diff --git a/app/controllers/public/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/search_controller.rb
index f2420f0..f3ae44a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public/search_controller.rb
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ class SearchController < PublicController
   def visible_profiles(klass, *extra_relations)
     relations = [:image, :domains, :environment, :preferred_domain]
     relations += extra_relations
-    @environment.send(klass.name.underscore.pluralize).visible.includes(relations)
+    if current_user && current_user.person.is_admin?
+      @environment.send(klass.name.underscore.pluralize).includes(relations)
+    else
+      @environment.send(klass.name.underscore.pluralize).visible.includes(relations)
+    end
   end
 
   def per_page
diff --git a/app/helpers/profile_image_helper.rb b/app/helpers/profile_image_helper.rb
index 867aee8..563af12 100644
--- a/app/helpers/profile_image_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/profile_image_helper.rb
@@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ module ProfileImageHelper
     end
 
     extra_info_tag = ''
-    img_class = 'profile-image'
+
+    if profile.secret?
+      img_class = 'profile-image secret-profile'
+    else
+      img_class = 'profile-image'
+    end
 
     if extra_info.is_a? Hash
       extra_info_tag = content_tag( 'span', extra_info[:value], :class => 'extra_info '+extra_info[:class])
@@ -137,4 +142,4 @@ module ProfileImageHelper
       :title => profile.name ),
       :class => 'vcard'), :class => 'common-profile-list-block')
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/blocks/profile-list.scss b/public/stylesheets/blocks/profile-list.scss
index 18a9e6e..b2292b7 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/blocks/profile-list.scss
+++ b/public/stylesheets/blocks/profile-list.scss
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@
   vertical-align: middle;
   height: 64px;
 }
+.common-profile-list-block .secret-profile {
+  background: url(../images/hachure.png);
+  opacity: 0.25;
+  filter: alpha(opacity=5);
+  zoom: 1;
+}
 .common-profile-list-block img {
   border: none;
   max-width: 50px;
diff --git a/test/functional/search_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/search_controller_test.rb
index d2e06b2..92b7d61 100644
--- a/test/functional/search_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/search_controller_test.rb
@@ -541,6 +541,16 @@ class SearchControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_equal [c2,c1,c3] , assigns(:searches)[:communities][:results]
   end
 
+  should "only admin can view invisible people" do
+    # assuming that all filters behave the same!
+    p1 = fast_create(Person, :visible => false)
+    admin = create_user('admin').person;
+    Environment.default.add_admin admin
+    login_as("admin")
+    get :people, :order => 'more_recent'
+    assert_includes assigns(:searches)[:people][:results], p1
+  end
+
   should "only include visible people in more_recent filter" do
     # assuming that all filters behave the same!
     p1 = fast_create(Person, :visible => false)
diff --git a/test/unit/profile_image_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/profile_image_helper_test.rb
index a1a8e25..9d27cf3 100644
--- a/test/unit/profile_image_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/profile_image_helper_test.rb
@@ -135,4 +135,16 @@ class ProfileImageHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     NOOSFERO_CONF.stubs(:[]).with('gravatar').returns('nicevatar')
     assert_equal gravatar_default, 'nicevatar'
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  should "secret-profile css applied in the secret profile image" do
+    @plugins = mock
+    @plugins.stubs(:dispatch_first).returns(false)
+    env = Environment.default
+    stubs(:environment).returns(env)
+    stubs(:profile).returns(profile)
+    profile = fast_create(Community, :environment_id => env.id, :secret => true)
+    info = {:value =>_('New'), :class => 'new-profile'}
+    html = profile_image_link(profile, size=:portrait, tag='li', extra_info = info)
+    assert_tag_in_string html, :tag => 'span', :attributes => { :class => 'profile-image secret-profile new-profile' }
+  end
+end
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