diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index ac0c983e2..f1d5f20bb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
           render :xml => director.build(ostatus_builder), :content_type => 'application/atom+xml'
         end
 
-        format.html { redirect_to person_path(user.person.id) }
+        format.any { redirect_to person_path(user.person.id) }
       end
     else
       redirect_to root_url, :error => I18n.t('users.public.does_not_exist', :username => params[:username])
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index 9c4090967..66a445a3a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ describe UsersController do
       get :public, :username => @user.username
       response.should be_redirect
     end
+    it 'redirects to a profile page if mobile is requested' do
+      Diaspora::OstatusBuilder.should_not_receive(:new)
+      get :public, :username => @user.username, :format => :mobile
+      response.should be_redirect
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#update' do