diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/keys.py b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/keys.py
index 780e149e2..57ac95ab1 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/keys.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/keys.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def get_key_pair(size=None):
         crypto_serialization.NoEncryption(),
     )
     public_key = key.public_key().public_bytes(
-        crypto_serialization.Encoding.PEM, crypto_serialization.PublicFormat.PKCS1
+        crypto_serialization.Encoding.PEM,
+        crypto_serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
     )
 
     return private_key, public_key
diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/migrations/0026_public_key_format.py b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/migrations/0026_public_key_format.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce49cf429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/migrations/0026_public_key_format.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.0.9 on 2018-11-14 08:55
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import django.utils.timezone
+
+
+def update_public_key_format(apps, schema_editor):
+    """
+    Reserialize keys in proper format (PKCS#8 instead of #1)
+    https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/7771#issuecomment-603019826
+    """
+    Actor = apps.get_model("federation", "Actor")
+
+    local_actors = list(
+        Actor.objects.exclude(private_key="")
+        .exclude(private_key=None)
+        .only("pk", "private_key", "public_key")
+        .order_by("id")
+    )
+
+    total = len(local_actors)
+    if total:
+        print("{} keys to update...".format(total))
+    else:
+        print("Skipping")
+        return
+
+    from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization as crypto_serialization
+    from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+
+    for actor in local_actors:
+        private_key = crypto_serialization.load_pem_private_key(
+            actor.private_key.encode(), password=None, backend=default_backend()
+        )
+        public_key = private_key.public_key().public_bytes(
+            crypto_serialization.Encoding.PEM,
+            crypto_serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
+        )
+        actor.public_key = public_key.decode()
+
+    Actor.objects.bulk_update(local_actors, ["public_key"])
+    print("Done!")
+
+
+def skip(apps, schema_editor):
+    pass
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [("federation", "0025_auto_20200317_0820")]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(update_public_key_format, skip),
+    ]