diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 38e03459e6..21578a3295 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -903,7 +903,10 @@ function contact_posts($a, $contact_id) {
 
 	$o .= $tab_str;
 
-	if ($contact["url"]) {
+	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `contact-id` = %d LIMIT 1", intval($contact_id));
+	if ($r)
+		$o .= posts_from_contact($a, $contact_id);
+	elseif ($contact["url"]) {
 		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc(normalise_link($contact["url"])));