diff --git a/include/identity.php b/include/identity.php
index ee289495d..2db5d8ece 100644
--- a/include/identity.php
+++ b/include/identity.php
@@ -1170,3 +1170,25 @@ function get_online_status($nick) {
 
 	return $ret;
 }
+
+
+function remote_online_status($webbie) {
+
+	$result = false;
+	$r = q("select * from hubloc where hubloc_addr = '%s' limit 1",
+		dbesc($webbie)
+	);
+	if(! $r)
+		return $result;
+
+	$url = $r[0]['hubloc_url'] . '/online/' . substr($webbie,0,strpos($webbie,'@'));
+
+	$x = z_fetch_url($url);
+	if($x['success']) {
+		$j = json_decode($x['body'],true);
+		if($j)
+			$result = (($j['result']) ? $j['result'] : false);
+	}
+	return $result;
+
+}
diff --git a/mod/dirprofile.php b/mod/dirprofile.php
index 1593b014a..d88144f52 100644
--- a/mod/dirprofile.php
+++ b/mod/dirprofile.php
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ function dirprofile_init(&$a) {
 						$qrlink = zid($rr['url']);
 						$connect_link = ((local_user()) ? z_root() . '/follow?f=&url=' . urlencode($rr['address']) : ''); 		
 
+						$online = remote_online_status($rr['address']);
+
+
 						if(in_array($rr['hash'],$contacts))
 							$connect_link = '';
 
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ function dirprofile_init(&$a) {
 							'$photo' => $rr['photo_l'],
 							'$alttext' => $rr['name'] . ' ' . $rr['address'],
 							'$name' => $rr['name'],
+							'$online' => (($online) ? t('Online Now') : ''),
 							'$details' => $pdesc . $details,
 							'$profile' => $profile,
 							'$address' => $rr['address'],
diff --git a/view/tpl/direntry_large.tpl b/view/tpl/direntry_large.tpl
index a3fa7e4c3..f00448175 100755
--- a/view/tpl/direntry_large.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/direntry_large.tpl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <div class="clear"></div>
 
 
-<div class="contact-name" id="directory-name-{{$id}}"  >{{$name}}</div>
+<div class="contact-name" id="directory-name-{{$id}}"  >{{$name}}{{if $online}} <i class="icon-asterisk online-now" title="{{$online}}"></i>{{/if}}</div>
 {{if $connect}}
 <div class="directory-connect"><a href="{{$connect}}">{{$conn_label}}</a></div>
 {{/if}}