diff --git a/actions/twitapistatuses.php b/actions/twitapistatuses.php
index ad6654dff5..2f10ff966c 100644
--- a/actions/twitapistatuses.php
+++ b/actions/twitapistatuses.php
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ class TwitapistatusesAction extends TwitterapiAction
 
     }
 
+    function home_timeline($args, $apidata)
+    {
+        call_user_func(array($this, 'friends_timeline'), $args, $apidata);
+    }
+
     function user_timeline($args, $apidata)
     {
         parent::handle($args);
diff --git a/lib/router.php b/lib/router.php
index 8f13b88520..2c4d63b0d7 100644
--- a/lib/router.php
+++ b/lib/router.php
@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ class Router
         $m->connect('api/statuses/:method',
                     array('action' => 'api',
                           'apiaction' => 'statuses'),
-                    array('method' => '(public_timeline|friends_timeline|user_timeline|update|replies|mentions|show|friends|followers|featured)(\.(atom|rss|xml|json))?'));
+                    array('method' => '(public_timeline|home_timeline|friends_timeline|user_timeline|update|replies|mentions|show|friends|followers|featured)(\.(atom|rss|xml|json))?'));
 
         $m->connect('api/statuses/:method/:argument',
                     array('action' => 'api',
                           'apiaction' => 'statuses'),
-                    array('method' => '(|user_timeline|friends_timeline|replies|mentions|show|destroy|friends|followers)'));
+                    array('method' => '(user_timeline|home_timeline|friends_timeline|replies|mentions|show|destroy|friends|followers)'));
 
         // users
 
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class Router
         $m->connect('api/statuses/:method/:argument',
                     array('action' => 'api',
                           'apiaction' => 'statuses'),
-                    array('method' => '(|user_timeline|friends_timeline|replies|mentions|show|destroy|friends|followers)'));
+                    array('method' => '(user_timeline|home_timeline|friends_timeline|replies|mentions|show|destroy|friends|followers)'));
 
         $m->connect('api/statusnet/groups/:method/:argument',
                     array('action' => 'api',