diff --git a/app/soapbox/__fixtures__/fedibird-account.json b/app/soapbox/__fixtures__/fedibird-account.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07bbd7057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/__fixtures__/fedibird-account.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "id": "66768",
+  "username": "alex",
+  "acct": "alex",
+  "display_name": "",
+  "locked": false,
+  "bot": false,
+  "cat": false,
+  "discoverable": false,
+  "group": false,
+  "created_at": "2020-01-27T00:00:00.000Z",
+  "note": "<p></p>",
+  "url": "https://fedibird.com/@alex",
+  "avatar": "https://fedibird.com/avatars/original/missing.png",
+  "avatar_static": "https://fedibird.com/avatars/original/missing.png",
+  "header": "https://fedibird.com/headers/original/missing.png",
+  "header_static": "https://fedibird.com/headers/original/missing.png",
+  "followers_count": 1,
+  "following_count": 1,
+  "subscribing_count": 0,
+  "statuses_count": 5,
+  "last_status_at": "2022-02-20",
+  "emojis": [],
+  "fields": [],
+  "other_settings": {
+    "birthday": "1993-07-03",
+    "location": "Texas, USA",
+    "noindex": false,
+    "hide_network": false,
+    "hide_statuses_count": false,
+    "hide_following_count": false,
+    "hide_followers_count": false,
+    "enable_reaction": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/__fixtures__/alex.json b/app/soapbox/__fixtures__/pleroma-account.json
similarity index 100%
rename from app/soapbox/__fixtures__/alex.json
rename to app/soapbox/__fixtures__/pleroma-account.json
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/__tests__/account-test.js b/app/soapbox/normalizers/__tests__/account-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d9b9f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/__tests__/account-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { fromJS } from 'immutable';
+
+import { normalizeAccount } from '../account';
+
+describe('normalizeAccount()', () => {
+  it('normalizes Fedibird birthday', () => {
+    const account = fromJS(require('soapbox/__fixtures__/fedibird-account.json'));
+    const result = normalizeAccount(account);
+
+    expect(result.get('birthday')).toEqual('1993-07-03');
+  });
+
+  it('normalizes Pleroma birthday', () => {
+    const account = fromJS(require('soapbox/__fixtures__/pleroma-account.json'));
+    const result = normalizeAccount(account);
+
+    expect(result.get('birthday')).toEqual('1993-07-03');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.js b/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb623c803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export const normalizeAccount = account => {
+  const birthday = [
+    account.getIn(['pleroma', 'birthday']),
+    account.getIn(['other_settings', 'birthday']),
+  ].find(Boolean);
+
+  return account.set('birthday', birthday);
+};
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
index 4ccb82856..924360dc9 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
 import { CHATS_FETCH_SUCCESS, CHATS_EXPAND_SUCCESS, CHAT_FETCH_SUCCESS } from 'soapbox/actions/chats';
 import { normalizeAccount as normalizeAccount2 } from 'soapbox/actions/importer/normalizer';
 import { STREAMING_CHAT_UPDATE } from 'soapbox/actions/streaming';
+import { normalizeAccount } from 'soapbox/normalizers/account';
 import { normalizePleromaUserFields } from 'soapbox/utils/pleroma';
 
 import {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ const normalizePleroma = account => {
   return account;
 };
 
-const normalizeAccount = (state, account) => {
+const fixAccount = (state, account) => {
   const normalized = fromJS(normalizePleroma(account)).withMutations(account => {
     account.deleteAll([
       'followers_count',
@@ -55,19 +56,14 @@ const normalizeAccount = (state, account) => {
       'statuses_count',
       'source',
     ]);
-    account.set(
-      'birthday',
-      account.getIn(['pleroma', 'birthday'], account.getIn(['other_settings', 'birthday'])),
-    );
   });
 
-
-  return state.set(account.id, normalized);
+  return state.set(account.id, normalizeAccount(normalized));
 };
 
 const normalizeAccounts = (state, accounts) => {
   accounts.forEach(account => {
-    state = normalizeAccount(state, account);
+    state = fixAccount(state, account);
   });
 
   return state;
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@ const normalizeAccounts = (state, accounts) => {
 
 const importAccountFromChat = (state, chat) =>
   // TODO: Fix this monstrosity
-  normalizeAccount(state, normalizeAccount2(chat.account));
+  fixAccount(state, normalizeAccount2(chat.account));
 
 const importAccountsFromChats = (state, chats) =>
   state.withMutations(mutable =>
@@ -209,7 +205,7 @@ const setSuggested = (state, accountIds, isSuggested) => {
 export default function accounts(state = initialState, action) {
   switch(action.type) {
   case ACCOUNT_IMPORT:
-    return normalizeAccount(state, action.account);
+    return fixAccount(state, action.account);
   case ACCOUNTS_IMPORT:
     return normalizeAccounts(state, action.accounts);
   case ACCOUNT_FETCH_FAIL_FOR_USERNAME_LOOKUP:
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/accounts-test.js b/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/accounts-test.js
index d3fd6f9ba..a9a77ffe1 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/accounts-test.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/accounts-test.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('isModerator', () => {
 
 describe('accountToMention', () => {
   it('converts the account to a mention', () => {
-    const account = fromJS(require('soapbox/__fixtures__/alex.json'));
+    const account = fromJS(require('soapbox/__fixtures__/pleroma-account.json'));
 
     const expected = fromJS({
       id: '9v5bmRalQvjOy0ECcC',