diff --git a/include/uimport.php b/include/uimport.php
index 4fd91f80a7..1bfd3334c8 100644
--- a/include/uimport.php
+++ b/include/uimport.php
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ function import_account(&$a, $file) {
 			}
 		}
 		if ($contact['uid'] == $olduid && $contact['self'] == '0') {
+			// set contacts 'avatar-date' to "0000-00-00 00:00:00" to let poller to update urls
+			$contact["avatar-date"] = "0000-00-00 00:00:00" ;
+		
+		
 			switch ($contact['network']) {
 				case NETWORK_DFRN:
 					//  send relocate message (below)