diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
index 09af60865..80d53adff 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
   # This is a naive way to do this, just spawning a process per activity
   # to fetch the preview. However it should be fine considering
   # pagination is restricted to 40 activities at a time
-  defp fetch_rich_media_for_activities(activities) do
+  defp fetch_rich_media_for_activities(activities, opts) do
     Enum.each(activities, fn activity ->
-      Card.get_by_activity(activity)
+      Card.get_by_activity(activity, opts)
     end)
   end
 
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
     activities = Enum.filter(opts.activities, & &1)
 
     # Start prefetching rich media before doing anything else
-    fetch_rich_media_for_activities(activities)
+    fetch_rich_media_for_activities(activities, opts)
+
     replied_to_activities = get_replied_to_activities(activities)
     quoted_activities = get_quoted_activities(activities)
 
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
     summary = object.data["summary"] || ""
 
     card =
-      case Card.get_by_activity(activity) do
+      case Card.get_by_activity(activity, opts) do
         %Card{} = result -> render("card.json", result)
         _ -> nil
       end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/backfill.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/backfill.ex
index 1cd90629f..607c5238a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/backfill.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/backfill.ex
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Backfill do
 
   require Logger
 
+  @callback run(map()) :: :ok | Parser.parse_errors() | Helpers.get_errors()
+
   @cachex Pleroma.Config.get([:cachex, :provider], Cachex)
   @stream_out_impl Pleroma.Config.get(
                      [__MODULE__, :stream_out],
@@ -26,11 +28,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Backfill do
         {:ok, card} = Card.create(url, fields)
 
         maybe_schedule_expiration(url, fields)
-
-        with %{"activity_id" => activity_id} <- args,
-             false <- is_nil(activity_id) do
-          stream_update(args)
-        end
+        maybe_update_stream(args)
 
         warm_cache(url_hash, card)
         :ok
@@ -55,12 +53,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Backfill do
     end
   end
 
-  defp stream_update(%{"activity_id" => activity_id}) do
+  defp maybe_update_stream(%{"activity_id" => activity_id, "stream" => true}) when is_binary(activity_id) do
     Pleroma.Activity.get_by_id(activity_id)
     |> Pleroma.Activity.normalize()
     |> @stream_out_impl.stream_out()
   end
 
+  # Streamer.stream_out returns noop when unsupported activity type is requested to be streamed.
+  # Do the same here for unwanted streaming
+  defp maybe_update_stream(_), do: :noop
+
   defp warm_cache(key, val), do: @cachex.put(:rich_media_cache, key, val)
 
   defp negative_cache(key, ttl \\ :timer.minutes(15)),
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/card.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/card.ex
index 6b4bb9555..86a4f577a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/card.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/rich_media/card.ex
@@ -90,8 +90,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Card do
 
         nil ->
           activity_id = Keyword.get(opts, :activity_id, nil)
+          # Nested opts, first layer comes from get_by_activity/2 as Keyword, second from API views/Federation as Map.
+          # Provide default Map when called directly.
+          opts = Keyword.get(opts, :opts, %{})
+          stream = Map.get(opts, :stream, true)
 
-          RichMediaWorker.new(%{"op" => "backfill", "url" => url, "activity_id" => activity_id})
+          RichMediaWorker.new(%{"op" => "backfill", "url" => url, "activity_id" => activity_id, "stream" => stream})
           |> Oban.insert()
 
           nil
@@ -112,9 +116,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Card do
     end
   end
 
-  @spec get_by_activity(Activity.t()) :: t() | nil | :error
+  @spec get_by_activity(Activity.t(), %{}) :: t() | nil | :error
+  def get_by_activity(activity, opts \\ %{})
+
   # Fake/Draft activity
-  def get_by_activity(%Activity{id: "pleroma:fakeid"} = activity) do
+  def get_by_activity(%Activity{id: "pleroma:fakeid"} = activity, _opts) do
     with {_, true} <- {:config, @config_impl.get([:rich_media, :enabled])},
          %Object{} = object <- Object.normalize(activity, fetch: false),
          url when not is_nil(url) <- HTML.extract_first_external_url_from_object(object) do
@@ -138,13 +144,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Card do
     end
   end
 
-  def get_by_activity(activity) do
+  def get_by_activity(activity, opts) do
     with %Object{} = object <- Object.normalize(activity, fetch: false),
          {_, nil} <- {:cached, get_cached_url(object, activity.id)} do
       nil
     else
       {:cached, url} ->
-        get_or_backfill_by_url(url, activity_id: activity.id)
+        get_or_backfill_by_url(url, activity_id: activity.id, opts: opts)
 
       _ ->
         :error
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/rich_media/backfill_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/rich_media/backfill_test.exs
index 8b4834bf7..f7e74c02a 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/rich_media/backfill_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/rich_media/backfill_test.exs
@@ -5,12 +5,20 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.BackfillTest do
   use Pleroma.DataCase
 
+  alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
   alias Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Backfill
   alias Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.Card
 
   import Mox
+  import Pleroma.Factory
 
-  setup_all do: clear_config([:rich_media, :enabled], true)
+  setup do 
+    clear_config([:rich_media, :enabled], true)
+
+    Mox.stub_with(Pleroma.CachexMock, Pleroma.NullCache)
+
+    :ok
+  end
 
   test "sets a negative cache entry for an error" do
     url = "https://bad.example.com/"
@@ -45,4 +53,50 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.RichMedia.BackfillTest do
 
     Backfill.run(%{"url" => url})
   end
+
+  test "streams out update when stream == true" do
+    url = "https://example.com"
+    user = insert(:user)
+
+    Tesla.Mock.mock(fn %{url: ^url} ->
+      {:ok,
+       %Tesla.Env{
+         status: 200,
+         body: "<head><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cofe\"></head>"
+       }}
+    end)
+
+    {:ok, activity} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: "#cofe #{url}"})
+
+    Pleroma.CachexMock
+    |> expect(:put, fn :rich_media_cache, _, _ -> {:ok, true} end)
+
+    Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPubMock
+    |> expect(:stream_out, fn _ -> :ok end)
+
+    Backfill.run(%{"url" => url, "activity_id" => "#{activity.data["id"]}", "stream" => true})
+  end
+
+  test "does not stream out update when stream == false" do
+    url = "https://example.com"
+    user = insert(:user)
+
+    Tesla.Mock.mock(fn %{url: ^url} ->
+      {:ok,
+       %Tesla.Env{
+         status: 200,
+         body: "<head><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cofe\"></head>"
+       }}
+    end)
+
+    {:ok, activity} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: "#cofe #{url}"})
+
+    Pleroma.CachexMock
+    |> expect(:put, fn :rich_media_cache, _, _ -> {:ok, true} end)
+
+    Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPubMock
+    |> deny(:stream_out, 1)
+
+    Backfill.run(%{"url" => url, "activity_id" => "#{activity.data["id"]}", "stream" => false})
+  end
 end