diff --git a/server/helpers/activitypub.ts b/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
index 62d78373e..e850efe13 100644
--- a/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/activitypub.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ function activityPubContextify <T> (data: T) {
         expires: 'sc:expires',
         support: 'sc:Text',
         CacheFile: 'pt:CacheFile',
-        Infohash: 'pt:Infohash'
+        Infohash: 'pt:Infohash',
+        originallyPublishedAt: 'sc:DateTime'
       },
       {
         likes: {
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
index 53ad0588d..d94333151 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function sanitizeAndCheckVideoTorrentObject (video: any) {
     isBooleanValid(video.downloadEnabled) &&
     isDateValid(video.published) &&
     isDateValid(video.updated) &&
+    (!video.originallyPublishedAt || isDateValid(video.originallyPublishedAt)) &&
     (!video.content || isRemoteVideoContentValid(video.mediaType, video.content)) &&
     isRemoteVideoIconValid(video.icon) &&
     video.url.length !== 0 &&
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
index 710929aac..9ca0502a4 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/videos.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ async function updateVideoFromAP (options: {
       options.video.set('duration', videoData.duration)
       options.video.set('createdAt', videoData.createdAt)
       options.video.set('publishedAt', videoData.publishedAt)
+      options.video.set('originallyPublishedAt', videoData.originallyPublishedAt)
       options.video.set('privacy', videoData.privacy)
       options.video.set('channelId', videoData.channelId)
       options.video.set('views', videoData.views)
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ async function videoActivityObjectToDBAttributes (
     duration: parseInt(duration, 10),
     createdAt: new Date(videoObject.published),
     publishedAt: new Date(videoObject.published),
+    originallyPublishedAt: videoObject.originallyPublishedAt ? new Date(videoObject.originallyPublishedAt) : null,
     // FIXME: updatedAt does not seems to be considered by Sequelize
     updatedAt: new Date(videoObject.updated),
     views: videoObject.views,
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts b/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
index c63285e25..a62335333 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
@@ -324,9 +324,7 @@ function videoModelToActivityPubObject (video: VideoModel): VideoTorrentObject {
     commentsEnabled: video.commentsEnabled,
     downloadEnabled: video.downloadEnabled,
     published: video.publishedAt.toISOString(),
-    originallyPublishedAt: video.originallyPublishedAt ?
-      video.originallyPublishedAt.toISOString() :
-      null,
+    originallyPublishedAt: video.originallyPublishedAt ? video.originallyPublishedAt.toISOString() : null,
     updated: video.updatedAt.toISOString(),
     mediaType: 'text/markdown',
     content: video.getTruncatedDescription(),
diff --git a/server/models/video/video.ts b/server/models/video/video.ts
index 73626b6a0..215e26d7d 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import {
   isVideoDurationValid,
   isVideoLanguageValid,
   isVideoLicenceValid,
-  isVideoNameValid,
+  isVideoNameValid, isVideoOriginallyPublishedAtValid,
   isVideoPrivacyValid,
   isVideoStateValid,
   isVideoSupportValid
@@ -103,10 +103,17 @@ const indexes: Sequelize.DefineIndexesOptions[] = [
 
   { fields: [ 'createdAt' ] },
   { fields: [ 'publishedAt' ] },
-  { fields: [ 'originallyPublishedAt' ] },
   { fields: [ 'duration' ] },
   { fields: [ 'views' ] },
   { fields: [ 'channelId' ] },
+  {
+    fields: [ 'originallyPublishedAt' ],
+    where: {
+      originallyPublishedAt: {
+        [Sequelize.Op.ne]: null
+      }
+    }
+  },
   {
     fields: [ 'category' ], // We don't care videos with an unknown category
     where: {
@@ -741,6 +748,8 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
   @Column
   publishedAt: Date
 
+  @AllowNull(true)
+  @Default(null)
   @Column
   originallyPublishedAt: Date
 
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
index 878ffe025..3eccaee44 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
         support: 'my super support text',
         tags: [ 'tag1', 'tag2' ],
         privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
-        channelId: channelId
+        channelId: channelId,
+        originallyPublishedAt: new Date().toISOString()
       }
     })
 
@@ -313,6 +314,13 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
       await makeUploadRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + '/upload', token: server.accessToken, fields, attaches })
     })
 
+    it('Should fail with a bad originally published at attribute', async function () {
+      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { 'originallyPublishedAt': 'toto' })
+      const attaches = baseCorrectAttaches
+
+      await makeUploadRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + '/upload', token: server.accessToken, fields, attaches })
+    })
+
     it('Should fail without an input file', async function () {
       const fields = baseCorrectParams
       const attaches = {}
@@ -534,6 +542,12 @@ describe('Test videos API validator', function () {
       await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + videoId, token: server.accessToken, fields })
     })
 
+    it('Should fail with a bad originally published at param', async function () {
+      const fields = immutableAssign(baseCorrectParams, { originallyPublishedAt: 'toto' })
+
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path: path + videoId, token: server.accessToken, fields })
+    })
+
     it('Should fail with an incorrect thumbnail file', async function () {
       const fields = baseCorrectParams
       const attaches = {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
index 1b471ba79..7e2fcb630 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/multiple-servers.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         nsfw: true,
         description: 'my super description for server 1',
         support: 'my super support text for server 1',
+        originallyPublishedAt: '2019-02-10T13:38:14.449Z',
         tags: [ 'tag1p1', 'tag2p1' ],
         channelId: videoChannelId,
         fixture: 'video_short1.webm'
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           nsfw: true,
           description: 'my super description for server 1',
           support: 'my super support text for server 1',
+          originallyPublishedAt: '2019-02-10T13:38:14.449Z',
           account: {
             name: 'root',
             host: 'localhost:9001'
@@ -625,6 +627,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
         support: 'my super support text updated',
         tags: [ 'tag_up_1', 'tag_up_2' ],
         thumbnailfile: 'thumbnail.jpg',
+        originallyPublishedAt: '2019-02-11T13:38:14.449Z',
         previewfile: 'preview.jpg'
       }
 
@@ -652,6 +655,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           nsfw: true,
           description: 'my super description updated',
           support: 'my super support text updated',
+          originallyPublishedAt: '2019-02-11T13:38:14.449Z',
           account: {
             name: 'root',
             host: 'localhost:9003'
@@ -983,7 +987,7 @@ describe('Test multiple servers', function () {
           isLocal,
           duration: 5,
           commentsEnabled: false,
-          downloadEnabled: false,
+          downloadEnabled: true,
           tags: [ ],
           privacy: VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC,
           channel: {
diff --git a/shared/utils/videos/videos.ts b/shared/utils/videos/videos.ts
index 39c808d1f..16ecbfe84 100644
--- a/shared/utils/videos/videos.ts
+++ b/shared/utils/videos/videos.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type VideoAttributes = {
   downloadEnabled?: boolean
   waitTranscoding?: boolean
   description?: string
+  originallyPublishedAt?: string
   tags?: string[]
   channelId?: number
   privacy?: VideoPrivacy
@@ -349,6 +350,9 @@ async function uploadVideo (url: string, accessToken: string, videoAttributesArg
   if (attributes.licence !== undefined) {
     req.field('licence', attributes.licence.toString())
   }
+  if (attributes.originallyPublishedAt !== undefined) {
+    req.field('originallyPublishedAt', attributes.originallyPublishedAt)
+  }
 
   for (let i = 0; i < attributes.tags.length; i++) {
     req.field('tags[' + i + ']', attributes.tags[i])
@@ -384,6 +388,7 @@ function updateVideo (url: string, accessToken: string, id: number | string, att
   if (attributes.nsfw !== undefined) body['nsfw'] = JSON.stringify(attributes.nsfw)
   if (attributes.commentsEnabled !== undefined) body['commentsEnabled'] = JSON.stringify(attributes.commentsEnabled)
   if (attributes.downloadEnabled !== undefined) body['downloadEnabled'] = JSON.stringify(attributes.downloadEnabled)
+  if (attributes.originallyPublishedAt !== undefined) body['originallyPublishedAt'] = attributes.originallyPublishedAt
   if (attributes.description) body['description'] = attributes.description
   if (attributes.tags) body['tags'] = attributes.tags
   if (attributes.privacy) body['privacy'] = attributes.privacy
@@ -453,6 +458,7 @@ async function completeVideoCheck (
     description: string
     publishedAt?: string
     support: string
+    originallyPublishedAt?: string,
     account: {
       name: string
       host: string
@@ -510,6 +516,12 @@ async function completeVideoCheck (
     expect(video.publishedAt).to.equal(attributes.publishedAt)
   }
 
+  if (attributes.originallyPublishedAt) {
+    expect(video.originallyPublishedAt).to.equal(attributes.originallyPublishedAt)
+  } else {
+    expect(video.originallyPublishedAt).to.be.null
+  }
+
   const res = await getVideo(url, video.uuid)
   const videoDetails: VideoDetails = res.body