diff --git a/include/Contact.php b/include/Contact.php
index 1a7a1676a7..d39d7a28b6 100644
--- a/include/Contact.php
+++ b/include/Contact.php
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ function mark_for_death($contact) {
 			q("update contact set `archive` = 1 where id = %d limit 1",
 				intval($contact['id'])
 			);
+			q("UPDATE `item` SET `private` = 2 WHERE `contact-id` = %d AND `uid` = %d", intval($contact['id']), intval($contact['uid']));
 
 			//contact_remove($contact['id']);
 
diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 8a36fa4cb6..7668b45b3a 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ function contacts_content(&$a) {
 				intval($contact_id),
 				intval(local_user())
 			);
+			if ($archived) {
+				q("UPDATE `item` SET `private` = 2 WHERE `contact-id` = %d AND `uid` = %d", intval($contact_id), intval(local_user()));
+			}
 			if($r) {
 				//notice( t('Contact has been ') . (($archived) ? t('archived') : t('unarchived')) . EOL );
 				info( (($archived) ? t('Contact has been archived') : t('Contact has been unarchived')) . EOL );