diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp
index 8d87d509b995ae3c93e005a6de9706fe0ca8e5f8..47acd57b94e98c1919a851ef07d091086831ef56 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ EmbeddedStatus getEmbeddedStatus(const Swift::ParserElement::ref &element, const
 	status.setRetweetCount( atoi( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweet_count, xmlns)->getText().c_str() ) );
 	status.setFavorited( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::favorited, xmlns)->getText() )=="true" );
 	status.setRetweeted( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweeted, xmlns)->getText() )=="true" );
+	if (status.isRetweeted()) {
+		status.setTweet( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweeted_status, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	}
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ Status getStatus(const Swift::ParserElement::ref &element, const std::string xml
 	status.setRetweetCount( atoi( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweet_count, xmlns)->getText().c_str() ) );
 	status.setFavorited( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::favorited, xmlns)->getText() )=="true" );
 	status.setRetweeted( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweeted, xmlns)->getText() )=="true" );
+	if (status.isRetweeted()) {
+		status.setTweet( std::string( element->getChild(TwitterReponseTypes::retweeted_status, xmlns)->getText() ) );
+	}
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.h b/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.h
index cbfa8d23705627423dfcd55be73ba7c33337e9a9..614dd869e083aef710725deb6f681be28508603e 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.h
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterResponseParser.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace TwitterReponseTypes
 	const std::string in_reply_to_user_id = "in_reply_to_user_id";
 	const std::string in_reply_to_screen_name = "in_reply_to_screen_name";
 	const std::string retweet_count = "retweet_count";
+	const std::string retweeted_status = "retweeted_status";
 	const std::string favorited = "favorited";
 	const std::string retweeted = "retweeted";
 	const std::string user = "user";