diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index f53c0f06b6..c36e7edb8b 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
 
   def create_status
     return reject_payload! if unsupported_object_type? || invalid_origin?(object_uri) || tombstone_exists? || !related_to_local_activity?
+    return reject_payload! if (reply_to_local? || reply_to_local_account?) && reject_reply_to_local?
 
     with_lock("create:#{object_uri}") do
       return if delete_arrived_first?(object_uri) || poll_vote?
@@ -136,7 +137,13 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     }
   end
 
-  def process_audience
+  def reply_to_local_account?
+    accounts_in_audience.any? { |account| account.local? }
+  end
+
+  def accounts_in_audience
+    return @accounts_in_audience if @accounts_in_audience
+
     # Unlike with tags, there is no point in resolving accounts we don't already
     # know here, because silent mentions would only be used for local access control anyway
     accounts_in_audience = (audience_to + audience_cc).uniq.filter_map do |audience|
@@ -150,6 +157,10 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
       accounts_in_audience.uniq!
     end
 
+    return @accounts_in_audience = accounts_in_audience
+  end
+
+  def process_audience
     accounts_in_audience.each do |account|
       # This runs after tags are processed, and those translate into non-silent
       # mentions, which take precedence