diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 7ca4865d1..54ff94830 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1680,6 +1680,11 @@ if(! function_exists('profile_sidebar')) {
 			$contact_block = contact_block();
 
 			if(is_array($a->profile) AND !$a->profile['hide-friends']) {
+				$r = q("SELECT `gcontact`.`updated` FROM `contact` INNER JOIN `gcontact` WHERE `gcontact`.`nurl` = `contact`.`nurl` AND `self` AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+					intval($a->profile['uid']));
+				if(count($r))
+					$updated =  date("c", strtotime($r[0]['updated']));
+
 				$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0 AND `archive` = 0
 						AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '')",
 					intval($profile['uid']),
@@ -1716,6 +1721,7 @@ if(! function_exists('profile_sidebar')) {
 			'$about' => $about,
 			'$network' =>  t('Network:'),
 			'$contacts' => $contacts,
+			'$updated' => $updated,
 			'$diaspora' => $diaspora,
 			'$contact_block' => $contact_block,
 		));
diff --git a/mod/noscrape.php b/mod/noscrape.php
index 170c73776..34d5254fc 100644
--- a/mod/noscrape.php
+++ b/mod/noscrape.php
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ function noscrape_init(&$a) {
 	);
 
 	if(is_array($a->profile) AND !$a->profile['hide-friends']) {
+		$r = q("SELECT `gcontact`.`updated` FROM `contact` INNER JOIN `gcontact` WHERE `gcontact`.`nurl` = `contact`.`nurl` AND `self` AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			intval($a->profile['uid']));
+		if(count($r))
+			$json_info["updated"] =  date("c", strtotime($r[0]['updated']));
+
 		$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0 AND `archive` = 0
 				AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '')",
 			intval($a->profile['uid']),
diff --git a/view/templates/profile_vcard.tpl b/view/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
index 08c7a77fb..056aabc96 100644
--- a/view/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 	{{if $contacts}}<div class="contacts" style="display:none;">{{$contacts}}</div>{{/if}}
 
+	{{if $updated}}<div class="updated" style="display:none;">{{$updated}}</div>{{/if}}
+
 	{{if $marital}}<dl class="marital"><dt class="marital-label"><span class="heart">&hearts;</span>{{$marital}}</dt><dd class="marital-text">{{$profile.marital}}</dd></dl>{{/if}}
 
 	{{if $homepage}}<dl class="homepage"><dt class="homepage-label">{{$homepage}}</dt><dd class="homepage-url u-url"><a href="{{$profile.homepage}}" rel="me" target="_blank">{{$profile.homepage}}</a></dd></dl>{{/if}}
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/templates/profile_vcard.tpl b/view/theme/vier/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
index e00e68644..2879c7ccb 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 	{{if $contacts}}<div class="contacts" style="display:none;">{{$contacts}}</div>{{/if}}
 
+	{{if $updated}}<div class="updated" style="display:none;">{{$updated}}</div>{{/if}}
+
 	{{if $marital}}<dl class="marital"><dt class="marital-label"><span class="heart">&hearts;</span>{{$marital}}</dt><dd class="marital-text">{{$profile.marital}}</dd></dl>{{/if}}
 
 	{{if $homepage}}<dl class="homepage"><dt class="homepage-label">{{$homepage}}</dt><dd class="homepage-url"><a href="{{$profile.homepage}}" class="u-url" rel="me" target="_blank">{{$profile.homepage}}</a></dd></dl>{{/if}}