diff --git a/app/controllers/public/profile_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/profile_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c46b654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/public/profile_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class ProfileController < ApplicationController
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 9c09ebb..c9920b9 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   # controllers for blocks
   map.controllers 'block/:profile/:controller/:action/:id', :controller => Noosfero.pattern_for_controllers_from_design_blocks
 
+  # public profile information
+  map.profile 'profile/:profile/:action', :controller => 'profile', :action => 'index'
+
   ######################################################
   ## Controllers that are profile-specific (for profile admins )
   ######################################################
diff --git a/test/functional/profile_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/profile_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..623b592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/profile_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+require 'profile_controller'
+
+# Re-raise errors caught by the controller.
+class ProfileController; def rescue_action(e) raise e end; end
+
+class ProfileControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @controller = ProfileController.new
+    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
+    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
+  end
+
+  # Replace this with your real tests.
+  def test_truth
+    assert true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/routing_test.rb b/test/integration/routing_test.rb
index 6ed1e61..1eb29a1 100644
--- a/test/integration/routing_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/routing_test.rb
@@ -93,4 +93,9 @@ class RoutingTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_routing('/tag/umboraminhaporra', :controller => 'search', :action => 'tag', :tag => 'umboraminhaporra')
   end
 
+  def test_profile_routing
+    assert_routing('/profile/ze', :controller => 'profile', :profile => 'ze', :action => 'index')
+    assert_routing('/profile/ze/friends', :controller => 'profile', :profile => 'ze', :action => 'friends')
+  end
+
 end
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