diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/mastodon.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/mastodon.py
index 0d2cded525d..dcdf82a2485 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/mastodon.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/mastodon.py
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ def items(self):
             del status["media_attachments"]
 
             status["instance"] = self.instance
+            if "@" in status["account"]["acct"]:
+                status["remote_instance"] = status["account"]["acct"].split('@')[1]
+            else: 
+                status["remote_instance"] = None
+
             status["tags"] = [tag["name"] for tag in status["tags"]]
             status["date"] = text.parse_datetime(
                 status["created_at"][:19], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")