diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
index 64ee9acd052..15e0382cc98 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity
   end
 
   def unsupported_object_type?
-    @object.is_a?(String) || !(supported_object_type? || converted_object_type?)
+    @object.is_a?(String) || !(supported_object_type? || converted_object_type? || supported_preview?)
   end
 
   def supported_object_type?
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity
     equals_or_includes_any?(@object['type'], CONVERTED_TYPES)
   end
 
+  def supported_preview?
+    @object['preview'].is_a?(Hash) && equals_or_includes_any?(@object['preview']['type'], SUPPORTED_TYPES)
+  end
+
   def delete_arrived_first?(uri)
     redis.exists?("delete_upon_arrival:#{@account.id}:#{uri}")
   end
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index c47c2afc523..8f5c54270d8 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
-  include FormattingHelper
-
   def perform
     @account.schedule_refresh_if_stale!
 
@@ -93,15 +91,15 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
       object: @object
     )
 
-    attachment_ids = process_attachments.take(Status::MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT).map(&:id)
+    attachment_ids = process_attachments(!supported_object_type? && supported_preview? ? @object['preview'] : @object).take(Status::MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT).map(&:id)
 
     @params = {
       uri: @status_parser.uri,
       url: @status_parser.url || @status_parser.uri,
       account: @account,
-      text: converted_object_type? ? converted_text : (@status_parser.text || ''),
+      text: @status_parser.text || '',
       language: @status_parser.language,
-      spoiler_text: converted_object_type? ? '' : (@status_parser.spoiler_text || ''),
+      spoiler_text: @status_parser.spoiler_text || '',
       created_at: @status_parser.created_at,
       edited_at: @status_parser.edited_at && @status_parser.edited_at != @status_parser.created_at ? @status_parser.edited_at : nil,
       override_timestamps: @options[:override_timestamps],
@@ -115,6 +113,28 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
       poll: process_poll,
       quote_approval_policy: @status_parser.quote_policy,
     }
+
+    # If it's a Note or Question, we're done
+    return if supported_object_type?
+
+    # If it's an unsupported type, rely on the preview from FEP-b2b8 if available
+    if supported_preview?
+      preview_parser = ActivityPub::Parser::StatusParser.new(
+        @json,
+        followers_collection: @account.followers_url,
+        actor_uri: ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_for(@account),
+        object: @object['preview']
+      )
+
+      @params[:text] = preview_parser.text || ''
+      @params[:spoiler_text] = preview_parser.spoiler_text || ''
+
+      return
+    end
+
+    # If there is no preview, fall back to building our own preview
+    @params[:text] = ActivityPub::PreviewBuilder.new(@status_parser).text
+    @params[:spoiler_text] = ''
   end
 
   def process_audience
@@ -275,12 +295,12 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     end
   end
 
-  def process_attachments
-    return [] if @object['attachment'].nil?
+  def process_attachments(parent)
+    return [] if parent['attachment'].nil?
 
     media_attachments = []
 
-    as_array(@object['attachment']).each do |attachment|
+    as_array(parent['attachment']).each do |attachment|
       media_attachment_parser = ActivityPub::Parser::MediaAttachmentParser.new(attachment)
 
       next if media_attachment_parser.remote_url.blank? || media_attachments.size >= Status::MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT
@@ -412,18 +432,6 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     value_or_id(@object['inReplyTo'])
   end
 
-  def converted_text
-    [formatted_title, @status_parser.spoiler_text.presence, formatted_url].compact.join("\n\n")
-  end
-
-  def formatted_title
-    "<h2>#{@status_parser.title}</h2>" if @status_parser.title.present?
-  end
-
-  def formatted_url
-    linkify(@status_parser.url || @status_parser.uri)
-  end
-
   def unsupported_media_type?(mime_type)
     mime_type.present? && !MediaAttachment.supported_mime_types.include?(mime_type)
   end
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/preview_builder.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/preview_builder.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edc76fe7a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/preview_builder.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class ActivityPub::PreviewBuilder
+  include FormattingHelper
+
+  def initialize(parser)
+    @parser = parser
+  end
+
+  def text
+    [title, summary, url].compact.join("\n\n")
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def title
+    "<h2>#{@parser.title}</h2>" if @parser.title.present?
+  end
+
+  def summary
+    @parser.spoiler_text
+  end
+
+  def url
+    linkify(@parser.url || @parser.uri)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/activitypub/activity/create_spec.rb b/spec/lib/activitypub/activity/create_spec.rb
index cdd5cb3194d..9672a816fbb 100644
--- a/spec/lib/activitypub/activity/create_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/activitypub/activity/create_spec.rb
@@ -887,6 +887,55 @@ RSpec.describe ActivityPub::Activity::Create do
         end
       end
 
+      context 'with preview of an unsupported type' do
+        let(:object_json) do
+          build_object(
+            type: 'Article',
+            summary: 'This is the summary of the article',
+            content: 'This is the long form content',
+            preview: {
+              type: 'Note',
+              content: 'This is the short form',
+            }
+          )
+        end
+
+        it 'creates status from the preview' do
+          expect { subject.perform }.to change(sender.statuses, :count).by(1)
+
+          status = sender.statuses.first
+          expect(status).to_not be_nil
+          expect(status.spoiler_text).to eq ''
+          expect(status.text).to eq 'This is the short form'
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'with a converted type and no preview' do
+        let(:object_json) do
+          build_object(
+            type: 'Video',
+            name: 'Foo bar',
+            content: 'This is the description of the video',
+            url: [
+              {
+                type: 'Link',
+                mediaType: 'text/html',
+                href: 'https://example.com/video',
+              },
+            ]
+          )
+        end
+
+        it 'creates status' do
+          expect { subject.perform }.to change(sender.statuses, :count).by(1)
+
+          status = sender.statuses.first
+          expect(status).to_not be_nil
+          expect(status.spoiler_text).to eq ''
+          expect(status.text).to eq "<h2>Foo bar</h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://example.com/video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">example.com/video</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a></p>"
+        end
+      end
+
       context 'with an unverifiable quote of a known post' do
         let(:quoted_status) { Fabricate(:status, account: Fabricate(:account, domain: 'example.com')) }