diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index d283fa778..13546d6bb 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_once('include/cache.php');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2.3.1185' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.22'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1108      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1109      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 26580d60d..18fe5f8c3 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
   `blocked` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
   `readonly` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `writable` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `hidden` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `pending` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
   `rating` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `reason` text NOT NULL,
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
   KEY `dfrn-id` (`dfrn-id`),
   KEY `blocked` (`blocked`),
   KEY `readonly` (`readonly`),
+  KET `hidden` (`hidden`),
   KEY `pending` (`pending`)  
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 1196e0aac..9cf4551bd 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 		// count friends
 		$r = q("SELECT COUNT(`id`) as `count` FROM `contact`
 				WHERE  `uid` = %d AND `rel` IN ( %d, %d )
-				AND `self`=0 AND `blocked`=0", 
+				AND `self`=0 AND `blocked`=0 AND `pending`=0 AND `hidden`=0", 
 				intval($uinfo[0]['uid']),
 				intval(CONTACT_IS_SHARING),
 				intval(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND)
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 
 		$r = q("SELECT COUNT(`id`) as `count` FROM `contact`
 				WHERE  `uid` = %d AND `rel` IN ( %d, %d )
-				AND `self`=0 AND `blocked`=0", 
+				AND `self`=0 AND `blocked`=0 AND `pending`=0 AND `hidden`=0", 
 				intval($uinfo[0]['uid']),
 				intval(CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER),
 				intval(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND)
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index c4fd76e3e..29e53c663 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ function contact_block() {
 
 	if((! is_array($a->profile)) || ($a->profile['hide-friends']))
 		return $o;
-	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0",
+	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0",
 			intval($a->profile['uid'])
 	);
 	if(count($r)) {
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ function contact_block() {
 		$micropro = Null;
 		
 	} else {
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT %d",
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0 ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT %d",
 				intval($a->profile['uid']),
 				intval($shown)
 		);
diff --git a/mod/poco.php b/mod/poco.php
index 6331131fa..dd8df6008 100644
--- a/mod/poco.php
+++ b/mod/poco.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function poco_init(&$a) {
 			and uid in (select uid from pconfig where cat = 'system' and k = 'suggestme' and v = 1) ");
 	}
 	else {
-		$r = q("SELECT count(*) as `total` from `contact` where `uid` = %d and blocked = 0 and pending = 0
+		$r = q("SELECT count(*) as `total` from `contact` where `uid` = %d and blocked = 0 and pending = 0 and hidden = 0
 			$sql_extra ",
 			intval($user['uid'])
 		);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function poco_init(&$a) {
 	}
 	else {
 
-		$r = q("SELECT * from `contact` where `uid` = %d and blocked = 0 and pending = 0
+		$r = q("SELECT * from `contact` where `uid` = %d and blocked = 0 and pending = 0 and hidden = 0
 			$sql_extra LIMIT %d, %d",
 			intval($user['uid']),
 			intval($startIndex),
diff --git a/mod/viewcontacts.php b/mod/viewcontacts.php
index f9510bd6b..cd8d100ed 100644
--- a/mod/viewcontacts.php
+++ b/mod/viewcontacts.php
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ function viewcontacts_content(&$a) {
 	$o .= '<h3>' . t('View Contacts') . '</h3>';
 
 
-	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) as `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0",
+	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) as `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0 ",
 		intval($a->profile['uid'])
 	);
 	if(count($r))
 		$a->set_pager_total($r[0]['total']);
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 ORDER BY `name` ASC LIMIT %d , %d ",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0 ORDER BY `name` ASC LIMIT %d , %d ",
 		intval($a->profile['uid']),
 		intval($a->pager['start']),
 		intval($a->pager['itemspage'])
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 6e7b5f2c1..d94bf82d1 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1108 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1109 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -923,4 +923,8 @@ function update_1107() {
 
 }
 
+function update_1108() { 
+	q("ALTER TABLE `contact` ADD `hidden` TINYINT( 1 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `writable` ,
+ADD INDEX ( `hidden` ) ");
 
+}