diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 9c9c0daf5de7964e9d21a28f45b599669eb86809..e8a000b03356d337d674a70156802d95e35e33a0 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Prevent duplicate mention notifications when the post is received twice [#7721](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7721)
+* Fixed a compatiblitiy issue with non-diaspora\* webfingers [#7718](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7718)
 
 ## Features
 * Add basic html5 audio/video embedding support [#6418](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6418)
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/federation/entities.rb b/lib/diaspora/federation/entities.rb
index deda9243e7cf6b87f1c3a8ed65ea843fd3a64d3d..8a842b40911fe2ecc31f8c1be955b34f4ab95c00 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/federation/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/federation/entities.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ module Diaspora
             parent_guid:      comment.post.guid,
             text:             comment.text,
             created_at:       comment.created_at,
+            edited_at:        comment.signature&.additional_data&.[]("edited_at"),
             author_signature: comment.signature.try(:author_signature),
             parent:           related_entity(comment.post)
           },
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/federation/receive.rb b/lib/diaspora/federation/receive.rb
index 51954db014012d93ee2b1f460133074520d578ea..7148c25218e75efbb022c7b2a235e8ec9a17bfe1 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/federation/receive.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/federation/receive.rb
@@ -272,10 +272,19 @@ module Diaspora
         end
       end
 
+      # This are property names that are known by the +diaspora_federation+ library as properties but not
+      # specially stored in our database and therefore need to be stored in the +additional_data+ field.
+      UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES_NAMES = %i[edited_at].freeze
+      private_constant :UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES_NAMES
+
       private_class_method def self.build_signature(klass, entity)
+        special_additional_data = UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES_NAMES.map {|name|
+          [name.to_s, entity.public_send(name)] if entity.respond_to?(name) && entity.signature_order.include?(name)
+        }.compact.to_h
+
         klass.reflect_on_association(:signature).klass.new(
           author_signature: entity.author_signature,
-          additional_data:  entity.additional_data,
+          additional_data:  entity.additional_data.merge(special_additional_data),
           signature_order:  SignatureOrder.find_or_create_by!(order: entity.signature_order.join(" "))
         )
       end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/entities_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/entities_spec.rb
index a6fabd1754a5015271b6c3d740adc48777e14195..51e67a177e7c65b2b0096d0f56bf90aad3744c9b 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/entities_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/entities_spec.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe Diaspora::Federation::Entities do
       expect(federation_entity.guid).to eq(diaspora_entity.guid)
       expect(federation_entity.parent_guid).to eq(diaspora_entity.post.guid)
       expect(federation_entity.text).to eq(diaspora_entity.text)
+      expect(federation_entity.created_at).to eq(diaspora_entity.created_at)
       expect(federation_entity.author_signature).to be_nil
       expect(federation_entity.additional_data).to be_empty
     end
@@ -42,6 +43,27 @@ describe Diaspora::Federation::Entities do
       expect(federation_entity.guid).to eq(diaspora_entity.guid)
       expect(federation_entity.parent_guid).to eq(diaspora_entity.post.guid)
       expect(federation_entity.text).to eq(diaspora_entity.text)
+      expect(federation_entity.created_at).to eq(diaspora_entity.created_at)
+      expect(federation_entity.author_signature).to eq(diaspora_entity.signature.author_signature)
+      expect(federation_entity.signature_order.map(&:to_s)).to eq(diaspora_entity.signature.signature_order.order.split)
+      expect(federation_entity.additional_data).to eq(diaspora_entity.signature.additional_data)
+    end
+
+    it "builds a comment with edited_at" do
+      edited_at = Time.now.utc + 3600
+      diaspora_entity = FactoryGirl.build(
+        :comment,
+        signature: FactoryGirl.build(:comment_signature, additional_data: {"edited_at" => edited_at})
+      )
+      federation_entity = described_class.build(diaspora_entity)
+
+      expect(federation_entity).to be_instance_of(DiasporaFederation::Entities::Comment)
+      expect(federation_entity.author).to eq(diaspora_entity.author.diaspora_handle)
+      expect(federation_entity.guid).to eq(diaspora_entity.guid)
+      expect(federation_entity.parent_guid).to eq(diaspora_entity.post.guid)
+      expect(federation_entity.text).to eq(diaspora_entity.text)
+      expect(federation_entity.created_at).to eq(diaspora_entity.created_at)
+      expect(federation_entity.edited_at).to eq(edited_at)
       expect(federation_entity.author_signature).to eq(diaspora_entity.signature.author_signature)
       expect(federation_entity.signature_order.map(&:to_s)).to eq(diaspora_entity.signature.signature_order.order.split)
       expect(federation_entity.additional_data).to eq(diaspora_entity.signature.additional_data)
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/receive_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/receive_spec.rb
index 767e677963967cc5441f3e4637ab2be6d4d8735a..deaea880ee2330d3f84135e15596c811121e98b9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/receive_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/receive_spec.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe Diaspora::Federation::Receive do
 
       expect(comment.signature).not_to be_nil
       expect(comment.signature.author_signature).to eq("aa")
-      expect(comment.signature.additional_data).to eq("new_property" => "data")
+      expect(comment.signature.additional_data).to eq("new_property" => "data", "edited_at" => comment_entity.edited_at)
       expect(comment.signature.order).to eq(comment_entity.signature_order.map(&:to_s))
     end