diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminSettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminSettingsController.php
index 98e16bbc0..f1c2ca3ab 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminSettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminSettingsController.php
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ trait AdminSettingsController
             'registration_status' => 'required|in:open,filtered,closed',
             'cloud_storage' => 'required',
             'activitypub_enabled' => 'required',
+            'authorized_fetch' => 'required',
             'account_migration' => 'required',
             'mobile_apis' => 'required',
             'stories' => 'required',
@@ -555,6 +556,7 @@ trait AdminSettingsController
                 }
             }
         }
+        ConfigCacheService::put('federation.activitypub.authorized_fetch', $request->boolean('authorized_fetch'));
         ConfigCacheService::put('federation.activitypub.enabled', $request->boolean('activitypub_enabled'));
         ConfigCacheService::put('federation.migration', $request->boolean('account_migration'));
         ConfigCacheService::put('pixelfed.oauth_enabled', $request->boolean('mobile_apis'));
diff --git a/app/Services/AdminSettingsService.php b/app/Services/AdminSettingsService.php
index 57fb6e96f..6a261f5a3 100644
--- a/app/Services/AdminSettingsService.php
+++ b/app/Services/AdminSettingsService.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class AdminSettingsService
             'registration_status' => $regState,
             'cloud_storage' => $cloud_ready && $cloud_storage,
             'activitypub_enabled' => (bool) config_cache('federation.activitypub.enabled'),
+            'authorized_fetch' => (bool) config_cache('federation.activitypub.authorized_fetch'),
             'account_migration' => (bool) config_cache('federation.migration'),
             'mobile_apis' => (bool) config_cache('pixelfed.oauth_enabled'),
             'stories' => (bool) config_cache('instance.stories.enabled'),
diff --git a/app/Services/ConfigCacheService.php b/app/Services/ConfigCacheService.php
index 4f2b006cc..527c86026 100644
--- a/app/Services/ConfigCacheService.php
+++ b/app/Services/ConfigCacheService.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class ConfigCacheService
                     'pixelfed.oauth_enabled',
                     'pixelfed.import.instagram.enabled',
                     'pixelfed.bouncer.enabled',
+                    'federation.activitypub.authorized_fetch',
 
                     'pixelfed.enforce_email_verification',
                     'pixelfed.max_account_size',
diff --git a/config/federation.php b/config/federation.php
index 3d7a7bb30..124935ec8 100644
--- a/config/federation.php
+++ b/config/federation.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ return [
         'ingest' => [
             'store_notes_without_followers' => env('AP_INGEST_STORE_NOTES_WITHOUT_FOLLOWERS', false),
         ],
+
+        'authorized_fetch' => env('AUTHORIZED_FETCH', false),
     ],
 
     'atom' => [