diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/instance_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/instance_view.ex
index 8237b2aad5..0decd2559b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/instance_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/instance_view.ex
@@ -252,6 +252,21 @@ defp configuration2 do
     })
   end
 
+  defp restrict_unauthenticated do
+    Config.get([:restrict_unauthenticated])
+    |> Enum.map(fn {category, features} ->
+      features =
+        Enum.map(features, fn
+          {feature, is_enabled} when is_boolean(is_enabled) -> {feature, is_enabled}
+          {feature, :if_instance_is_private} -> {feature, !Config.get!([:instance, :public])}
+        end)
+        |> Enum.into(%{})
+
+      {category, features}
+    end)
+    |> Enum.into(%{})
+  end
+
   defp pleroma_configuration(instance) do
     %{
       metadata: %{
@@ -264,6 +279,7 @@ defp pleroma_configuration(instance) do
         birthday_required: Config.get([:instance, :birthday_required]),
         birthday_min_age: Config.get([:instance, :birthday_min_age]),
         migration_cooldown_period: Config.get([:instance, :migration_cooldown_period]),
+        restrict_unauthenticated: restrict_unauthenticated(),
         translation: translation_configuration(),
         markup: markup()
       },
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/instance_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/instance_controller_test.exs
index 04e1360569..32cb6f2585 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/instance_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/instance_controller_test.exs
@@ -204,4 +204,14 @@ test "translation languages matrix", %{conn: conn} do
              |> get("/api/v1/instance/translation_languages")
              |> json_response_and_validate_schema(200)
   end
+
+  test "restrict_unauthenticated", %{conn: conn} do
+    result =
+      conn
+      |> get("/api/v1/instance")
+      |> json_response_and_validate_schema(200)
+
+    assert result["pleroma"]["metadata"]["restrict_unauthenticated"]["timelines"]["local"] ==
+             false
+  end
 end