diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index ae7d94dac..88d72dec3 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ define ( 'PAGE_FREELOVE',          3 );
  * Network and protocol family types 
  */
 
+define ( 'NETWORK_ZOT',              'zot!');    // Zot!
 define ( 'NETWORK_DFRN',             'dfrn');    // Friendika, Mistpark, other DFRN implementations
 define ( 'NETWORK_OSTATUS',          'stat');    // status.net, identi.ca, GNU-social, other OStatus implementations
 define ( 'NETWORK_FEED',             'feed');    // RSS/Atom feeds with no known "post/notify" protocol
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ define ( 'NOTIFY_MAIL',    0x0010 );
  * various namespaces we may need to parse
  */
 
+define ( 'NAMESPACE_ZOT',             'http://purl.org/macgirvin/zot' );
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_DFRN' ,           'http://purl.org/macgirvin/dfrn/1.0' ); 
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_THREAD' ,         'http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' );
 define ( 'NAMESPACE_TOMB' ,           'http://purl.org/atompub/tombstones/1.0' );
diff --git a/include/Scrape.php b/include/Scrape.php
index fbfec176f..3599d7df3 100644
--- a/include/Scrape.php
+++ b/include/Scrape.php
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ function probe_url($url) {
 		if(count($links)) {
 			logger('probe_url: found lrdd links: ' . print_r($links,true), LOGGER_DATA);
 			foreach($links as $link) {
+				if($link['@attributes']['rel'] === NAMESPACE_ZOT)
+					$zot = unamp($link['@attributes']['href']);
 				if($link['@attributes']['rel'] === NAMESPACE_DFRN)
 					$dfrn = unamp($link['@attributes']['href']);
 				if($link['@attributes']['rel'] === 'salmon')
@@ -379,6 +381,25 @@ function probe_url($url) {
 		}
 	}	
 
+	if(strlen($zot)) {
+		$s = fetch_url($zot);
+		if($s) {
+			$j = json_decode($s);
+			if($j) {
+				$network = NETWORK_ZOT;
+				$vcard   = array(
+					'fn'    => $j->name, 
+					'nick'  => $j->username, 
+					'photo' => $j->photo
+				);
+				$profile  = $j->url;
+				$notify   = $j->post;
+				$key      = $j->pubkey;
+				$poll     = 'N/A';
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if(strlen($dfrn)) {
 		$ret = scrape_dfrn($dfrn);
 		if(is_array($ret) && x($ret,'dfrn-request')) {
@@ -390,7 +411,7 @@ function probe_url($url) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if($network !== NETWORK_DFRN && $network !== NETWORK_MAIL) {
+	if($network !== NETWORK_ZOT && $network !== NETWORK_DFRN && $network !== NETWORK_MAIL) {
 		$network  = NETWORK_OSTATUS;
 		$priority = 0;
 
@@ -549,6 +570,7 @@ function probe_url($url) {
 	$result['priority'] = $priority;
 	$result['network'] = $network;
 	$result['alias'] = $alias;
+	$result['key'] = $key;
 
 	logger('probe_url: ' . print_r($result,true), LOGGER_DEBUG);