diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user.ex b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
index 690cc7cf3..2e57f2b43 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User do
     %{
       following_count: length(user.following) - oneself,
       note_count: user.info["note_count"] || 0,
-      follower_count: user.info["follower_count"] || 0
+      follower_count: user.info["follower_count"] || 0,
+      locked: user.info["locked"] || false
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index 8485a8009..30211072b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
           "url" => [%{"href" => data["image"]["url"]}]
         }
 
+    locked = data["manuallyApprovesFollowers"] || false
     data = Transmogrifier.maybe_fix_user_object(data)
 
     user_data = %{
@@ -471,7 +472,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
       info: %{
         "ap_enabled" => true,
         "source_data" => data,
-        "banner" => banner
+        "banner" => banner,
+        "locked" => locked
       },
       avatar: avatar,
       nickname: "#{data["preferredUsername"]}@#{URI.parse(data["id"]).host}",
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view.ex
index ffd76b529..f4b2e0610 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view.ex
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.UserView do
       "name" => user.name,
       "summary" => user.bio,
       "url" => user.ap_id,
-      "manuallyApprovesFollowers" => false,
+      "manuallyApprovesFollowers" => user.info["locked"] || false,
       "publicKey" => %{
         "id" => "#{user.ap_id}#main-key",
         "owner" => user.ap_id,
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
index f378bb36e..9db683f44 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView do
       username: hd(String.split(user.nickname, "@")),
       acct: user.nickname,
       display_name: user.name || user.nickname,
-      locked: false,
+      locked: user_info.locked,
       created_at: Utils.to_masto_date(user.inserted_at),
       followers_count: user_info.follower_count,
       following_count: user_info.following_count,