diff --git a/app/models/follow_request.rb b/app/models/follow_request.rb
index 3c5e8f96f0d..93c72ce1b27 100644
--- a/app/models/follow_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/follow_request.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ class FollowRequest < ApplicationRecord
     follow = account.follow!(target_account, reblogs: show_reblogs, notify: notify, languages: languages, uri: uri, bypass_limit: true)
     ListAccount.where(follow_request: self).update_all(follow_request_id: nil, follow_id: follow.id) # rubocop:disable Rails/SkipsModelValidations
     MergeWorker.perform_async(target_account.id, account.id) if account.local?
+
+    TriggerWebhookWorker.perform_async('follow.created', 'Follow', follow.id)
+
     destroy!
   end
 
diff --git a/app/services/follow_service.rb b/app/services/follow_service.rb
index af5f996077e..72dd720dcdc 100644
--- a/app/services/follow_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/follow_service.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ class FollowService < BaseService
     if (@target_account.locked? && !@options[:bypass_locked]) || @source_account.silenced? || @target_account.activitypub?
       request_follow!
     elsif @target_account.local?
-      direct_follow!
+      follow = direct_follow!
+      trigger_webhooks follow.id
+      follow
     end
   end
 
@@ -93,4 +95,8 @@ class FollowService < BaseService
   def follow_options
     @options.slice(:reblogs, :notify, :languages)
   end
+
+  def trigger_webhooks(follow_id)
+    TriggerWebhookWorker.perform_async('follow.created', 'Follow', follow_id)
+  end
 end