diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 18b60d2121..625c66b199 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -2137,13 +2137,18 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$fields = ['url', 'name', 'nick', 'photo', 'network'];
+		$fields = ['url', 'name', 'nick', 'photo', 'network', 'blocked'];
 		$pub_contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', $fields, ['id' => $datarray['author-id']]);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($pub_contact)) {
 			// Should never happen
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		// Contact is blocked on node-level or user-level
+		if (!empty($pub_contact['blocked']) || !empty($contact['blocked'])) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		$url = defaults($datarray, 'author-link', $pub_contact['url']);
 		$name = $pub_contact['name'];
 		$photo = $pub_contact['photo'];