diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index 22c87557d2..deb1589a09 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
   include Account::FaspConcern
   include Account::FinderConcern
   include Account::Header
+  include Account::InteractionPolicyConcern
   include Account::Interactions
   include Account::Mappings
   include Account::Merging
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/account/interaction_policy_concern.rb b/app/models/concerns/account/interaction_policy_concern.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fe9eda1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/account/interaction_policy_concern.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Account::InteractionPolicyConcern
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  included do
+    composed_of :feature_interaction_policy, class_name: 'InteractionPolicy', mapping: { feature_approval_policy: :bitmap }
+  end
+
+  def feature_policy_as_keys(kind)
+    raise ArgumentError unless kind.in?(%i(automatic manual))
+    return local_feature_policy(kind) if local?
+
+    sub_policy = feature_interaction_policy.send(kind)
+    sub_policy.as_keys
+  end
+
+  # Returns `:automatic`, `:manual`, `:unknown`, ':missing` or `:denied`
+  def feature_policy_for_account(other_account)
+    return :denied if other_account.nil? || (local? && !discoverable?)
+    return :automatic if local?
+    # Post author is always allowed to feature themselves
+    return :automatic if self == other_account
+    return :missing if feature_approval_policy.zero?
+
+    automatic_policy = feature_interaction_policy.automatic
+    following_self = nil
+    followed_by_self = nil
+
+    return :automatic if automatic_policy.public?
+
+    if automatic_policy.followers?
+      following_self = followed_by?(other_account)
+      return :automatic if following_self
+    end
+
+    if automatic_policy.following?
+      followed_by_self = following?(other_account)
+      return :automatic if followed_by_self
+    end
+
+    # We don't know we are allowed by the automatic policy, considering the manual one
+    manual_policy = feature_interaction_policy.manual
+
+    return :manual if manual_policy.public?
+
+    if manual_policy.followers?
+      following_self = followed_by?(other_account) if following_self.nil?
+      return :manual if following_self
+    end
+
+    if manual_policy.following?
+      followed_by_self = following?(other_account) if followed_by_self.nil?
+      return :manual if followed_by_self
+    end
+
+    return :unknown if [automatic_policy, manual_policy].any?(&:unsupported_policy?)
+
+    :denied
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def local_feature_policy(kind)
+    return [] if kind == :manual || !discoverable?
+
+    [:public]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/account_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/account_serializer.rb
index b102f79fdb..26715dd103 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/account_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/account_serializer.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class REST::AccountSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 
   attribute :memorial, if: :memorial?
 
+  attribute :feature_approval, if: -> { Mastodon::Feature.collections_enabled? }
+
   class AccountDecorator < SimpleDelegator
     def self.model_name
       Account.model_name
@@ -157,4 +159,12 @@ class REST::AccountSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   def moved_and_not_nested?
     object.moved?
   end
+
+  def feature_approval
+    {
+      automatic: object.feature_policy_as_keys(:automatic),
+      manual: object.feature_policy_as_keys(:manual),
+      current_user: object.feature_policy_for_account(current_user&.account),
+    }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/concerns/account/interaction_policy_concern_spec.rb b/spec/models/concerns/account/interaction_policy_concern_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..586a33b77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/concerns/account/interaction_policy_concern_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Account::InteractionPolicyConcern do
+  describe '#feature_policy_as_keys' do
+    context 'when account is local' do
+      context 'when account is discoverable' do
+        let(:account) { Fabricate(:account) }
+
+        it 'returns public for automtatic and nothing for manual' do
+          expect(account.feature_policy_as_keys(:automatic)).to eq [:public]
+          expect(account.feature_policy_as_keys(:manual)).to eq []
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when account is not discoverable' do
+        let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, discoverable: false) }
+
+        it 'returns empty arrays for both inputs' do
+          expect(account.feature_policy_as_keys(:automatic)).to eq []
+          expect(account.feature_policy_as_keys(:manual)).to eq []
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when account is remote' do
+      let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, domain: 'example.com', feature_approval_policy: (0b0101 << 16) | 0b0010) }
+
+      it 'returns the expected values' do
+        expect(account.feature_policy_as_keys(:automatic)).to eq ['unsupported_policy', 'followers']
+        expect(account.feature_policy_as_keys(:manual)).to eq ['public']
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#feature_policy_for_account' do
+    context 'when account is remote' do
+      let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, domain: 'example.com', feature_approval_policy:) }
+      let(:feature_approval_policy) { (0b0101 << 16) | 0b0010 }
+      let(:other_account) { Fabricate(:account) }
+
+      context 'when no policy is available' do
+        let(:feature_approval_policy) { 0 }
+
+        context 'when both accounts are the same' do
+          it 'returns :automatic' do
+            expect(account.feature_policy_for_account(account)).to eq :automatic
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'with two different accounts' do
+          it 'returns :missing' do
+            expect(account.feature_policy_for_account(other_account)).to eq :missing
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when the other account is not following the account' do
+        it 'returns :manual because of the public entry in the manual policy' do
+          expect(account.feature_policy_for_account(other_account)).to eq :manual
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when the other account is following the account' do
+        before do
+          other_account.follow!(account)
+        end
+
+        it 'returns :automatic because of the followers entry in the automatic policy' do
+          expect(account.feature_policy_for_account(other_account)).to eq :automatic
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when the account falls into the unknown bucket' do
+        let(:feature_approval_policy) { (0b0001 << 16) | 0b0100 }
+
+        it 'returns :automatic because of the followers entry in the automatic policy' do
+          expect(account.feature_policy_for_account(other_account)).to eq :unknown
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/serializers/rest/account_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/rest/account_serializer_spec.rb
index 5fd4f8d706..998de6b0fb 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/rest/account_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/rest/account_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe REST::AccountSerializer do
-  subject { serialized_record_json(account, described_class) }
+  subject do
+    serialized_record_json(account, described_class, options: {
+      scope: current_user,
+      scope_name: :current_user,
+    })
+  end
 
   let(:default_datetime) { DateTime.new(2024, 11, 28, 16, 20, 0) }
   let(:role)    { Fabricate(:user_role, name: 'Role', highlighted: true) }
   let(:user)    { Fabricate(:user, role: role) }
   let(:account) { user.account }
+  let(:current_user) { Fabricate(:user) }
 
   context 'when the account is suspended' do
     before do
@@ -68,4 +74,51 @@ RSpec.describe REST::AccountSerializer do
       expect(subject['last_status_at']).to eq('2024-11-28')
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#feature_approval' do
+    # TODO: Remove when feature flag is removed
+    context 'when collections feature is disabled' do
+      it 'does not include the approval policy' do
+        expect(subject).to_not have_key('feature_approval')
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when collections feature is enabled', feature: :collections do
+      context 'when account is local' do
+        context 'when account is discoverable' do
+          it 'includes a policy that allows featuring' do
+            expect(subject['feature_approval']).to include({
+              'automatic' => ['public'],
+              'manual' => [],
+              'current_user' => 'automatic',
+            })
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when account is not discoverable' do
+          let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, discoverable: false) }
+
+          it 'includes a policy that disallows featuring' do
+            expect(subject['feature_approval']).to include({
+              'automatic' => [],
+              'manual' => [],
+              'current_user' => 'denied',
+            })
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when account is remote' do
+        let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, domain: 'example.com', feature_approval_policy: 0b11000000000000000010) }
+
+        it 'includes the matching policy' do
+          expect(subject['feature_approval']).to include({
+            'automatic' => ['followers', 'following'],
+            'manual' => ['public'],
+            'current_user' => 'manual',
+          })
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end