diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/rss_content.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/rss_content.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a72752d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/rss_content.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ obj.pure_content | safe }}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/rss_title.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/rss_title.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dadb5961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/rss_title.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{ obj.user.display_name }}{% if obj.status_type == 'GeneratedNote' %}
+    {{ obj.content | safe }}
+{% elif obj.status_type == 'Review' and not obj.name and not obj.content%}
+    rated
+{% elif obj.status_type == 'Review' %}
+    reviewed
+{% elif obj.status_type == 'Comment' %}
+    commented on
+{% elif obj.status_type == 'Quotation' %}
+    quoted
+{% endif %}
+{% if obj.book %}{{ obj.book.title | safe}}
+{% elif obj.mention_books %}
+{{ obj.mention_books.first.title }}
+{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_rss_feed.py b/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_rss_feed.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbc97af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_rss_feed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+''' testing import '''
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase
+import responses
+
+from bookwyrm import models
+from bookwyrm.views import rss_feed
+from bookwyrm.settings import DOMAIN
+
+class RssFeedView(TestCase):
+    ''' rss feed behaves as expected '''
+    def setUp(self):
+
+        self.site = models.SiteSettings.objects.create()
+
+        self.user = models.User.objects.create_user(
+            'rss_user', 'rss@test.rss', 'password', local=True)
+
+        work = models.Work.objects.create(title='Test Work')
+        self.book = models.Edition.objects.create(
+            title='Example Edition',
+            remote_id='https://example.com/book/1',
+            parent_work=work
+        )
+
+        self.review = models.Review.objects.create(
+            name='Review name', content='test content', rating=3,
+            user=self.user, book=self.book)
+
+        self.quote = models.Quotation.objects.create(
+            quote='a sickening sense', content='test content',
+            user=self.user, book=self.book)
+        
+        self.generatednote = models.GeneratedNote.objects.create(
+            content='test content', user=self.user)
+
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+        
+
+    def test_rss_feed(self):
+        view = rss_feed.RssFeed()
+        request = self.factory.get('/user/rss_user/rss')
+        with patch("bookwyrm.models.SiteSettings.objects.get") as site:
+            site.return_value = self.site
+            result = view(request, username=self.user.username)
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+
+        self.assertIn(b"Status updates from rss_user", result.content)
+        self.assertIn( b"a sickening sense", result.content)
+        self.assertIn(b"Example Edition", result.content)
+
diff --git a/bookwyrm/urls.py b/bookwyrm/urls.py
index 4f9a43ea..f03bcda9 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/urls.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/urls.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ from django.conf.urls.static import static
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path, re_path
 
+
 from bookwyrm import incoming, settings, views, wellknown
+from bookwyrm.views.rss_feed import RssFeed
 from bookwyrm.utils import regex
 
 user_path = r'^user/(?P<username>%s)' % regex.username
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     re_path(r'%s/followers(.json)?/?$' % user_path, views.Followers.as_view()),
     re_path(r'%s/following(.json)?/?$' % user_path, views.Following.as_view()),
     re_path(r'^edit-profile/?$', views.EditUser.as_view()),
+    re_path(r'%s/rss' % user_path, views.rss_feed.RssFeed()),
 
     # reading goals
     re_path(r'%s/goal/(?P<year>\d{4})/?$' % user_path, views.Goal.as_view()),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/rss_feed.py b/bookwyrm/views/rss_feed.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6bcd174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/rss_feed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+''' '''
+
+from django.contrib.syndication.views import Feed
+from django.urls import reverse
+from bookwyrm.models.user import User
+from .helpers import get_activity_feed, get_user_from_username
+
+class RssFeed(Feed):
+
+    description_template = "snippets/rss_content.html"
+    title_template = "snippets/rss_title.html"
+
+    def get_object(self, request, username):
+        return get_user_from_username(username)
+
+    def link(self, obj):
+        return obj.local_path
+
+    def title(self, obj):
+        return f"Status updates from {obj.display_name}"
+
+
+    def items(self, obj):
+        return get_activity_feed(obj, ['public', 'unlisted'], queryset=obj.status_set)
+
+    
+    def item_link(self, item):
+        return item.local_path
+