diff --git a/internal/processing/status/boost.go b/internal/processing/status/boost.go
index b1abc017c..3573b6fdd 100644
--- a/internal/processing/status/boost.go
+++ b/internal/processing/status/boost.go
@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ func (p *processor) Boost(ctx context.Context, requestingAccount *gtsmodel.Accou
 		return nil, gtserror.NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("no status owner for status %s", targetStatusID))
 	}
 
+	// if targetStatusID refers to a boost, then we should redirect
+	// the target to being the status that was boosted; if we don't
+	// do this, then we end up in weird situations where people
+	// boost boosts, and it looks absolutely bizarre in the UI
+	if targetStatus.BoostOfID != "" {
+		if targetStatus.BoostOf == nil {
+			b, err := p.db.GetStatusByID(ctx, targetStatus.BoostOfID)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, gtserror.NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("couldn't fetch boosted status %s", targetStatus.BoostOfID))
+			}
+			targetStatus.BoostOf = b
+		}
+		targetStatus = targetStatus.BoostOf
+	}
+
 	boostable, err := p.filter.StatusBoostable(ctx, targetStatus, requestingAccount)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, gtserror.NewErrorNotFound(fmt.Errorf("error seeing if status %s is boostable: %s", targetStatus.ID, err))
diff --git a/internal/processing/status/boost_test.go b/internal/processing/status/boost_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..375e3bd99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/processing/status/boost_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021-2022 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package status_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+)
+
+type StatusBoostTestSuite struct {
+	StatusStandardTestSuite
+}
+
+func (suite *StatusBoostTestSuite) TestBoostOfBoost() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// first boost a status, no big deal
+	boostingAccount1 := suite.testAccounts["local_account_1"]
+	application1 := suite.testApplications["application_1"]
+	targetStatus1 := suite.testStatuses["admin_account_status_1"]
+
+	boost1, err := suite.status.Boost(ctx, boostingAccount1, application1, targetStatus1.ID)
+	suite.NoError(err)
+	suite.NotNil(boost1)
+	suite.Equal(targetStatus1.ID, boost1.Reblog.ID)
+
+	// now take another account and boost that boost
+	boostingAccount2 := suite.testAccounts["local_account_2"]
+	application2 := suite.testApplications["application_2"]
+	targetStatus2ID := boost1.ID
+
+	boost2, err := suite.status.Boost(ctx, boostingAccount2, application2, targetStatus2ID)
+	suite.NoError(err)
+	suite.NotNil(boost2)
+	// the boosted status should not be the boost,
+	// but the original status that was boosted
+	suite.Equal(targetStatus1.ID, boost2.Reblog.ID)
+}
+
+func TestStatusBoostTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(StatusBoostTestSuite))
+}