diff --git a/spectrum/src/frontends/xmpp/vcardresponder.cpp b/spectrum/src/frontends/xmpp/vcardresponder.cpp
index 4269ff2fa20e276201e7dc1bcf3e2dc3e89f9701..5085af0a62ea995b51433e2fddf6b1cd06f95238 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/frontends/xmpp/vcardresponder.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/frontends/xmpp/vcardresponder.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ bool VCardResponder::handleGetRequest(const Swift::JID& from, const Swift::JID&
 }
 
 bool VCardResponder::handleSetRequest(const Swift::JID& from, const Swift::JID& to, const std::string& id, boost::shared_ptr<Swift::VCard> payload) {
-	if (!to.getNode().empty()) {
+	if (!to.getNode().empty() && from.toBare().toString() != to.toBare().toString()) {
 		LOG4CXX_WARN(logger, from.toBare().toString() << ": Tried to set VCard of somebody else");
 		return false;
 	}