diff --git a/2092.fix b/2092.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c6089767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2092.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow summary field of actors to be blank. This leaves actors valid that have a blank (`""`) summary field and allows follows from those.
diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/serializers.py b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/serializers.py
index c6e586023..ec71f98b9 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/serializers.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/serializers.py
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ class ActorSerializer(jsonld.JsonLdSerializer):
         truncate_length=common_models.CONTENT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH,
         required=False,
         allow_null=True,
+        allow_blank=True
     )
     followers = serializers.URLField(max_length=500, required=False)
     following = serializers.URLField(max_length=500, required=False, allow_null=True)