diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index 902c290..c9a84bd 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def url_options
-    options = { :host => default_hostname, :profile => (hostname ? nil : self.identifier) }
+    options = { :host => default_hostname, :profile => (own_hostname ? nil : self.identifier) }
     Noosfero.url_options.merge(options)
   end
 
@@ -356,11 +356,15 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
     if preferred_domain
       return preferred_domain.name
     else
-      domain = self.domains.first
-      domain ? domain.name : nil
+      own_hostname
     end
   end
 
+  def own_hostname
+    domain = self.domains.first
+    domain ? domain.name : nil
+  end
+
   def possible_domains
     environment.domains + domains
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/profile_test.rb b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
index 3937c23..a6d94b8 100644
--- a/test/unit/profile_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
@@ -1282,9 +1282,10 @@ class ProfileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   should 'use preferred domain for hostname' do
-    profile = Profile.new
+    profile = Profile.new(:identifier => 'myself')
     profile.stubs(:preferred_domain).returns(Domain.new(:name => 'preferred.net'))
     assert_equal 'preferred.net', profile.url[:host]
+    assert_equal 'myself', profile.url[:profile]
   end
 
   should 'provide a list of possible preferred domain names' do
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