diff --git a/src/models/contact.js b/src/models/contact.js
index 325b641c8f..ee780bb51c 100644
--- a/src/models/contact.js
+++ b/src/models/contact.js
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export const MinimalContactProperties = [
 	'EMAIL', 'UID', 'TEL', 'CATEGORIES', 'FN', 'ORG', 'N', 'X-PHONETIC-FIRST-NAME', 'X-PHONETIC-LAST-NAME', 'X-MANAGERSNAME', 'TITLE', 'NOTE', 'RELATED',
 ].concat(ContactKindProperties)
 
+export function generateContactKey(uid, addressbookId) {
+	return Buffer.from(uid + '~' + addressbookId, 'utf8').toString('base64')
+}
+
 export default class Contact {
 	/**
 	 * Creates an instance of Contact
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ export default class Contact {
 	 * @memberof Contact
 	 */
 	get key() {
-		return Buffer.from(this.uid + '~' + this.addressbook.id, 'utf8').toString('base64')
+		return generateContactKey(this.uid, this.addressbook.id)
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/router/index.js b/src/router/index.js
index 4913933020..0329de418a 100644
--- a/src/router/index.js
+++ b/src/router/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 import { generateUrl } from '@nextcloud/router'
 import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router'
 import Contacts from '../views/Contacts.vue'
-import { ROUTE_CHART, ROUTE_CIRCLE, ROUTE_USER_GROUP } from '../models/constants.ts'
+import { GROUP_ALL_CONTACTS, ROUTE_CHART, ROUTE_CIRCLE, ROUTE_USER_GROUP } from '../models/constants.ts'
+import { generateContactKey } from '../models/contact.js'
 
 // if index.php is in the url AND we got this far, then it's working:
 // let's keep using index.php in the url
@@ -57,6 +58,17 @@ export default createRouter({
 					name: 'user_group',
 					component: Contacts,
 				},
+				{
+					path: 'u/:userId',
+					name: 'profile-redirect',
+					redirect: (to) => ({
+						name: 'contact',
+						params: {
+							selectedGroup: GROUP_ALL_CONTACTS,
+							selectedContact: generateContactKey(to.params.userId, 'z-server-generated--system'),
+						},
+					}),
+				},
 			],
 		},
 	],