diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/classes/Ostatus_profile.php b/plugins/OStatus/classes/Ostatus_profile.php
index 8fc9f6c5f6..dbdbe88523 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/classes/Ostatus_profile.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/classes/Ostatus_profile.php
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class Ostatus_profile extends Managed_DataObject
         $xml = $entry->getString();
         common_log(LOG_INFO, "Posting to Salmon endpoint $this->salmonuri: $xml");
 
-        Salmon::post($this->salmonuri, $xml, $actor->getUser());
+        Salmon::post($this->salmonuri, $xml, $actor);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class Ostatus_profile extends Managed_DataObject
     public function notifyActivity($entry, Profile $actor)
     {
         if ($this->salmonuri) {
-            return Salmon::post($this->salmonuri, $this->notifyPrepXml($entry), $actor->getUser());
+            return Salmon::post($this->salmonuri, $this->notifyPrepXml($entry), $actor, $this->localProfile());
         }
         common_debug(__CLASS__.' error: No salmonuri for Ostatus_profile uri: '.$this->uri);
 
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ class Ostatus_profile extends Managed_DataObject
         if ($this->salmonuri) {
             $data = array('salmonuri' => $this->salmonuri,
                           'entry' => $this->notifyPrepXml($entry),
-                          'actor' => $actor->id);
+                          'actor' => $actor->getID(),
+                          'target' => $this->localProfile()->getID());
 
             $qm = QueueManager::get();
             return $qm->enqueue($data, 'salmon');
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/lib/salmon.php b/plugins/OStatus/lib/salmon.php
index cdc8e02d77..b964538cbc 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/lib/salmon.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/lib/salmon.php
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ class Salmon
      *
      * @param string $endpoint_uri
      * @param string $xml string representation of payload
-     * @param User $user local user profile whose keys we sign with
+     * @param Profile $user profile whose keys we sign with (must be a local user)
      * @return boolean success
      */
-    public static function post($endpoint_uri, $xml, User $user, Profile $target=null)
+    public static function post($endpoint_uri, $xml, Profile $actor, Profile $target=null)
     {
         if (empty($endpoint_uri)) {
-            common_debug('No endpoint URI for Salmon post to '.$user->getUri());
+            common_debug('No endpoint URI for Salmon post to '.$actor->getUri());
             return false;
         }
 
         try {
-            $magic_env = MagicEnvelope::signAsUser($xml, $user);
+            $magic_env = MagicEnvelope::signAsUser($xml, $actor->getUser());
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             common_log(LOG_ERR, "Salmon unable to sign: " . $e->getMessage());
             return false;
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/lib/salmonqueuehandler.php b/plugins/OStatus/lib/salmonqueuehandler.php
index 334dc14549..fbc03c3954 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/lib/salmonqueuehandler.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/lib/salmonqueuehandler.php
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ class SalmonQueueHandler extends QueueHandler
         assert(is_string($data['entry']));
 
         $actor = Profile::getKV($data['actor']);
+        $target = array_key_exists('target', $data) ? Profile::getKV($data['target']) : null;
 
-        Salmon::post($data['salmonuri'], $data['entry'], $actor->getUser());
+        Salmon::post($data['salmonuri'], $data['entry'], $actor, $target);
 
         // @fixme detect failure and attempt to resend
         return true;