diff --git a/changelog.d/backups-follows.add b/changelog.d/backups-follows.add
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a55c436f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/backups-follows.add
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include following/followers in backups
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user/backup.ex b/lib/pleroma/user/backup.ex
index b7f00bbf7..65e0baccd 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user/backup.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user/backup.ex
@@ -196,7 +196,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User.Backup do
     end
   end
 
-  @files ['actor.json', 'outbox.json', 'likes.json', 'bookmarks.json']
+  @files [
+    'actor.json',
+    'outbox.json',
+    'likes.json',
+    'bookmarks.json',
+    'followers.json',
+    'following.json'
+  ]
   @spec export(Pleroma.User.Backup.t(), pid()) :: {:ok, String.t()} | :error
   def export(%__MODULE__{} = backup, caller_pid) do
     backup = Repo.preload(backup, :user)
@@ -207,6 +214,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User.Backup do
          :ok <- statuses(dir, backup.user, caller_pid),
          :ok <- likes(dir, backup.user, caller_pid),
          :ok <- bookmarks(dir, backup.user, caller_pid),
+         :ok <- followers(dir, backup.user, caller_pid),
+         :ok <- following(dir, backup.user, caller_pid),
          {:ok, zip_path} <- :zip.create(backup.file_name, @files, cwd: dir),
          {:ok, _} <- File.rm_rf(dir) do
       {:ok, zip_path}
@@ -357,6 +366,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User.Backup do
       caller_pid
     )
   end
+
+  defp followers(dir, user, caller_pid) do
+    User.get_followers_query(user)
+    |> write(dir, "followers", fn a -> {:ok, a.ap_id} end, caller_pid)
+  end
+
+  defp following(dir, user, caller_pid) do
+    User.get_friends_query(user)
+    |> write(dir, "following", fn a -> {:ok, a.ap_id} end, caller_pid)
+  end
 end
 
 defmodule Pleroma.User.Backup.ProcessorAPI do
diff --git a/test/pleroma/user/backup_test.exs b/test/pleroma/user/backup_test.exs
index 0ac57e334..5503d15bc 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/user/backup_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/user/backup_test.exs
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User.BackupTest do
 
   test "it creates a zip archive with user data" do
     user = insert(:user, %{nickname: "cofe", name: "Cofe", ap_id: "http://cofe.io/users/cofe"})
+    %{ap_id: other_ap_id} = other_user = insert(:user)
 
     {:ok, %{object: %{data: %{"id" => id1}}} = status1} =
       CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: "status1"})
@@ -182,6 +183,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User.BackupTest do
     Bookmark.create(user.id, status2.id)
     Bookmark.create(user.id, status3.id)
 
+    CommonAPI.follow(user, other_user)
+
     assert {:ok, backup} = user |> Backup.new() |> Repo.insert()
     assert {:ok, path} = Backup.export(backup, self())
     assert {:ok, zipfile} = :zip.zip_open(String.to_charlist(path), [:memory])
@@ -261,6 +264,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User.BackupTest do
              "type" => "OrderedCollection"
            } = Jason.decode!(json)
 
+    assert {:ok, {'following.json', json}} = :zip.zip_get('following.json', zipfile)
+
+    assert %{
+             "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+             "id" => "following.json",
+             "orderedItems" => [^other_ap_id],
+             "totalItems" => 1,
+             "type" => "OrderedCollection"
+           } = Jason.decode!(json)
+
     :zip.zip_close(zipfile)
     File.rm!(path)
   end