diff --git a/spec/services/resolve_url_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/resolve_url_service_spec.rb
index aa42046371..a38b235900 100644
--- a/spec/services/resolve_url_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/resolve_url_service_spec.rb
@@ -15,5 +15,102 @@ describe ResolveURLService, type: :service do
 
       expect(subject.call(url)).to be_nil
     end
+
+    context 'searching for a remote private status' do
+      let(:account)  { Fabricate(:account) }
+      let(:poster)   { Fabricate(:account, domain: 'example.com') }
+      let(:url)      { 'https://example.com/@foo/42' }
+      let(:uri)      { 'https://example.com/users/foo/statuses/42' }
+      let!(:status)  { Fabricate(:status, url: url, uri: uri, account: poster, visibility: :private) }
+
+      before do
+        stub_request(:get, url).to_return(status: 404) if url.present?
+        stub_request(:get, uri).to_return(status: 404)
+      end
+
+      context 'when the account follows the poster' do
+        before do
+          account.follow!(poster)
+        end
+
+        context 'when the status uses Mastodon-style URLs' do
+          let(:url) { 'https://example.com/@foo/42' }
+          let(:uri) { 'https://example.com/users/foo/statuses/42' }
+
+          it 'returns status by url' do
+            expect(subject.call(url, on_behalf_of: account)).to eq(status)
+          end
+
+          it 'returns status by uri' do
+            expect(subject.call(uri, on_behalf_of: account)).to eq(status)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when the status uses pleroma-style URLs' do
+          let(:url) { nil }
+          let(:uri) { 'https://example.com/objects/0123-456-789-abc-def' }
+
+          it 'returns status by uri' do
+            expect(subject.call(uri, on_behalf_of: account)).to eq(status)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when the account does not follow the poster' do
+        context 'when the status uses Mastodon-style URLs' do
+          let(:url) { 'https://example.com/@foo/42' }
+          let(:uri) { 'https://example.com/users/foo/statuses/42' }
+
+          it 'does not return the status by url' do
+            expect(subject.call(url, on_behalf_of: account)).to be_nil
+          end
+
+          it 'does not return the status by uri' do
+            expect(subject.call(uri, on_behalf_of: account)).to be_nil
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when the status uses pleroma-style URLs' do
+          let(:url) { nil }
+          let(:uri) { 'https://example.com/objects/0123-456-789-abc-def' }
+
+          it 'returns status by uri' do
+            expect(subject.call(uri, on_behalf_of: account)).to be_nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'searching for a local private status' do
+      let(:account) { Fabricate(:account) }
+      let(:poster)  { Fabricate(:account) }
+      let!(:status) { Fabricate(:status, account: poster, visibility: :private) }
+      let(:url)     { ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.url_for(status) }
+      let(:uri)     { ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_for(status) }
+
+      context 'when the account follows the poster' do
+        before do
+          account.follow!(poster)
+        end
+
+        it 'returns status by url' do
+          expect(subject.call(url, on_behalf_of: account)).to eq(status)
+        end
+
+        it 'returns status by uri' do
+          expect(subject.call(uri, on_behalf_of: account)).to eq(status)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when the account does not follow the poster' do
+        it 'does not return the status by url' do
+          expect(subject.call(url, on_behalf_of: account)).to be_nil
+        end
+
+        it 'does not return the status by uri' do
+          expect(subject.call(uri, on_behalf_of: account)).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end