diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/web_finger/web_finger.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/web_finger/web_finger.ex
index 241dfb4c8..b955bc43f 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/web_finger/web_finger.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/web_finger/web_finger.ex
@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ defp webfinger_from_xml(doc) do
         doc
       )
 
+    if ap_id == nil do
+      ap_id =
+        XML.string_from_xpath(
+          ~s{//Link[@rel="self" and @type="application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\""]/@href},
+          doc
+        )
+    end
+
     data = %{
       "magic_key" => magic_key,
       "topic" => topic,
@@ -185,6 +193,9 @@ defp webfinger_from_json(doc) do
           {"application/activity+json", "self"} ->
             Map.put(data, "ap_id", link["href"])
 
+          {"application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\"", "self"} ->
+            Map.put(data, "ap_id", link["href"])
+
           {_, "magic-public-key"} ->
             "data:application/magic-public-key," <> magic_key = link["href"]
             Map.put(data, "magic_key", magic_key)