diff --git a/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Statuses.php b/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Statuses.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee64329bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Module/Api/Mastodon/Statuses.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2021, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Module\Api\Mastodon;
+
+use Friendica\Core\System;
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Module\BaseApi;
+
+/**
+ * @see https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/
+ */
+class Statuses extends BaseApi
+{
+	/**
+	 * @param array $parameters
+	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
+	 */
+	public static function rawContent(array $parameters = [])
+	{
+		if (empty($parameters['id'])) {
+			DI::mstdnError()->RecordNotFound();
+		}
+
+		System::jsonExit(DI::mstdnStatus()->createFromUriId($parameters['id'], self::getCurrentUserID()));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/static/routes.config.php b/static/routes.config.php
index e07befe02..40c17912b 100644
--- a/static/routes.config.php
+++ b/static/routes.config.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ return [
 			'/scheduled_statuses'                => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Unimplemented::class,            [R::GET         ]],
 			'/scheduled_statuses/{id:\d+}'       => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Unimplemented::class,            [R::GET, R::PUT, R::DELETE]],
 			'/statuses'                          => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Unimplemented::class,            [        R::POST]],
-			'/statuses/{id:\d+}'                 => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Unimplemented::class,            [R::GET, R::DELETE]],
+			'/statuses/{id:\d+}'                 => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Statuses::class,                 [R::GET, R::DELETE]],
 			'/statuses/{id:\d+}/context'         => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Unimplemented::class,            [R::GET         ]],
 			'/statuses/{id:\d+}/reblogged_by'    => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Unimplemented::class,            [R::GET         ]],
 			'/statuses/{id:\d+}/favourited_by'   => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Unimplemented::class,            [R::GET         ]],