diff --git a/packages/ditto/app.ts b/packages/ditto/app.ts
index 44b0b9b4..5bc27a42 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/app.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/app.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ import {
   pleromaAdminTagController,
   pleromaAdminUnsuggestController,
   pleromaAdminUntagController,
+  pleromaPromoteAdminController,
   updateConfigController,
 } from '@/controllers/api/pleroma.ts';
 import { preferencesController } from '@/controllers/api/preferences.ts';
@@ -440,6 +441,11 @@ app.delete('/api/v1/pleroma/statuses/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/reactions/:emoji', userMi
 app.get('/api/v1/pleroma/admin/config', userMiddleware({ role: 'admin' }), configController);
 app.post('/api/v1/pleroma/admin/config', userMiddleware({ role: 'admin' }), updateConfigController);
 app.delete('/api/v1/pleroma/admin/statuses/:id', userMiddleware({ role: 'admin' }), pleromaAdminDeleteStatusController);
+app.post(
+  '/api/v1/pleroma/admin/users/permission_group/admin',
+  userMiddleware({ role: 'admin' }),
+  pleromaPromoteAdminController,
+);
 
 app.get('/api/v1/admin/ditto/relays', userMiddleware({ role: 'admin' }), adminRelaysController);
 app.put('/api/v1/admin/ditto/relays', userMiddleware({ role: 'admin' }), adminSetRelaysController);
diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/pleroma.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
index b4458c6c..d42a7f3b 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
-import { configSchema, elixirTupleSchema } from '@/schemas/pleroma-api.ts';
-import { createAdminEvent, updateAdminEvent, updateUser } from '@/utils/api.ts';
+import { createAdminEvent, parseBody, updateAdminEvent, updateUser } from '@/utils/api.ts';
+import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { lookupPubkey } from '@/utils/lookup.ts';
 import { getPleromaConfigs } from '@/utils/pleroma.ts';
+import { renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
+import { configSchema, elixirTupleSchema } from '@/schemas/pleroma-api.ts';
+import { hydrateEvents } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
 
 const frontendConfigController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const configDB = await getPleromaConfigs(c.var);
@@ -62,6 +66,93 @@ const pleromaAdminTagSchema = z.object({
   tags: z.string().array(),
 });
 
+const pleromaPromoteAdminSchema = z.object({
+  nicknames: z.string().transform((value, ctx) => {
+    try {
+      const { type, data } = nip19.decode(value);
+      if (type === 'npub') {
+        return data;
+      }
+
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: 'Not a valid nip 19 npub',
+      });
+
+      return z.NEVER;
+    } catch {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: 'Not a valid nip 19 npub',
+      });
+
+      return z.NEVER;
+    }
+  }).array().min(1),
+});
+
+const pleromaPromoteAdminController: AppController = async (c) => {
+  const { conf, relay, signal } = c.var;
+  const body = await parseBody(c.req.raw);
+  const result = pleromaPromoteAdminSchema.safeParse(body);
+
+  if (!result.success) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Bad request', schema: result.error }, 422);
+  }
+
+  const { data } = result;
+  const { nicknames: authors } = data;
+
+  const events = await relay.query([{ kinds: [0], authors }], { signal });
+
+  if (events.length !== authors.length) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'User profile is missing in the database' }, 422);
+  }
+
+  events.forEach(async (event) => {
+    const [existing] = await relay.query([{
+      kinds: [30382],
+      authors: [await conf.signer.getPublicKey()],
+      '#d': [event.pubkey],
+      limit: 1,
+    }]);
+
+    const prevTags = (existing?.tags ?? []).filter(([name, value]) => {
+      if (name === 'd') {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (name === 'n' && value === 'admin') {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    });
+
+    const tags: string[][] = [
+      ['d', event.pubkey],
+      ['n', 'admin'],
+    ];
+
+    tags.push(...prevTags);
+
+    const promotion = await conf.signer.signEvent({
+      kind: 30382,
+      tags,
+      content: '',
+      created_at: nostrNow(),
+    });
+
+    await relay.event(promotion);
+  });
+
+  await hydrateEvents({ ...c.var, events });
+
+  const accounts = events.map((event) => {
+    return renderAccount(event);
+  });
+
+  return c.json(accounts, 200);
+};
+
 const pleromaAdminTagController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { conf } = c.var;
   const params = pleromaAdminTagSchema.parse(await c.req.json());
@@ -154,5 +245,6 @@ export {
   pleromaAdminTagController,
   pleromaAdminUnsuggestController,
   pleromaAdminUntagController,
+  pleromaPromoteAdminController,
   updateConfigController,
 };