diff --git a/src/topics/posts.js b/src/topics/posts.js
index 909de0caa4..1e0fd20f42 100644
--- a/src/topics/posts.js
+++ b/src/topics/posts.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var user = require('../user');
 var posts = require('../posts');
 var meta = require('../meta');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
+var utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 
 module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	Topics.onNewPostMade = function (postData, callback) {
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 					parents: function (next) {
 						Topics.addParentPosts(postData, next);
 					},
+					replies: function (next) {
+						+getPostReplies(pids, uid, next);
+					},
 				}, next);
 			},
 			function (results, next) {
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 						postObj.upvoted = results.voteData.upvotes[i];
 						postObj.downvoted = results.voteData.downvotes[i];
 						postObj.votes = postObj.votes || 0;
-						postObj.replies = postObj.replies || 0;
+						postObj.replies = results.replies[i];
 						postObj.selfPost = !!parseInt(uid, 10) && parseInt(uid, 10) === parseInt(postObj.uid, 10);
 
 						// Username override for guests, if enabled
@@ -385,4 +389,45 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	Topics.getPostCount = function (tid, callback) {
 		db.getObjectField('topic:' + tid, 'postcount', callback);
 	};
+
+	function getPostReplies(pids, callerUid, callback) {
+		async.map(pids, function (pid, next) {
+			db.getSortedSetRange('pid:' + pid + ':replies', 0, -1, function (err, replyPids) {
+				var uids = [], 
+count = 0;
+
+				async.until(function () {
+					return count === replyPids.length || uids.length === 6;
+				}, function (next) {
+					posts.getPostField(replyPids[count], 'uid', function (err, uid) {
+						uid = parseInt(uid, 10);
+						if (uids.indexOf(uid) === -1) {
+							uids.push(uid);
+						}
+						count++;
+						next(err);
+					});
+				}, function (err) {
+					async.parallel({
+						'users': function (next) {
+							user.getUsersWithFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture'], callerUid, next);
+						},
+						'timestampISO': function (next) {
+							posts.getPostField(replyPids[0], 'timestamp', function (err, timestamp) {
+								next(err, utils.toISOString(timestamp));
+							});
+						},
+					}, function (err, replies) {
+						if (replies.users.length > 5) {
+							replies.users.shift();
+							replies.hasMore = true;
+						}
+
+						replies.count = replyPids.length;
+						next(err, replies);
+					});
+				});
+			});
+		}, callback);
+	}
 };