diff --git a/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex b/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
index 8d4bcc95e..bb9388d4f 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object.Fetcher do
 
   @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
 
+  defp reinject_object(data) do
+    Logger.debug("Reinjecting object #{data["id"]}")
+
+    with data <- Transmogrifier.fix_object(data),
+         {:ok, object} <- Object.create(data) do
+      {:ok, object}
+    else
+      e ->
+        Logger.error("Error while processing object: #{inspect(e)}")
+        {:error, e}
+    end
+  end
+
   # TODO:
   # This will create a Create activity, which we need internally at the moment.
   def fetch_object_from_id(id) do
@@ -26,12 +39,17 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object.Fetcher do
              "object" => data
            },
            :ok <- Containment.contain_origin(id, params),
-           {:ok, activity} <- Transmogrifier.handle_incoming(params) do
-        {:ok, Object.normalize(activity, false)}
+           {:ok, activity} <- Transmogrifier.handle_incoming(params),
+           {:object, _data, %Object{} = object} <-
+             {:object, data, Object.normalize(activity, false)} do
+        {:ok, object}
       else
         {:error, {:reject, nil}} ->
           {:reject, nil}
 
+        {:object, data, nil} ->
+          reinject_object(data)
+
         object = %Object{} ->
           {:ok, object}
 
diff --git a/test/object/fetcher_test.exs b/test/object/fetcher_test.exs
index 72f616782..d604fd5f5 100644
--- a/test/object/fetcher_test.exs
+++ b/test/object/fetcher_test.exs
@@ -87,4 +87,23 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object.FetcherTest do
         )
     end
   end
+
+  describe "pruning" do
+    test "it can refetch pruned objects" do
+      object_id = "http://mastodon.example.org/@admin/99541947525187367"
+
+      {:ok, object} = Fetcher.fetch_object_from_id(object_id)
+
+      assert object
+
+      {:ok, _object} = Object.prune(object)
+
+      refute Object.get_by_ap_id(object_id)
+
+      {:ok, %Object{} = object_two} = Fetcher.fetch_object_from_id(object_id)
+
+      assert object.data["id"] == object_two.data["id"]
+      assert object.id != object_two.id
+    end
+  end
 end