diff --git a/Frameworks/Account/Account.swift b/Frameworks/Account/Account.swift
index 99011abf2..ab8c2f463 100644
--- a/Frameworks/Account/Account.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/Account/Account.swift
@@ -791,6 +791,24 @@ public final class Account: DisplayNameProvider, UnreadCountProvider, Container,
 		return updatedArticles
 	}
 
+	/// Make sure statuses exist. Any existing statuses won’t be touched.
+	/// All created statuses will be marked as read and not starred.
+	/// Sends a .StatusesDidChange notification.
+	func createStatusesIfNeeded(articleIDs: Set<String>, completion: DatabaseCompletionBlock? = nil) {
+		guard !articleIDs.isEmpty else {
+			completion?(nil)
+			return
+		}
+		database.createStatusesIfNeeded(articleIDs: articleIDs) { error in
+			if let error = error {
+				completion?(error)
+				return
+			}
+			self.noteStatusesForArticleIDsDidChange(articleIDs)
+			completion?(nil)
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// Mark articleIDs statuses based on statusKey and flag.
 	/// Will create statuses in the database and in memory as needed. Sends a .StatusesDidChange notification.
 	func mark(articleIDs: Set<String>, statusKey: ArticleStatus.Key, flag: Bool, completion: DatabaseCompletionBlock? = nil) {
diff --git a/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift b/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift
index de2e9e286..97121dd6d 100644
--- a/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ public final class ArticlesDatabase {
 		articlesTable.mark(articleIDs, statusKey, flag, completion)
 	}
 
+	/// Create statuses for specified articleIDs. For existing statuses, don’t do anything.
+	/// For newly-created statuses, mark them as read and not-starred.
+	public func createStatusesIfNeeded(articleIDs: Set<String>, completion: @escaping DatabaseCompletionBlock) {
+		articlesTable.createStatusesIfNeeded(articleIDs, completion)
+	}
+
 	// MARK: - Suspend and Resume (for iOS)
 
 	/// Close the database and stop running database calls.
diff --git a/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift b/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift
index b921ac4b8..a537ab9ee 100644
--- a/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift
@@ -421,6 +421,22 @@ final class ArticlesTable: DatabaseTable {
 		}
 	}
 
+	func createStatusesIfNeeded(_ articleIDs: Set<String>, _ completion: @escaping DatabaseCompletionBlock) {
+		queue.runInTransaction { databaseResult in
+			switch databaseResult {
+			case .success(let database):
+				let _ = self.statusesTable.ensureStatusesForArticleIDs(articleIDs, true, database)
+				DispatchQueue.main.async {
+					completion(nil)
+				}
+			case .failure(let databaseError):
+				DispatchQueue.main.async {
+					completion(databaseError)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// MARK: - Indexing
 
 	func indexUnindexedArticles() {