diff --git a/.github/changelog/add-podlove-episode-summary b/.github/changelog/add-podlove-episode-summary
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23adc36661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/changelog/add-podlove-episode-summary
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: minor
+Type: added
+
+Federate the episode summary for Podlove Podcast Publisher episodes.
diff --git a/integration/class-podlove-podcast-publisher.php b/integration/class-podlove-podcast-publisher.php
index 62ef614281..4d234837cd 100644
--- a/integration/class-podlove-podcast-publisher.php
+++ b/integration/class-podlove-podcast-publisher.php
@@ -40,6 +40,30 @@ protected function get_episode() {
 		return $this->episode;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the summary for the ActivityPub Item.
+	 *
+	 * @return string|null The summary or null.
+	 */
+	protected function get_summary() {
+		$episode = $this->get_episode();
+
+		// Notes carry no summary, so there is nothing to override for them.
+		if ( $episode && 'Note' !== $this->get_type() ) {
+			// Sanitize like generate_post_summary() does, since Podlove stores the summary as raw user input.
+			$summary = \strip_shortcodes( (string) $episode->summary );
+			$summary = \wp_strip_all_tags( $summary );
+			$summary = \trim( \html_entity_decode( $summary, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8' ) );
+
+			// Federate the episode summary explicitly; Podlove keeps it out of post_content.
+			if ( '' !== $summary ) {
+				return $summary;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return parent::get_summary();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets the attachment for a podcast episode.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/class-episode.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/class-episode.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46abf130d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/class-episode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Minimal Podlove Episode model stub for tests.
+ *
+ * @package Activitypub
+ */
+
+namespace Podlove\Model;
+
+if ( ! class_exists( __NAMESPACE__ . '\Episode' ) ) {
+	/**
+	 * Stub of the Podlove Episode model exposing only what the integration reads.
+	 *
+	 * `find_one_by_post_id()` returns whatever the test assigns to `$mock` (null by
+	 * default, so the absent-Podlove fallbacks keep working). The audio/duration/
+	 * cover/title accessors return empty values so `to_object()` can build a full
+	 * object without fatals while a test exercises the summary path. Parameters the
+	 * real API takes are omitted; PHP ignores the extra call arguments.
+	 */
+	class Episode {
+		/**
+		 * The episode returned by find_one_by_post_id(), or null.
+		 *
+		 * @var self|null
+		 */
+		public static $mock = null;
+
+		/**
+		 * The episode summary.
+		 *
+		 * @var string
+		 */
+		public $summary = '';
+
+		/**
+		 * Resolve the episode for a post id.
+		 *
+		 * @return self|null The mocked episode or null.
+		 */
+		public static function find_one_by_post_id() {
+			return self::$mock;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Media files for the episode.
+		 *
+		 * @return array Always empty in the stub.
+		 */
+		public function media_files() {
+			return array();
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Episode duration.
+		 *
+		 * @return null Always null in the stub.
+		 */
+		public function get_duration() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Episode cover art.
+		 *
+		 * @return null Always null in the stub.
+		 */
+		public function cover_art_with_fallback() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Episode title.
+		 *
+		 * @return string Always empty in the stub.
+		 */
+		public function title() {
+			return '';
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/integration/class-test-podlove-podcast-publisher.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/integration/class-test-podlove-podcast-publisher.php
index d9633c1b6f..4d63a1e248 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/integration/class-test-podlove-podcast-publisher.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/integration/class-test-podlove-podcast-publisher.php
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@
  */
 class Test_Podlove_Podcast_Publisher extends \WP_UnitTestCase {
 
+	/**
+	 * Load the Podlove Episode stub before each test.
+	 */
+	public function set_up() {
+		parent::set_up();
+		require_once AP_TESTS_DIR . '/includes/class-episode.php';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reset the mocked episode after each test.
+	 */
+	public function tear_down() {
+		if ( class_exists( '\Podlove\Model\Episode' ) ) {
+			\Podlove\Model\Episode::$mock = null;
+		}
+		parent::tear_down();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Test that the transformer respects the configured object type setting.
 	 */
@@ -131,4 +149,70 @@ public function test_class_exists_and_extends_post() {
 		$this->assertTrue( class_exists( '\Activitypub\Integration\Podlove_Podcast_Publisher' ) );
 		$this->assertTrue( is_subclass_of( '\Activitypub\Integration\Podlove_Podcast_Publisher', '\Activitypub\Transformer\Post' ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test that the episode summary is federated as the object summary.
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::get_summary
+	 */
+	public function test_get_summary_uses_episode_summary() {
+		\update_option( 'activitypub_object_type', 'wordpress-post-format' );
+
+		$post = \get_post(
+			\wp_insert_post(
+				array(
+					'post_author'  => 1,
+					'post_title'   => 'Episode title',
+					'post_content' => 'Episode content.',
+					'post_status'  => 'publish',
+					'post_type'    => 'post',
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		// Raw user input: tags and HTML entities should be sanitized like the default summary.
+		$episode                      = new \Podlove\Model\Episode();
+		$episode->summary             = '<p>Episode summary &amp; more</p>';
+		\Podlove\Model\Episode::$mock = $episode;
+
+		$object = ( new \Activitypub\Integration\Podlove_Podcast_Publisher( $post ) )->to_object();
+
+		$this->assertSame( 'Episode summary & more', $object->get_summary() );
+
+		\wp_delete_post( $post->ID, true );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test that the transformer falls back to the default summary when the episode
+	 * summary is empty (including markup/whitespace that sanitizes to nothing).
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::get_summary
+	 */
+	public function test_get_summary_falls_back_without_episode_summary() {
+		\update_option( 'activitypub_object_type', 'wordpress-post-format' );
+
+		$post = \get_post(
+			\wp_insert_post(
+				array(
+					'post_author'  => 1,
+					'post_title'   => 'Episode title',
+					'post_content' => 'Episode content that should be summarized.',
+					'post_status'  => 'publish',
+					'post_type'    => 'post',
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		// Markup/whitespace only: sanitizes to an empty string, so the default summary is used.
+		$episode                      = new \Podlove\Model\Episode();
+		$episode->summary             = '<p>  </p>';
+		\Podlove\Model\Episode::$mock = $episode;
+
+		$podlove = ( new \Activitypub\Integration\Podlove_Podcast_Publisher( $post ) )->to_object();
+		$default = ( new \Activitypub\Transformer\Post( $post ) )->to_object();
+
+		$this->assertSame( $default->get_summary(), $podlove->get_summary() );
+
+		\wp_delete_post( $post->ID, true );
+	}
 }