diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
index 0699bf1da..91d086740 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ def render(
       |> HTML.filter_tags(User.html_filter_policy(opts[:for]))
       |> Formatter.emojify(object["emoji"])
 
+    text =
+      content
+      |> String.replace(~r/<br\s?\/?>/, "\n")
+      |> HTML.strip_tags()
+
     reply_parent = Activity.get_in_reply_to_activity(activity)
 
     reply_user = reply_parent && User.get_cached_by_ap_id(reply_parent.actor)
@@ -253,7 +258,7 @@ def render(
       "uri" => activity.data["object"]["id"],
       "user" => UserView.render("show.json", %{user: user, for: opts[:for]}),
       "statusnet_html" => html,
-      "text" => HTML.strip_tags(content),
+      "text" => text,
       "is_local" => activity.local,
       "is_post_verb" => true,
       "created_at" => created_at,
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view_test.exs
index 77b8d99e7..8aa9e3130 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view_test.exs
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.ActivityViewTest do
   import Pleroma.Factory
   import Mock
 
+  test "a create activity with a html status" do
+    text = """
+    #Bike log - Commute Tuesday\nhttps://pla.bike/posts/20181211/\n#cycling #CHScycling #commute\nMVIMG_20181211_054020.jpg
+    """
+
+    {:ok, activity} = CommonAPI.post(insert(:user), %{"status" => text})
+
+    result = ActivityView.render("activity.json", activity: activity)
+
+    assert result["statusnet_html"] ==
+             "<a data-tag=\"bike\" href=\"http://localhost:4001/tag/bike\">#Bike</a> log - Commute Tuesday<br /><a href=\"https://pla.bike/posts/20181211/\">https://pla.bike/posts/20181211/</a><br /><a data-tag=\"cycling\" href=\"http://localhost:4001/tag/cycling\">#cycling</a> <a data-tag=\"chscycling\" href=\"http://localhost:4001/tag/chscycling\">#CHScycling</a> <a data-tag=\"commute\" href=\"http://localhost:4001/tag/commute\">#commute</a><br />MVIMG_20181211_054020.jpg"
+
+    assert result["text"] ==
+             "#Bike log - Commute Tuesday\nhttps://pla.bike/posts/20181211/\n#cycling #CHScycling #commute\nMVIMG_20181211_054020.jpg"
+  end
+
   test "a create activity with a note" do
     user = insert(:user)
     other_user = insert(:user, %{nickname: "shp"})