diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 661a77f2a..9ff4bad7a 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require_once('include/taxonomy.php');
 define ( 'RED_PLATFORM',            'Red Matrix' );
 define ( 'RED_VERSION',             trim(file_get_contents('version.inc')) . 'R');
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',            1     ); 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1045  );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1046  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    '<br />' . "\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/install/database.sql b/install/database.sql
index 9964e98ea..056124649 100644
--- a/install/database.sql
+++ b/install/database.sql
@@ -797,10 +797,12 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `site` (
   `site_flags` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `site_update` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   `site_directory` char(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `site_register` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   PRIMARY KEY (`site_url`),
   KEY `site_flags` (`site_flags`),
   KEY `site_update` (`site_update`),
-  KEY `site_directory` (`site_directory`)
+  KEY `site_directory` (`site_directory`),
+  KEY `site_register` (`site_register`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `spam` (
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index ba5ec0262..c57b8562e 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1045 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1046 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -556,3 +556,12 @@ ADD INDEX ( `imgurl` ) ");
 		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
 	return UPDATE_FAILED;
 }
+
+function update_r1045() {
+	$r = q("ALTER TABLE `site` ADD `site_register` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+ADD INDEX ( `site_register` ) ");
+	if($r)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+}
+	
diff --git a/mod/zfinger.php b/mod/zfinger.php
index 48582b3d6..460f157b6 100644
--- a/mod/zfinger.php
+++ b/mod/zfinger.php
@@ -181,7 +181,14 @@ function zfinger_init(&$a) {
 		$ret['site']['directory_mode'] = 'standalone';
 	if($dirmode != DIRECTORY_MODE_NORMAL)
 		$ret['site']['directory_url'] = z_root() . '/dirsearch';
- 
+	$register_policy = intval(get_config('system','register_policy'));
+	if($register_policy == REGISTER_CLOSED)
+		$ret['site']['register_policy'] = 'closed';
+	if($register_policy == REGISTER_APPROVE)
+		$ret['site']['register_policy'] = 'approve';
+	if($register_policy == REGISTER_OPEN)
+		$ret['site']['register_policy'] = 'open';
+
 	json_return_and_die($ret);
 
 }
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