diff --git a/activitypub.py b/activitypub.py
index 05017189..28acf734 100644
--- a/activitypub.py
+++ b/activitypub.py
@@ -550,7 +550,11 @@ def actor(protocol, domain):
         g.user = cls.get_or_create(id=domain, actor_as2=actor_as2)
 
     # TODO: unify with common.actor()
-    actor = postprocess_as2(g.user.actor_as2 or {'type': 'Person'})
+    actor = g.user.actor_as2 or {
+        '@context': [as2.CONTEXT],
+        'type': 'Person',
+    }
+    actor = postprocess_as2(actor)
     actor.update({
         'id': g.user.ap_actor(),
         # This has to be the domain for Mastodon etc interop! It seems like it
diff --git a/tests/test_activitypub.py b/tests/test_activitypub.py
index f5e2da61..1c9deb30 100644
--- a/tests/test_activitypub.py
+++ b/tests/test_activitypub.py
@@ -304,7 +304,10 @@ def test_actor_fake(self, *_):
         type = got.headers['Content-Type']
         self.assertTrue(type.startswith(as2.CONTENT_TYPE), type)
         self.assertEqual({
-            '@context': ['https://w3id.org/security/v1'],
+            '@context': [
+                'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+                'https://w3id.org/security/v1',
+            ],
             'type': 'Person',
             'id': 'http://bf/fake.com/ap',
             'preferredUsername': 'fake.com',