diff --git a/config/test.exs b/config/test.exs
index 0af62aa14..92dca18bc 100644
--- a/config/test.exs
+++ b/config/test.exs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
   skip_thread_containment: false,
   federating: false
 
+config :pleroma, :activitypub, sign_object_fetches: false
+
 # Configure your database
 config :pleroma, Pleroma.Repo,
   adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres,
diff --git a/test/object/fetcher_test.exs b/test/object/fetcher_test.exs
index 56a9d775f..482252cff 100644
--- a/test/object/fetcher_test.exs
+++ b/test/object/fetcher_test.exs
@@ -150,4 +150,34 @@ test "it can refetch pruned objects" do
       assert object.id != object_two.id
     end
   end
+
+  describe "signed fetches" do
+    test_with_mock "it signs fetches when configured to do so",
+                   Pleroma.Signature,
+                   [:passthrough],
+                   [] do
+      option = Pleroma.Config.get([:activitypub, :sign_object_fetches])
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:activitypub, :sign_object_fetches], true)
+
+      Fetcher.fetch_object_from_id("http://mastodon.example.org/@admin/99541947525187367")
+
+      assert called(Pleroma.Signature.sign(:_, :_))
+
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:activitypub, :sign_object_fetches], option)
+    end
+
+    test_with_mock "it doesn't sign fetches when not configured to do so",
+                   Pleroma.Signature,
+                   [:passthrough],
+                   [] do
+      option = Pleroma.Config.get([:activitypub, :sign_object_fetches])
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:activitypub, :sign_object_fetches], false)
+
+      Fetcher.fetch_object_from_id("http://mastodon.example.org/@admin/99541947525187367")
+
+      refute called(Pleroma.Signature.sign(:_, :_))
+
+      Pleroma.Config.put([:activitypub, :sign_object_fetches], option)
+    end
+  end
 end