diff --git a/include/follow.php b/include/follow.php
index d92d7577d..22288a0da 100644
--- a/include/follow.php
+++ b/include/follow.php
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ function new_contact($uid,$url,$interactive = false) {
 	}
 
 	$writeable = ((($ret['network'] === NETWORK_OSTATUS) && ($ret['notify'])) ? 1 : 0);
+
+	$subhub = (($ret['network'] === NETWORK_OSTATUS) ? true : false);
+
 	$hidden = (($ret['network'] === NETWORK_MAIL) ? 1 : 0);
 
 	if($ret['network'] === NETWORK_MAIL) {
@@ -116,8 +119,9 @@ function new_contact($uid,$url,$interactive = false) {
 	if(count($r)) {
 		// update contact
 		if($r[0]['rel'] == CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER || ($network === NETWORK_DIASPORA && $r[0]['rel'] == CONTACT_IS_SHARING)) {
-			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `rel` = %d , `readonly` = 0 WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `rel` = %d , `subhub` = %d, `readonly` = 0 WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				intval(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND),
+				intval($subhub),
 				intval($r[0]['id']),
 				intval($uid)
 			);
@@ -131,8 +135,8 @@ function new_contact($uid,$url,$interactive = false) {
 
 		// create contact record 
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`, `url`, `nurl`, `addr`, `alias`, `batch`, `notify`, `poll`, `poco`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `network`, `pubkey`, `rel`, `priority`,
-			`writable`, `hidden`, `blocked`, `readonly`, `pending` )
-			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, %d, 0, 0, 0 ) ",
+			`writable`, `hidden`, `blocked`, `readonly`, `pending`, `subhub` )
+			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, %d, 0, 0, 0, %d ) ",
 			intval($uid),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			dbesc($ret['url']),
@@ -151,7 +155,8 @@ function new_contact($uid,$url,$interactive = false) {
 			intval($new_relation),
 			intval($ret['priority']),
 			intval($writeable),
-			intval($hidden)
+			intval($hidden),
+			intval($subhub)
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index fc6819738..ccc11d5be 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1304,6 +1304,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 	$birthday = '';
 
 	$hubs = $feed->get_links('hub');
+	logger('consume_feed: hubs: ' . print_r($hubs,true), LOGGER_DATA);
 
 	if(count($hubs))
 		$hub = implode(',', $hubs);
diff --git a/include/onepoll.php b/include/onepoll.php
index a64922aa3..ba7d5ebaf 100644
--- a/include/onepoll.php
+++ b/include/onepoll.php
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ function onepoll_run($argv, $argc){
 		if($contact['network'] === NETWORK_DFRN || $contact['blocked'] || $contact['readonly'])
 			$hubmode = 'unsubscribe';
 
+		if($contact['network'] === NETWORK_OSTATUS && (! $contact['hub-verify']))
+			$hub_update = true;
+
 		if((strlen($hub)) && ($hub_update) && ($contact['rel'] != CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER)) {
 			logger('poller: hub ' . $hubmode . ' : ' . $hub . ' contact name : ' . $contact['name'] . ' local user : ' . $importer['name']);
 			$hubs = explode(',', $hub);