diff --git a/addon/README b/addon/README
index 89f39e399e..33b84e10d0 100644
--- a/addon/README
+++ b/addon/README
@@ -100,9 +100,13 @@ Current hooks:
 		'contact' => contact (array) record for the person from the database
 		'entry' => the (string) HTML of the generated entry 
 
+'profile_sidebar_enter' - called prior to generating the sidebar "short" profile for a page
+	$b is (array) the person's profile array
+
 'profile_sidebar' - called when generating the sidebar "short" profile for a page
-	$b is the (string) generated HTML of the entry
-		(The profile array details are in $a->profile)
+	$b is an array
+		'profile' => profile (array) record for the person from the database
+		'entry' => the (string) HTML of the generated entry
 
 'contact_block_end' - called when formatting the block of contacts/friends on a 
 	profile sidebar has completed
diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 0567e41d65..d7f32dbafe 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -2009,6 +2009,8 @@ function profile_sidebar($profile) {
 	if((! is_array($profile)) && (! count($profile)))
 		return $o;
 
+	call_hooks('profile_sidebar_enter', $profile);
+
 	$fullname = '<div class="fn">' . $profile['name'] . '</div>';
 
 	$pdesc = '<div class="title">' . $profile['pdesc'] . '</div>';
@@ -2062,7 +2064,10 @@ function profile_sidebar($profile) {
 		'$homepage' => $homepage
 	));
 
-	call_hooks('profile_sidebar', $o);
+
+	$arr = array('profile' => $profile, 'entry' => $o);
+
+	call_hooks('profile_sidebar', $arr);
 
 	return $o;
 }}