diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 0ab171d5f3..7ca4865d14 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1678,8 +1678,19 @@ if(! function_exists('profile_sidebar')) {
 
 		if (!$block){
 			$contact_block = contact_block();
-		}
 
+			if(is_array($a->profile) AND !$a->profile['hide-friends']) {
+				$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0 AND `archive` = 0
+						AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '')",
+					intval($profile['uid']),
+					dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
+					dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+					dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
+				);
+				if(count($r))
+					$contacts = intval($r[0]['total']);
+			}
+		}
 
 		$p = array();
 		foreach($profile as $k => $v) {
@@ -1704,6 +1715,7 @@ if(! function_exists('profile_sidebar')) {
 			'$homepage' => $homepage,
 			'$about' => $about,
 			'$network' =>  t('Network:'),
+			'$contacts' => $contacts,
 			'$diaspora' => $diaspora,
 			'$contact_block' => $contact_block,
 		));
diff --git a/mod/noscrape.php b/mod/noscrape.php
index 10df72eeb8..170c737767 100644
--- a/mod/noscrape.php
+++ b/mod/noscrape.php
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ function noscrape_init(&$a) {
 		'tags' => $keywords
 	);
 
+	if(is_array($a->profile) AND !$a->profile['hide-friends']) {
+		$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0 AND `archive` = 0
+				AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '')",
+			intval($a->profile['uid']),
+			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
+		);
+		if(count($r))
+			$json_info["contacts"] = intval($r[0]['total']);
+	}
+
 	//These are optional fields.
 	$profile_fields = array('pdesc', 'locality', 'region', 'postal-code', 'country-name', 'gender', 'marital', 'about');
 	foreach($profile_fields as $field)
diff --git a/view/templates/profile_vcard.tpl b/view/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
index d5628115bf..08c7a77fb4 100644
--- a/view/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 	
 	{{if $profile.pubkey}}<div class="key u-key" style="display:none;">{{$profile.pubkey}}</div>{{/if}}
 
+	{{if $contacts}}<div class="contacts" style="display:none;">{{$contacts}}</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 03d4fb3a6f..e00e68644e 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/templates/profile_vcard.tpl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 	
 	{{if $profile.pubkey}}<div class="key" style="display:none;">{{$profile.pubkey}}</div>{{/if}}
 
+	{{if $contacts}}<div class="contacts" style="display:none;">{{$contacts}}</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}}