diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index df0b484..986f1e5 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ class Person < Profile
   has_and_belongs_to_many :refused_communities, :class_name => 'Community', :join_table => 'refused_join_community'
 
   def ask_to_join?(community)
+    return false if !community.public_profile
     return false if memberships.include?(community)
     return false if AddMember.find(:first, :conditions => {:requestor_id => self.id, :target_id => community.id})
     !refused_communities.include?(community)
diff --git a/test/unit/person_test.rb b/test/unit/person_test.rb
index 1e26eaa..4dbaa98 100644
--- a/test/unit/person_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/person_test.rb
@@ -534,4 +534,10 @@ class PersonTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !p.ask_to_join?(c)
   end
 
+  should 'not ask to join if community is not public' do
+    p = create_user('test_user').person
+    c = Community.create!(:name => 'Test community', :identifier => 'test_community', :public_profile => false)
+
+    assert !p.ask_to_join?(c)
+  end
 end
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