diff --git a/changelog.d/support-honk-image-summaries.add b/changelog.d/support-honk-image-summaries.add
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..052c03f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/support-honk-image-summaries.add
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Support honk-style attachment summaries as alt-text.
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/attachment_validator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/attachment_validator.ex
index 72975f348..5ee9e7549 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/attachment_validator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/attachment_validator.ex
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.AttachmentValidator do
     field(:type, :string, default: "Link")
     field(:mediaType, ObjectValidators.MIME, default: "application/octet-stream")
     field(:name, :string)
+    field(:summary, :string)
     field(:blurhash, :string)
 
     embeds_many :url, UrlObjectValidator, primary_key: false do
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def changeset(struct, data) do
       |> fix_url()
 
     struct
-    |> cast(data, [:id, :type, :mediaType, :name, :blurhash])
+    |> cast(data, [:id, :type, :mediaType, :name, :summary, :blurhash])
     |> cast_embed(:url, with: &url_changeset/2, required: true)
     |> validate_inclusion(:type, ~w[Link Document Audio Image Video])
     |> validate_required([:type, :mediaType])
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/attachment.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/attachment.ex
index 2871b5f99..4104ed25c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/attachment.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/attachment.ex
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Schemas.Attachment do
       pleroma: %Schema{
         type: :object,
         properties: %{
-          mime_type: %Schema{type: :string, description: "mime type of the attachment"}
+          mime_type: %Schema{type: :string, description: "mime type of the attachment"},
+          name: %Schema{
+            type: :string,
+            description: "Name of the attachment, typically the filename"
+          }
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
index c945290c1..0c16749a4 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -624,6 +624,19 @@ def render("attachment.json", %{attachment: attachment}) do
           to_string(attachment["id"] || hash_id)
       end
 
+    description =
+      if attachment["summary"] do
+        HTML.strip_tags(attachment["summary"])
+      else
+        attachment["name"]
+      end
+
+    name = if attachment["summary"], do: attachment["name"]
+
+    pleroma =
+      %{mime_type: media_type}
+      |> Maps.put_if_present(:name, name)
+
     %{
       id: attachment_id,
       url: href,
@@ -631,8 +644,8 @@ def render("attachment.json", %{attachment: attachment}) do
       preview_url: href_preview,
       text_url: href,
       type: type,
-      description: attachment["name"],
-      pleroma: %{mime_type: media_type},
+      description: description,
+      pleroma: pleroma,
       blurhash: attachment["blurhash"]
     }
     |> Maps.put_if_present(:meta, meta)
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/attachment_validator_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/attachment_validator_test.exs
index a615c1d9a..6627fa6db 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/attachment_validator_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/attachment_validator_test.exs
@@ -27,19 +27,22 @@ test "fails without url" do
     end
 
     test "works with honkerific attachments" do
-      attachment = %{
+      honk = %{
         "mediaType" => "",
-        "name" => "",
-        "summary" => "298p3RG7j27tfsZ9RQ.jpg",
+        "summary" => "Select your spirit chonk",
+        "name" => "298p3RG7j27tfsZ9RQ.jpg",
         "type" => "Document",
         "url" => "https://honk.tedunangst.com/d/298p3RG7j27tfsZ9RQ.jpg"
       }
 
       assert {:ok, attachment} =
-               AttachmentValidator.cast_and_validate(attachment)
+               honk
+               |> AttachmentValidator.cast_and_validate()
                |> Ecto.Changeset.apply_action(:insert)
 
       assert attachment.mediaType == "application/octet-stream"
+      assert attachment.summary == "Select your spirit chonk"
+      assert attachment.name == "298p3RG7j27tfsZ9RQ.jpg"
     end
 
     test "works with an unknown but valid mime type" do
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
index 1c2d7f7fd..167692dfb 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
@@ -591,45 +591,78 @@ test "create mentions from the 'tag' field" do
     assert mention.url == recipient.ap_id
   end
 
-  test "attachments" do
-    object = %{
-      "type" => "Image",
-      "url" => [
-        %{
-          "mediaType" => "image/png",
-          "href" => "someurl",
-          "width" => 200,
-          "height" => 100
-        }
-      ],
-      "blurhash" => "UJJ8X[xYW,%Jtq%NNFbXB5j]IVM|9GV=WHRn",
-      "uuid" => 6
-    }
+  describe "attachments" do
+    test "Complete Mastodon style" do
+      object = %{
+        "type" => "Image",
+        "url" => [
+          %{
+            "mediaType" => "image/png",
+            "href" => "someurl",
+            "width" => 200,
+            "height" => 100
+          }
+        ],
+        "blurhash" => "UJJ8X[xYW,%Jtq%NNFbXB5j]IVM|9GV=WHRn",
+        "uuid" => 6
+      }
 
-    expected = %{
-      id: "1638338801",
-      type: "image",
-      url: "someurl",
-      remote_url: "someurl",
-      preview_url: "someurl",
-      text_url: "someurl",
-      description: nil,
-      pleroma: %{mime_type: "image/png"},
-      meta: %{original: %{width: 200, height: 100, aspect: 2}},
-      blurhash: "UJJ8X[xYW,%Jtq%NNFbXB5j]IVM|9GV=WHRn"
-    }
+      expected = %{
+        id: "1638338801",
+        type: "image",
+        url: "someurl",
+        remote_url: "someurl",
+        preview_url: "someurl",
+        text_url: "someurl",
+        description: nil,
+        pleroma: %{mime_type: "image/png"},
+        meta: %{original: %{width: 200, height: 100, aspect: 2}},
+        blurhash: "UJJ8X[xYW,%Jtq%NNFbXB5j]IVM|9GV=WHRn"
+      }
 
-    api_spec = Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.spec()
+      api_spec = Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.spec()
 
-    assert expected == StatusView.render("attachment.json", %{attachment: object})
-    assert_schema(expected, "Attachment", api_spec)
+      assert expected == StatusView.render("attachment.json", %{attachment: object})
+      assert_schema(expected, "Attachment", api_spec)
 
-    # If theres a "id", use that instead of the generated one
-    object = Map.put(object, "id", 2)
-    result = StatusView.render("attachment.json", %{attachment: object})
+      # If theres a "id", use that instead of the generated one
+      object = Map.put(object, "id", 2)
+      result = StatusView.render("attachment.json", %{attachment: object})
 
-    assert %{id: "2"} = result
-    assert_schema(result, "Attachment", api_spec)
+      assert %{id: "2"} = result
+      assert_schema(result, "Attachment", api_spec)
+    end
+
+    test "Honkerific" do
+      object = %{
+        "type" => "Image",
+        "url" => [
+          %{
+            "mediaType" => "image/png",
+            "href" => "someurl"
+          }
+        ],
+        "name" => "fool.jpeg",
+        "summary" => "they have played us for absolute fools."
+      }
+
+      expected = %{
+        blurhash: nil,
+        description: "they have played us for absolute fools.",
+        id: "1638338801",
+        pleroma: %{mime_type: "image/png", name: "fool.jpeg"},
+        preview_url: "someurl",
+        remote_url: "someurl",
+        text_url: "someurl",
+        type: "image",
+        url: "someurl"
+      }
+
+      api_spec = Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.spec()
+
+      assert expected == StatusView.render("attachment.json", %{attachment: object})
+      assert_schema(expected, "Attachment", api_spec)
+    end
   end
 
   test "put the url advertised in the Activity in to the url attribute" do