diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 75f031908e..669326dc63 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set_time_limit(0);
 
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.1.945' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.2'  );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1047   );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1048   );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index eb6eebc4a7..defab4e8f7 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
   `priority` tinyint(3) NOT NULL,
   `blocked` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
   `readonly` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `writable` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `pending` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
   `rating` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `reason` text NOT NULL,
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 5969466813..d7644fb421 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -867,14 +867,14 @@ function dfrn_deliver($owner,$contact,$atom, $dissolve = false) {
 	if($dissolve)
 		$postvars['dissolve'] = '1';
 
-	if(($contact['rel']) && ($contact['rel'] != REL_FAN) && (! $contact['blocked']) && (! $contact['readonly'])) {
-		$postvars['data'] = $atom;
-	}
-	elseif($owner['page-flags'] == PAGE_COMMUNITY) {
+
+	if((($contact['rel']) && ($contact['rel'] != REL_FAN) && (! $contact['blocked'])) || ($owner['page-flags'] == PAGE_COMMUNITY)) {
 		$postvars['data'] = $atom;
+		$postvars['perm'] = 'rw';
 	}
 	else {
 		$postvars['data'] = str_replace('<dfrn:comment-allow>1','<dfrn:comment-allow>0',$atom);
+		$postvars['perm'] = 'r';
 	}
 
 	if($rino && $rino_allowed && (! $dissolve)) {
@@ -916,7 +916,6 @@ function dfrn_deliver($owner,$contact,$atom, $dissolve = false) {
 	if((! $curl_stat) || (! strlen($xml)))
 		return(-1); // timed out
 
-
 	if(strpos($xml,'<?xml') === false) {
 		logger('dfrn_deliver: phase 2: no valid XML returned');
 		logger('dfrn_deliver: phase 2: returned XML: ' . $xml, LOGGER_DATA);
@@ -925,8 +924,7 @@ function dfrn_deliver($owner,$contact,$atom, $dissolve = false) {
 
 	$res = parse_xml_string($xml);
 
-	return $res->status;
- 
+	return $res->status; 
 }
 
 
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index cd67df1d7c..dd6866b385 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 	$data         = ((x($_POST,'data'))         ? $_POST['data']                    : '');
 	$key          = ((x($_POST,'key'))          ? $_POST['key']                     : '');
 	$dissolve     = ((x($_POST,'dissolve'))     ? intval($_POST['dissolve'])        :  0);
+	$perm         = ((x($_POST,'perm'))         ? notags(trim($_POST['perm']))      : 'r');
+
+	$writable = (-1);
+	if($dfrn_version >= 2.21) {
+		$writable = (($perm === 'rw') ? 1 : 0);
+	}
 
 	$direction = (-1);
 	if(strpos($dfrn_id,':') == 1) {
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_poll.php b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
index 2ccfadd03e..a2fdb9ee13 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_poll.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(&$a) {
 	$challenge       = ((x($_GET,'challenge'))       ? $_GET['challenge']            : '');
 	$sec             = ((x($_GET,'sec'))             ? $_GET['sec']                  : '');
 	$dfrn_version    = ((x($_GET,'dfrn_version'))    ? (float) $_GET['dfrn_version'] : 2.0);
+	$perm            = ((x($_GET,'perm'))            ? $_GET['perm']                 : 'r');
 
 	$direction = (-1);
 
@@ -183,8 +184,9 @@ function dfrn_poll_post(&$a) {
 	$challenge    = ((x($_POST,'challenge'))    ? $_POST['challenge']            : '');
 	$url          = ((x($_POST,'url'))          ? $_POST['url']                  : '');
 	$sec          = ((x($_POST,'sec'))          ? $_POST['sec']                  : '');
-	$ptype        = ((x($_POST,'type'))         ? $_POST['type']                  : '');
+	$ptype        = ((x($_POST,'type'))         ? $_POST['type']                 : '');
 	$dfrn_version = ((x($_POST,'dfrn_version')) ? (float) $_POST['dfrn_version'] : 2.0);
+	$perm         = ((x($_POST,'perm'))         ? $_POST['perm']                 : 'r');
 
 	if($ptype === 'profile-check') {
 
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_content(&$a) {
 	$destination_url = ((x($_GET,'destination_url')) ? $_GET['destination_url']      : '');
 	$sec             = ((x($_GET,'sec'))             ? $_GET['sec']                  : '');
 	$dfrn_version    = ((x($_GET,'dfrn_version'))    ? (float) $_GET['dfrn_version'] : 2.0);
+	$perm            = ((x($_GET,'perm'))            ? $_GET['perm']                 : 'r');
 
 	$direction = (-1);
 	if(strpos($dfrn_id,':') == 1) {
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 1c243e6ee6..1d45f5f11a 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -423,3 +423,8 @@ function update_1045() {
 function update_1046() {
 	q("ALTER TABLE `item` ADD `attach` MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL AFTER `tag` ");
 }
+
+function update_1047() {
+	q("ALTER TABLE `contact` ADD `writable` TINYINT( 1 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `readonly` ");
+}
+