diff --git a/federation/tests/fixtures/payloads/diaspora.py b/federation/tests/fixtures/payloads/diaspora.py
index 3fb1fba..8bd3669 100644
--- a/federation/tests/fixtures/payloads/diaspora.py
+++ b/federation/tests/fixtures/payloads/diaspora.py
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ DIASPORA_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD = """<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 </me:env>
 """
 
+DIASPORA_RESHARE_PAYLOAD = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<me:env xmlns:me="http://salmon-protocol.org/ns/magic-env">
+  <me:data type="application/xml">PHN0YXR1c19tZXNzYWdlPgogIDxhdXRob3I-YXJ0c291bmQyQGRpYXNwLmV1PC9hdXRob3I-CiAgPGd1aWQ-NjI2NGNjNzAyOGM5MDEzNzQyODk0MDYxODYyYjhlN2I8L2d1aWQ-CiAgPGNyZWF0ZWRfYXQ-MjAxOS0wMy0xNFQyMDo1NToxMlo8L2NyZWF0ZWRfYXQ-CiAgPHB1YmxpYz50cnVlPC9wdWJsaWM-CiAgPHRleHQ-KipQbGVhc2Ugc3RheSBvZmYgdGhlIGdyYXNzIC4uLiBvcioqJiN4RDsKIVtdKGh0dHBzOi8vNjYubWVkaWEudHVtYmxyLmNvbS9kNGViMTMyMTZlZWY5ODE1ZjMzNTBhZDk1OTk5MmYxYy90dW1ibHJfcG80aXRjNzJKbjF5M3F1d25vMV81MDAuanBnKSYjeEQ7CiNzdGF5b2ZmPC90ZXh0Pgo8L3N0YXR1c19tZXNzYWdlPg==</me:data>
+  <me:encoding>base64url</me:encoding>
+  <me:alg>RSA-SHA256</me:alg>
+  <me:sig key_id="YXJ0c291bmQyQGRpYXNwLmV1">VWvuHE-HNgQGoCUqlNOEzl4qmrW3hl5qv4CwFu3-WXHeaB2ULGNDDbqO2sWE5R4TFjT-3WNLyma1QnL3dnozmnzdUT1DnL_Il2BwTTEUa3qHl1qaepikPWF_VKDTez-NJUzQCOFGENZcBSTfBy7yP0dErHhewaLXcXg37nCLyTN2elftE7x80BDXMZouApIMht2NvSwH91tIRw474Tuce2316JtVEdGhiGgzZ5iIF7BycUKw4Redxdc2RPvgJNWWqvgO6jYyc7rgzRtj1a_K7gA30Y280k6DkwNut8tCcUqU1FCN5AWT2S_vF8DIG3MWEBtqs7lDxDcjKBcQsXS9IY9sSwKr7kfT6wh6weHr2EbBv9ZPtbEL3_PY_orGLoz7MeJrO9bY2K59SptAs66esNJaqtQvlnbYXB8i6xLLWsTBc9t9WEx1EsBzLN5gak58evUoQVtVXQZ2kdR_rYR0U1dhVDWihL2fc_x7dkR2W8QTZKXPbdQwfday6msSOqQLWQ7NzJTh5djvkapY6Clu-ka_mMi7Avm0bzK5bEoGVUQidRM6Gq_e6hoPvq5J3-0SyAacQvP1sa9XEMHhvdumlnFPuwrcLHRb2utWlUS2L5BjXSlOt-k-HhSXFi5ClxFJL_-LqPeMOgCS07ogfeN_ZHfwNTMDdToVkBPi11sM0PY=</me:sig>
+</me:env>
+"""
+
 DIASPORA_ENCRYPTED_PAYLOAD = """{
   "aes_key": "...",
   "encrypted_magic_envelope": "..."
diff --git a/federation/tests/protocols/diaspora/test_protocol.py b/federation/tests/protocols/diaspora/test_protocol.py
index c6d95e2..75069f6 100644
--- a/federation/tests/protocols/diaspora/test_protocol.py
+++ b/federation/tests/protocols/diaspora/test_protocol.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from federation.entities.diaspora.mappers import get_outbound_entity
 from federation.exceptions import NoSenderKeyFoundError, SignatureVerificationError
 from federation.protocols.diaspora.protocol import Protocol, identify_request
 from federation.tests.fixtures.keys import PUBKEY, get_dummy_private_key
-from federation.tests.fixtures.payloads import DIASPORA_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD, DIASPORA_ENCRYPTED_PAYLOAD
+from federation.tests.fixtures.payloads import DIASPORA_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD, DIASPORA_ENCRYPTED_PAYLOAD, \
+    DIASPORA_RESHARE_PAYLOAD
 from federation.types import RequestType
 
 
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ class TestDiasporaProtocol(DiasporaTestBase):
     def test_identify_payload_with_other_payload(self):
         assert identify_request(RequestType(body="foobar not a diaspora protocol")) is False
 
+    def test_identify_payload_with_reshare(self):
+        assert identify_request(RequestType(body=DIASPORA_RESHARE_PAYLOAD)) is True
+
     @patch("federation.protocols.diaspora.protocol.MagicEnvelope")
     def test_build_send_does_right_calls(self, mock_me):
         mock_render = Mock(return_value="rendered")
diff --git a/federation/tests/utils/test_diaspora.py b/federation/tests/utils/test_diaspora.py
index 04b5283..9a86e5e 100644
--- a/federation/tests/utils/test_diaspora.py
+++ b/federation/tests/utils/test_diaspora.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from lxml import html
 from federation.entities.base import Profile
 from federation.hostmeta.generators import DiasporaHostMeta, generate_hcard
 from federation.tests.fixtures.payloads import DIASPORA_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD, DIASPORA_WEBFINGER_JSON, DIASPORA_WEBFINGER
+from federation.types import RequestType
 from federation.utils.diaspora import (
     retrieve_diaspora_hcard, retrieve_diaspora_host_meta, _get_element_text_or_none,
     _get_element_attr_or_none, parse_profile_from_hcard, retrieve_and_parse_profile, retrieve_and_parse_content,
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ class TestRetrieveAndParseContent:
         entity = retrieve_and_parse_content(
             guid="eggs", handle="user@example.com", entity_type="spam", sender_key_fetcher=sum,
         )
-        mock_handle.assert_called_once_with(DIASPORA_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD, sender_key_fetcher=sum)
+        mock_handle.assert_called_once_with(RequestType(body=DIASPORA_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD), sender_key_fetcher=sum)
         assert entity == "entity"
 
     @patch("federation.utils.diaspora.fetch_document", return_value=(None, None, Exception()))
diff --git a/federation/utils/diaspora.py b/federation/utils/diaspora.py
index e61f6ab..d86c8c8 100644
--- a/federation/utils/diaspora.py
+++ b/federation/utils/diaspora.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from lxml import html
 from xrd import XRD
 
 from federation.inbound import handle_receive
+from federation.types import RequestType
 from federation.utils.network import fetch_document
 from federation.utils.text import validate_handle
 
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ def retrieve_and_parse_content(
     url = get_fetch_content_endpoint(domain, entity_type.lower(), guid)
     document, status_code, error = fetch_document(url)
     if status_code == 200:
-        _sender, _protocol, entities = handle_receive(document, sender_key_fetcher=sender_key_fetcher)
+        request = RequestType(body=document)
+        _sender, _protocol, entities = handle_receive(request, sender_key_fetcher=sender_key_fetcher)
         if len(entities) > 1:
             logger.warning("retrieve_and_parse_content - more than one entity parsed from remote even though we"
                            "expected only one! ID %s", guid)