diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 791c251..85edbd0 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -140,9 +140,14 @@ def signed_request(fn, url, data=None, user=None, headers=None, **kwargs):
     domain = user.key.id()
     logger.info(f"Signing with {domain}'s key")
     key_id = host_url(domain)
-    auth = HTTPSignatureAuth(secret=user.private_pem(), key_id=key_id,
-                             algorithm='rsa-sha256', sign_header='signature',
-                             headers=('Date', 'Host', 'Digest'))
+    # (request-target) is a special HTTP Signatures header that some fediverse
+    # implementations require, eg Peertube.
+    # https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-cavage-http-signatures-12#section-2.3
+    # https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/40
+    auth = HTTPSignatureAuth(
+      secret=user.private_pem(), key_id=key_id, algorithm='rsa-sha256',
+      sign_header='signature',
+      headers=('Date', 'Host', 'Digest', '(request-target)'))
 
     # make HTTP request
     kwargs.setdefault('gateway', True)
diff --git a/tests/test_common.py b/tests/test_common.py
index 92898da..dd37c96 100644
--- a/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/tests/test_common.py
@@ -180,5 +180,6 @@ class CommonTest(testutil.TestCase):
         first = mock_get.call_args_list[0][1]
         second = mock_get.call_args_list[1][1]
         self.assertNotEqual(first['headers'], second['headers'])
-        self.assertNotEqual(first['auth'].header_signer.sign(first['headers']),
-                            second['auth'].header_signer.sign(second['headers']))
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            first['auth'].header_signer.sign(first['headers'], method='GET', path='/'),
+            second['auth'].header_signer.sign(second['headers'], method='GET', path='/'))