diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index 0ebdcec004..8267674e52 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -1123,6 +1123,17 @@ class Profile
 		$_SESSION['visitor_home'] = $visitor['url'];
 		$_SESSION['my_url'] = $visitor['url'];
 
+		/// @todo replace this and the query for this variable with some cleaner functionality
+		$_SESSION['remote'] = [];
+
+		$remote_contacts = DBA::select('contact', ['id', 'uid'], ['nurl' => $visitor['nurl'], 'rel' => [Contact::FOLLOWER, Contact::FRIEND]]);
+		while ($contact = DBA::fetch($remote_contacts)) {
+			if (($contact['uid'] == 0) || Contact::isBlockedByUser($visitor['id'], $contact['uid'])) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$_SESSION['remote'][] = ['cid' => $contact['id'], 'uid' => $contact['uid'], 'url' => $visitor['url']];
+		}
 		$arr = [
 			'visitor' => $visitor,
 			'url' => $a->query_string