diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 4a0acef936..06cf5b7605 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1941,8 +1941,10 @@ function get_mentions($item) {
 	$arr = explode(',',$item['tag']);
 	foreach($arr as $x) {
 		$matches = null;
-		if(preg_match('/@\[url=([^\]]*)\]/',$x,$matches))
+		if(preg_match('/@\[url=([^\]]*)\]/',$x,$matches)) {
 			$o .= "\t\t" . '<link rel="mentioned" href="' . $matches[1] . '" />' . "\r\n";
+			$o .= "\t\t" . '<link rel="ostatus:attention" href="' . $matches[1] . '" />' . "\r\n";
+		}
 	}
 	return $o;
 }}
diff --git a/include/salmon.php b/include/salmon.php
index 8a56882adb..b5c21a87b5 100644
--- a/include/salmon.php
+++ b/include/salmon.php
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ $namespaces = <<< EOT
       xmlns:dfrn="http://purl.org/macgirvin/dfrn/1.0" 
       xmlns:as="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/"
       xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" 
-      xmlns:poco="http://portablecontacts.net/spec/1.0" >
+      xmlns:poco="http://portablecontacts.net/spec/1.0" 
+      xmlns:ostatus="http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0" >
 EOT;
 
 	$slap = str_replace('<entry>',$namespaces,$slap);
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index c2487435e4..5989d09674 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 				}
 				else {
 					$newname = $name;
+					$alias = '';
 					if(strstr($name,'_')) {
 						$newname = str_replace('_',' ',$name);
 						$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `name` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
@@ -257,6 +258,8 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 						if($r[0]['network'] === 'stat') {
 							$newname = $r[0]['nick'];
 							$stat = true;
+							if($r[0]['alias'])
+								$alias = $r[0]['alias'];
 						}
 						else
 							$newname = $r[0]['name'];
@@ -271,6 +274,16 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 					if(strlen($str_tags))
 						$str_tags .= ',';
 					$str_tags .= '@[url=' . $profile . ']' . $newname	. '[/url]';
+
+					// Status.Net seems to require the numeric ID URL in a mention if the person isn't 
+					// subscribed to you. But the nickname URL is OK if they are. Grrr. We'll tag both. 
+
+					if(strlen($alias)) {
+						if(strlen($str_tags))
+							$str_tags .= ',';
+						$str_tags .= '@[url=' . $alias . ']' . $newname	. '[/url]';
+					}
+
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/view/atom_feed.tpl b/view/atom_feed.tpl
index e59b20ab1c..686c256ed9 100644
--- a/view/atom_feed.tpl
+++ b/view/atom_feed.tpl
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
       xmlns:dfrn="http://purl.org/macgirvin/dfrn/1.0" 
       xmlns:as="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/"
       xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" 
-      xmlns:poco="http://portablecontacts.net/spec/1.0" > 
+      xmlns:poco="http://portablecontacts.net/spec/1.0" 
+      xmlns:ostatus="http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0" > 
 
   <id>$feed_id</id>
   <title>$feed_title</title>