diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/streaming.js b/app/soapbox/actions/streaming.js
index 1baa252b0..3f5473811 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/streaming.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/streaming.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { getSettings } from 'soapbox/actions/settings';
 import messages from 'soapbox/locales/messages';
 
 export const STREAMING_CHAT_UPDATE = 'STREAMING_CHAT_UPDATE';
+export const STREAMING_FOLLOW_RELATIONSHIPS_UPDATE = 'STREAMING_FOLLOW_RELATIONSHIPS_UPDATE';
 
 const validLocale = locale => Object.keys(messages).includes(locale);
 
@@ -21,6 +22,17 @@ const getLocale = state => {
   return validLocale(locale) ? locale : 'en';
 };
 
+function updateFollowRelationships(relationships) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const me = getState().get('me');
+    return dispatch({
+      type: STREAMING_FOLLOW_RELATIONSHIPS_UPDATE,
+      me,
+      ...relationships,
+    });
+  };
+}
+
 export function connectTimelineStream(timelineId, path, pollingRefresh = null, accept = null) {
 
   return connectStream (path, pollingRefresh, (dispatch, getState) => {
@@ -69,6 +81,9 @@ export function connectTimelineStream(timelineId, path, pollingRefresh = null, a
             });
           });
           break;
+        case 'pleroma:follow_relationships_update':
+          dispatch(updateFollowRelationships(JSON.parse(data.payload)));
+          break;
         }
       },
     };
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts_counters.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts_counters.js
index 9ebf72af9..0d54c1207 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts_counters.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts_counters.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   ACCOUNT_UNFOLLOW_SUCCESS,
 } from '../actions/accounts';
 import { ACCOUNT_IMPORT, ACCOUNTS_IMPORT } from '../actions/importer';
+import { STREAMING_FOLLOW_RELATIONSHIPS_UPDATE } from 'soapbox/actions/streaming';
 import { Map as ImmutableMap, fromJS } from 'immutable';
 
 const normalizeAccount = (state, account) => state.set(account.id, fromJS({
@@ -19,6 +20,17 @@ const normalizeAccounts = (state, accounts) => {
   return state;
 };
 
+const updateFollowCounters = (state, counterUpdates) => {
+  return state.withMutations(state => {
+    counterUpdates.forEach(counterUpdate => {
+      state.update(counterUpdate.id, ImmutableMap(), counters => counters.merge({
+        followers_count: counterUpdate.follower_count,
+        following_count: counterUpdate.following_count,
+      }));
+    });
+  });
+};
+
 const initialState = ImmutableMap();
 
 export default function accountsCounters(state = initialState, action) {
@@ -32,6 +44,8 @@ export default function accountsCounters(state = initialState, action) {
       state.updateIn([action.relationship.id, 'followers_count'], num => num + 1);
   case ACCOUNT_UNFOLLOW_SUCCESS:
     return state.updateIn([action.relationship.id, 'followers_count'], num => Math.max(0, num - 1));
+  case STREAMING_FOLLOW_RELATIONSHIPS_UPDATE:
+    return updateFollowCounters(state, [action.follower, action.following]);
   default:
     return state;
   }
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/relationships.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/relationships.js
index dfc93950b..032582bc1 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/relationships.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/relationships.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   DOMAIN_BLOCK_SUCCESS,
   DOMAIN_UNBLOCK_SUCCESS,
 } from '../actions/domain_blocks';
+import { STREAMING_FOLLOW_RELATIONSHIPS_UPDATE } from 'soapbox/actions/streaming';
 import { Map as ImmutableMap, fromJS } from 'immutable';
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 
@@ -57,6 +58,24 @@ const importPleromaAccounts = (state, accounts) => {
   return state;
 };
 
+const followStateToRelationship = followState => {
+  switch(followState) {
+  case 'follow_pending':
+    return { following: false, requested: true };
+  case 'follow_accept':
+    return { following: true, requested: false };
+  case 'follow_reject':
+    return { following: false, requested: false };
+  default:
+    return {};
+  }
+};
+
+const updateFollowRelationship = (state, id, followState) => {
+  const map = followStateToRelationship(followState);
+  return state.update(id, ImmutableMap(), relationship => relationship.merge(map));
+};
+
 const initialState = ImmutableMap();
 
 export default function relationships(state = initialState, action) {
@@ -66,9 +85,9 @@ export default function relationships(state = initialState, action) {
   case ACCOUNTS_IMPORT:
     return importPleromaAccounts(state, action.accounts);
   case ACCOUNT_FOLLOW_REQUEST:
-    return state.setIn([action.id, action.locked ? 'requested' : 'following'], true);
+    return state.setIn([action.id, 'requested'], true);
   case ACCOUNT_FOLLOW_FAIL:
-    return state.setIn([action.id, action.locked ? 'requested' : 'following'], false);
+    return state.setIn([action.id, 'requested'], false);
   case ACCOUNT_UNFOLLOW_REQUEST:
     return state.setIn([action.id, 'following'], false);
   case ACCOUNT_UNFOLLOW_FAIL:
@@ -88,6 +107,12 @@ export default function relationships(state = initialState, action) {
     return setDomainBlocking(state, action.accounts, true);
   case DOMAIN_UNBLOCK_SUCCESS:
     return setDomainBlocking(state, action.accounts, false);
+  case STREAMING_FOLLOW_RELATIONSHIPS_UPDATE:
+    if (action.follower.id === action.me) {
+      return updateFollowRelationship(state, action.following.id, action.state);
+    } else {
+      return state;
+    }
   default:
     return state;
   }