diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index fd99dc3b18..0e80b99d8d 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -469,8 +469,11 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
     save!
   end
 
-  def featureable?
-    local? && discoverable?
+  def featureable_by?(other_account)
+    return discoverable? if local?
+    return false unless Mastodon::Feature.collections_federation_enabled?
+
+    feature_policy_for_account(other_account).in?(%i(automatic manual))
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/policies/account_policy.rb b/app/policies/account_policy.rb
index 1fef35714c..c46eb08034 100644
--- a/app/policies/account_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/account_policy.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class AccountPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
   end
 
   def feature?
-    record.featureable? && !current_account.blocking?(record) && !current_account.blocked_by?(record)
+    record.featureable_by?(current_account) && !current_account.blocking?(record) && !current_account.blocked_by?(record)
   end
 
   def index_collections?
diff --git a/spec/models/account_spec.rb b/spec/models/account_spec.rb
index ca85b0fbfc..2fd32d1361 100644
--- a/spec/models/account_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/account_spec.rb
@@ -790,17 +790,20 @@ RSpec.describe Account do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#featureable?' do
-    subject { Fabricate.build(:account, domain: (local ? nil : 'example.com'), discoverable:) }
+  describe '#featureable_by?' do
+    subject { Fabricate.build(:account, domain: (local ? nil : 'example.com'), discoverable:, feature_approval_policy:) }
+
+    let(:local_account) { Fabricate(:account) }
 
     context 'when account is local' do
       let(:local) { true }
+      let(:feature_approval_policy) { nil }
 
       context 'when account is discoverable' do
         let(:discoverable) { true }
 
         it 'returns `true`' do
-          expect(subject.featureable?).to be true
+          expect(subject.featureable_by?(local_account)).to be true
         end
       end
 
@@ -808,7 +811,7 @@ RSpec.describe Account do
         let(:discoverable) { false }
 
         it 'returns `false`' do
-          expect(subject.featureable?).to be false
+          expect(subject.featureable_by?(local_account)).to be false
         end
       end
     end
@@ -816,9 +819,26 @@ RSpec.describe Account do
     context 'when account is remote' do
       let(:local) { false }
       let(:discoverable) { true }
+      let(:feature_approval_policy) { (0b10 << 16) | 0 }
 
       it 'returns `false`' do
-        expect(subject.featureable?).to be false
+        expect(subject.featureable_by?(local_account)).to be false
+      end
+
+      context 'when collections federation is enabled', feature: :collections_federation do
+        context 'when the policy allows it' do
+          it 'returns `true`' do
+            expect(subject.featureable_by?(local_account)).to be true
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when the policy forbids it' do
+          let(:feature_approval_policy) { 0 }
+
+          it 'returns `false`' do
+            expect(subject.featureable_by?(local_account)).to be false
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/policies/account_policy_spec.rb b/spec/policies/account_policy_spec.rb
index 96fcbdb4d8..2f350bc092 100644
--- a/spec/policies/account_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/policies/account_policy_spec.rb
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ RSpec.describe AccountPolicy do
     end
 
     context 'when account is not featureable' do
-      before { allow(alice).to receive(:featureable?).and_return(false) }
+      before { allow(alice).to receive(:featureable_by?).and_return(false) }
 
       it 'denies' do
         expect(subject).to_not permit(john, alice)