diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 4eab24864..96ee4f128 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ diaspora.yml file**. The existing settings from 0.4.x and before will not work a
 * Improve consistency of poll answer ordering [#5471](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5471)
 * Fix broken aspect selectbox on asynchronous search results [#5488](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5488)
 * Replace %{third_party_tools} by the appropriate hyperlink in tags FAQ [#5509](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5509)
+* Repair downloading the profile image from Facebook [#5493](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5493)
 
 ## Features
 * Don't pull jQuery from a CDN by default [#5105](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5105)
diff --git a/app/controllers/services_controller.rb b/app/controllers/services_controller.rb
index 8baa56cfd..abfd50782 100644
--- a/app/controllers/services_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/services_controller.rb
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class ServicesController < ApplicationController
     service = Service.initialize_from_omniauth( omniauth_hash )
     
     if current_user.services << service
-      current_user.update_profile_with_omniauth( service.info )
-
-      fetch_photo(service) if no_profile_image?
+      no_profile_image_before_update = no_profile_image?
+      current_user.update_profile_with_omniauth(service.info)
+      fetch_photo(service) if no_profile_image_before_update
 
       flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'services.create.success'
     else
diff --git a/spec/controllers/services_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/services_controller_spec.rb
index 1dd5396c6..d7bd50e92 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/services_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/services_controller_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe ServicesController, :type => :controller do
   let(:omniauth_auth) do
     { 'provider' => 'facebook',
       'uid'      => '2',
-      'info'   => { 'nickname' => 'grimmin' },
+      'info'   => { 'nickname' => 'grimmin', 'image' => 'http://graph.facebook.com/2/picture' },
       'credentials' => { 'token' => 'tokin', 'secret' =>"not_so_much" }}
     end
   let(:user) { alice }
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ describe ServicesController, :type => :controller do
       expect(user.reload.services.first.class.name).to eq("Services::Facebook")
     end
 
+    context "when the user hasn't got a profile photo on Diaspora" do
+      before { user.person.profile.update_attribute :image_url, nil }
+
+      it "imports the profile photo from the service" do
+        expect(Workers::FetchProfilePhoto).to receive(:perform_async)
+        post :create, :provider => 'facebook'
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when service exists with the same uid' do
       before { Services::Twitter.create!(uid: omniauth_auth['uid'], user_id: user.id) }