose(routerHistory) {
         markdown: getState().getIn(['compose', 'markdown']),
         visibility: getState().getIn(['compose', 'privacy']),
         searchability: getState().getIn(['compose', 'searchability']),
+        circle_id: getState().getIn(['compose', 'circle_id']),
         poll: getState().getIn(['compose', 'poll'], null),
         language: getState().getIn(['compose', 'language']),
       },
@@ -837,3 +840,10 @@ export function changePollSettings(expiresIn, isMultiple) {
     isMultiple,
   };
 }
+
+export function changeCircle(circleId) {
+  return {
+    type: COMPOSE_CIRCLE_CHANGE,
+    circleId,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.jsx
index 93195e61ea..43c31dca0e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.jsx
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   private_short: { id: 'privacy.private.short', defaultMessage: 'Followers only' },
   limited_short: { id: 'privacy.limited.short', defaultMessage: 'Limited menbers only' },
   mutual_short: { id: 'privacy.mutual.short', defaultMessage: 'Mutual followers only' },
+  circle_short: { id: 'privacy.circle.short', defaultMessage: 'Circle members only' },
   direct_short: { id: 'privacy.direct.short', defaultMessage: 'Mentioned people only' },
   edited: { id: 'status.edited', defaultMessage: 'Edited {date}' },
 });
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       'private': { icon: 'lock', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.private_short) },
       'limited': { icon: 'get-pocket', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.limited_short) },
       'mutual': { icon: 'exchange', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.mutual_short) },
+      'circle': { icon: 'user-circle', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.circle_short) },
       'direct': { icon: 'at', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.direct_short) },
     };
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/mastodon.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/mastodon.jsx
index da76bd1c0b..579432794d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/mastodon.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/mastodon.jsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Provider as ReduxProvider } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { ScrollContext } from 'react-router-scroll-4';
 
+import { fetchCircles } from 'mastodon/actions/circles';
 import { fetchCustomEmojis } from 'mastodon/actions/custom_emojis';
 import { fetchReactionDeck } from 'mastodon/actions/reaction_deck';
 import { hydrateStore } from 'mastodon/actions/store';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ store.dispatch(hydrateAction);
 if (initialState.meta.me) {
   store.dispatch(fetchCustomEmojis());
   store.dispatch(fetchReactionDeck());
+  store.dispatch(fetchCircles());
 }
 
 const createIdentityContext = state => ({
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/circle_select.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/circle_select.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..251e095f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/circle_select.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { PureComponent } from 'react';
+
+import { injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
+
+import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
+
+
+import Select, { NonceProvider } from 'react-select';
+
+class CircleSelect extends PureComponent {
+
+  static propTypes = {
+    unavailable: PropTypes.bool,
+    intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+    circles: ImmutablePropTypes.list,
+    circleId: PropTypes.string,
+    onChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  };
+
+  handleClick = value => {
+    this.props.onChange(value.value);
+  };
+
+  noOptionsMessage = () => '';
+
+  render () {
+    const { unavailable, circles, circleId } = this.props;
+
+    if (unavailable) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const listOptions = circles.toArray().filter((circle) => circle[1]).map((circle) => {
+      return { value: circle[1].get('id'), label: circle[1].get('title') };
+    });
+    const listValue = listOptions.find((opt) => opt.value === circleId);
+
+    return (
+      <div className='compose-form__circle-select'>
+        <NonceProvider nonce={document.querySelector('meta[name=style-nonce]').content} cacheKey='circles'>
+          <Select
+            value={listValue}
+            options={listOptions}
+            noOptionsMessage={this.noOptionsMessage}
+            onChange={this.handleClick}
+            className='column-content-select__container'
+            classNamePrefix='column-content-select'
+            name='circles'
+            defaultOptions
+          />
+        </NonceProvider>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+}
+
+export default injectIntl(CircleSelect);
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index 962402ad77..9782aa17bc 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { Icon }  from 'mastodon/components/icon';
 import AutosuggestInput from '../../../components/autosuggest_input';
 import AutosuggestTextarea from '../../../components/autosuggest_textarea';
 import Button from '../../../components/button';
+import CircleSelectContainer from '../containers/circle_select_container';
 import EmojiPickerDropdown from '../containers/emoji_picker_dropdown_container';
 import ExpirationDropdownContainer from '../containers/expiration_dropdown_container';
 import LanguageDropdown from '../containers/language_dropdown_container';
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     isInReply: PropTypes.bool,
     singleColumn: PropTypes.bool,
     lang: PropTypes.string,
+    circleId: PropTypes.string,
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -101,11 +103,11 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   };
 
   canSubmit = () => {
-    const { isSubmitting, isChangingUpload, isUploading, anyMedia } = this.props;
+    const { isSubmitting, isChangingUpload, isUploading, anyMedia, privacy, circleId } = this.props;
     const fulltext = this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting();
     const isOnlyWhitespace = fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0;
 
-    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 500 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
+    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 500 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia) || (privacy === 'circle' && !circleId));
   };
 
   handleSubmit = (e) => {
@@ -317,6 +319,8 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           </div>
         </div>
 
+        <CircleSelectContainer />
+
         <div className='compose-form__publish'>
           <div className='compose-form__publish-button-wrapper'>
             <Button
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.jsx
index 89545f53ce..b01c0ede8b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.jsx
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   private_long: { id: 'privacy.private.long', defaultMessage: 'Visible for followers only' },
   mutual_short: { id: 'privacy.mutual.short', defaultMessage: 'Mutual' },
   mutual_long: { id: 'privacy.mutual.long', defaultMessage: 'Mutual follows only' },
+  circle_short: { id: 'privacy.circle.short', defaultMessage: 'Circle' },
+  circle_long: { id: 'privacy.circle.long', defaultMessage: 'Circle members only' },
   direct_short: { id: 'privacy.direct.short', defaultMessage: 'Mentioned people only' },
   direct_long: { id: 'privacy.direct.long', defaultMessage: 'Visible for mentioned users only' },
   change_privacy: { id: 'privacy.change', defaultMessage: 'Adjust status privacy' },
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@ class PrivacyDropdown extends PureComponent {
       { icon: 'unlock', value: 'unlisted', text: formatMessage(messages.unlisted_short), meta: formatMessage(messages.unlisted_long) },
       { icon: 'lock', value: 'private', text: formatMessage(messages.private_short), meta: formatMessage(messages.private_long) },
       { icon: 'exchange', value: 'mutual', text: formatMessage(messages.mutual_short), meta: formatMessage(messages.mutual_long) },
+      { icon: 'user-circle', value: 'circle', text: formatMessage(messages.circle_short), meta: formatMessage(messages.circle_long) },
       { icon: 'at', value: 'direct', text: formatMessage(messages.direct_short), meta: formatMessage(messages.direct_long) },
     ];
     this.selectableOptions = [...this.options];
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/circle_select_container.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/circle_select_container.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3a81140bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/circle_select_container.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+
+import { changeCircle } from '../../../actions/compose';
+import CircleSelect from '../components/circle_select';
+
+const mapStateToProps = state => ({
+  unavailable: state.getIn(['compose', 'privacy']) !== 'circle',
+  circles: state.get('circles'),
+  circleId: state.getIn(['compose', 'circle_id']),
+});
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
+
+  onChange (circleId) {
+    dispatch(changeCircle(circleId));
+  },
+
+});
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(CircleSelect);
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
index ad2ef481fb..d44d53bc05 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   anyMedia: state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).size > 0,
   isInReply: state.getIn(['compose', 'in_reply_to']) !== null,
   lang: state.getIn(['compose', 'language']),
+  circleId: state.getIn(['compose', 'circle_id']),
 });
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/warning_container.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/warning_container.jsx
index 6e107091cd..2cc827fd7a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/warning_container.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/warning_container.jsx
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import Warning from '../components/warning';
 
 const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   needsLockWarning: state.getIn(['compose', 'privacy']) === 'private' && !state.getIn(['accounts', me, 'locked']),
-  hashtagWarning: ['public', 'public_unlisted', 'login'].indexOf(state.getIn(['compose', 'privacy'])) < 0 && state.getIn(['compose', 'searchability']) !== 'public' && HASHTAG_PATTERN_REGEX.test(state.getIn(['compose', 'text'])),
+  hashtagWarning: ['public', 'public_unlisted', 'login'].includes(state.getIn(['compose', 'privacy'])) && state.getIn(['compose', 'searchability']) !== 'public' && HASHTAG_PATTERN_REGEX.test(state.getIn(['compose', 'text'])),
   directMessageWarning: state.getIn(['compose', 'privacy']) === 'direct',
   searchabilityWarning: state.getIn(['compose', 'searchability']) === 'limited',
-  limitedPostWarning: state.getIn(['compose', 'privacy']) === 'mutual',
+  limitedPostWarning: ['mutual', 'circle'].includes(state.getIn(['compose', 'privacy'])),
 });
 
 const WarningWrapper = ({ needsLockWarning, hashtagWarning, directMessageWarning, searchabilityWarning, limitedPostWarning }) => {
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/report/components/status_check_box.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/report/components/status_check_box.jsx
index 6ce956e9cc..a9610db75c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/report/components/status_check_box.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/report/components/status_check_box.jsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   private_short: { id: 'privacy.private.short', defaultMessage: 'Followers only' },
   limited_short: { id: 'privacy.limited.short', defaultMessage: 'Limited menbers only' },
   mutual_short: { id: 'privacy.mutual.short', defaultMessage: 'Mutual followers only' },
+  circle_short: { id: 'privacy.circle.short', defaultMessage: 'Circle members only' },
   direct_short: { id: 'privacy.direct.short', defaultMessage: 'Mentioned people only' },
 });
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ class StatusCheckBox extends PureComponent {
       'private': { icon: 'lock', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.private_short) },
       'limited': { icon: 'get-pocket', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.limited_short) },
       'mutual': { icon: 'exchange', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.mutual_short) },
+      'circle': { icon: 'user-circle', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.circle_short) },
       'direct': { icon: 'at', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.direct_short) },
     };
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/detailed_status.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/detailed_status.jsx
index 38963ad88f..f9178e9d93 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/detailed_status.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/detailed_status.jsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   private_short: { id: 'privacy.private.short', defaultMessage: 'Followers only' },
   limited_short: { id: 'privacy.limited.short', defaultMessage: 'Limited menbers only' },
   mutual_short: { id: 'privacy.mutual.short', defaultMessage: 'Mutual followers only' },
+  circle_short: { id: 'privacy.circle.short', defaultMessage: 'Circle members only' },
   direct_short: { id: 'privacy.direct.short', defaultMessage: 'Mentioned people only' },
   searchability_public_short: { id: 'searchability.public.short', defaultMessage: 'Public' },
   searchability_private_short: { id: 'searchability.unlisted.short', defaultMessage: 'Followers' },
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ class DetailedStatus extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       'private': { icon: 'lock', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.private_short) },
       'limited': { icon: 'get-pocket', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.limited_short) },
       'mutual': { icon: 'exchange', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.mutual_short) },
+      'circle': { icon: 'user-circle', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.circle_short) },
       'direct': { icon: 'at', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.direct_short) },
     };
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/boost_modal.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/boost_modal.jsx
index 49bb835163..fed1ef69df 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/boost_modal.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/boost_modal.jsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   private_short: { id: 'privacy.private.short', defaultMessage: 'Followers only' },
   limited_short: { id: 'privacy.limited.short', defaultMessage: 'Limited menbers only' },
   mutual_short: { id: 'privacy.mutual.short', defaultMessage: 'Mutual followers only' },
+  circle_short: { id: 'privacy.circle.short', defaultMessage: 'Circle members only' },
   direct_short: { id: 'privacy.direct.short', defaultMessage: 'Mentioned people only' },
 });
 
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ class BoostModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       'private': { icon: 'lock', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.private_short) },
       'limited': { icon: 'get-pocket', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.limited_short) },
       'mutual': { icon: 'exchange', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.mutual_short) },
+      'circle': { icon: 'user-circle', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.circle_short) },
       'direct': { icon: 'at', text: intl.formatMessage(messages.direct_short) },
     };
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
index a13e217288..16d240c5a3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
   COMPOSE_POLL_OPTION_CHANGE,
   COMPOSE_POLL_OPTION_REMOVE,
   COMPOSE_POLL_SETTINGS_CHANGE,
+  COMPOSE_CIRCLE_CHANGE,
   INIT_MEDIA_EDIT_MODAL,
   COMPOSE_CHANGE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTION,
   COMPOSE_CHANGE_MEDIA_FOCUS,
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ const initialState = ImmutableMap({
   spoiler_text: '',
   markdown: false,
   privacy: null,
+  circle_id: null,
   searchability: null,
   id: null,
   text: '',
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ function clearAll(state) {
     map.update('media_attachments', list => list.clear());
     map.set('poll', null);
     map.set('idempotencyKey', uuid());
+    map.set('circle_id', null);
   });
 }
 
@@ -597,6 +600,8 @@ export default function compose(state = initialState, action) {
     return state.updateIn(['poll', 'options'], options => options.delete(action.index));
   case COMPOSE_POLL_SETTINGS_CHANGE:
     return state.update('poll', poll => poll.set('expires_in', action.expiresIn).set('multiple', action.isMultiple));
+  case COMPOSE_CIRCLE_CHANGE:
+    return state.set('circle_id', action.circleId);
   case COMPOSE_LANGUAGE_CHANGE:
     return state.set('language', action.language);
   case COMPOSE_FOCUS:
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/parser/status_parser.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/parser/status_parser.rb
index 36467b810b..852578721c 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/parser/status_parser.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/parser/status_parser.rb
@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ class ActivityPub::Parser::StatusParser
   end
 
   def limited_scope
-    if @object['limitedScope'] == 'Mutual'
+    case @object['limitedScope']
+    when 'Mutual'
       :mutual
+    when 'Circle'
+      :circle
     else
       :none
     end
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/tag_manager.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/tag_manager.rb
index 2977ddcec0..bc69a6cd82 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/tag_manager.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/tag_manager.rb
@@ -222,7 +222,11 @@ class ActivityPub::TagManager
   end
 
   def limited_scope(status)
-    status.mutual_limited? ? 'Mutual' : ''
+    if status.mutual_limited?
+      'Mutual'
+    else
+      status.circle_limited? ? 'Circle' : ''
+    end
   end
 
   def subscribable_by(account)
diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 620e5788ba..d2cc1fb7a5 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
 
   enum visibility: { public: 0, unlisted: 1, private: 2, direct: 3, limited: 4, public_unlisted: 10, login: 11 }, _suffix: :visibility
   enum searchability: { public: 0, private: 1, direct: 2, limited: 3, unsupported: 4, public_unlisted: 10 }, _suffix: :searchability
-  enum limited_scope: { none: 0, mutual: 1 }, _suffix: :limited
+  enum limited_scope: { none: 0, mutual: 1, circle: 2 }, _suffix: :limited
 
   belongs_to :application, class_name: 'Doorkeeper::Application', optional: true
 
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
index 8cf0304184..9f48a6e3ff 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ class REST::InstanceSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
       :kmyblue_visibility_login,
       :status_reference,
       :visibility_mutual,
+      :visibility_limited,
+      :kmyblue_limited_scope,
       :kmyblue_antenna,
     ]
 
diff --git a/app/services/post_status_service.rb b/app/services/post_status_service.rb
index 0d184a76d1..4e90d1cc6b 100644
--- a/app/services/post_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_status_service.rb
@@ -75,20 +75,29 @@ class PostStatusService < BaseService
     @text         = @options.delete(:spoiler_text) if @text.blank? && @options[:spoiler_text].present?
     @visibility   = @options[:visibility] || @account.user&.setting_default_privacy
     @visibility   = :direct if @in_reply_to&.limited_visibility?
-    @visibility   = :limited if @options[:visibility] == 'mutual'
+    @visibility   = :limited if %w(mutual circle).include?(@options[:visibility])
     @visibility   = :unlisted if (@visibility&.to_sym == :public || @visibility&.to_sym == :public_unlisted || @visibility&.to_sym == :login) && @account.silenced?
     @visibility   = :public_unlisted if @visibility&.to_sym == :public && !@options[:force_visibility] && !@options[:application]&.superapp && @account.user&.setting_public_post_to_unlisted
+    @limited_scope = @options[:visibility]&.to_sym if @visibility == :limited
     @searchability = searchability
     @searchability = :private if @account.silenced? && @searchability&.to_sym == :public
     @markdown     = @options[:markdown] || false
     @scheduled_at = @options[:scheduled_at]&.to_datetime
     @scheduled_at = nil if scheduled_in_the_past?
     @reference_ids = (@options[:status_reference_ids] || []).map(&:to_i).filter(&:positive?)
+    load_circle
     process_sensitive_words
   rescue ArgumentError
     raise ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
   end
 
+  def load_circle
+    return unless @options[:visibility] == 'circle'
+
+    @circle = @options[:circle_id].present? && Circle.find(@options[:circle_id])
+    raise ArgumentError if @circle.nil?
+  end
+
   def process_sensitive_words
     if [:public, :public_unlisted, :login].include?(@visibility&.to_sym) && Admin::SensitiveWord.sensitive?(@text, @options[:spoiler_text] || '')
       @text = Admin::SensitiveWord.modified_text(@text, @options[:spoiler_text])
@@ -115,7 +124,7 @@ class PostStatusService < BaseService
 
   def process_status!
     @status = @account.statuses.new(status_attributes)
-    process_mentions_service.call(@status, limited_type: @status.limited_visibility? ? 'mutual' : '', save_records: false)
+    process_mentions_service.call(@status, limited_type: @status.limited_visibility? ? @limited_scope : '', circle: @circle, save_records: false)
     safeguard_mentions!(@status)
 
     UpdateStatusExpirationService.new.call(@status)
@@ -248,7 +257,7 @@ class PostStatusService < BaseService
       spoiler_text: @options[:spoiler_text] || '',
       markdown: @markdown,
       visibility: @visibility,
-      limited_scope: @visibility == :limited ? :mutual : :none,
+      limited_scope: @limited_scope || :none,
       searchability: @searchability,
       language: valid_locale_cascade(@options[:language], @account.user&.preferred_posting_language, I18n.default_locale),
       application: @options[:application],
diff --git a/app/services/process_mentions_service.rb b/app/services/process_mentions_service.rb
index 16cbad1f75..6c2c45afea 100644
--- a/app/services/process_mentions_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/process_mentions_service.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ class ProcessMentionsService < BaseService
   # and create local mention pointers
   # @param [Status] status
   # @param [Boolean] save_records Whether to save records in database
-  def call(status, limited_type: '', save_records: true)
+  def call(status, limited_type: '', circle: nil, save_records: true)
     @status = status
     @limited_type = limited_type
+    @circle = circle
     @save_records = save_records
 
     return unless @status.local?
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ class ProcessMentionsService < BaseService
       "@#{mentioned_account.acct}"
     end
 
-    process_mutual! if @limited_type == 'mutual'
+    process_mutual! if @limited_type == :mutual
+    process_circle! if @limited_type == :circle
 
     @status.save! if @save_records
   end
@@ -103,4 +105,12 @@ class ProcessMentionsService < BaseService
       @current_mentions << @status.mentions.new(silent: true, account: target_account) unless mentioned_account_ids.include?(target_account.id)
     end
   end
+
+  def process_circle!
+    mentioned_account_ids = @current_mentions.map(&:account_id)
+
+    @circle.accounts.find_each do |target_account|
+      @current_mentions << @status.mentions.new(silent: true, account: target_account) unless mentioned_account_ids.include?(target_account.id)
+    end
+  end
 end