diff --git a/actions/showstream.php b/actions/showstream.php
index 7e887a9d9e..c98c8b6be1 100644
--- a/actions/showstream.php
+++ b/actions/showstream.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ShowstreamAction extends StreamAction {
 
 		# Looks like we're good; show the header
 
-		common_show_header($profile->nickname);
+		common_show_header($profile->nickname, array($this, 'show_header'), $user);
 
 		$cur = common_current_user();
 
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ class ShowstreamAction extends StreamAction {
 		common_show_footer();
 	}
 
+	function show_header($user) {
+		common_element('link', array('rel' => 'alternate',
+									 'href' => common_local_url('rss10', array('nickname' =>
+																			   $user->nickname)),
+									 'type' => 'application/rdf+xml',
+									 'title' => _t('Notice feed for ') . $user->nickname));
+	}
+	
 	function no_such_user() {
 		common_user_error('No such user');
 	}
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 31bf0de1f7..9635c1abbd 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function common_end_xml() {
 	$xw->flush();
 }
 
-function common_show_header($pagetitle) {
+function common_show_header($pagetitle, $callable=NULL, $data=NULL) {
 	global $config, $xw;
 
 	header('Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml');
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ function common_show_header($pagetitle) {
 								 'type' => 'text/css',
 								 'href' => $config['site']['path'] . 'theme/default/style/print.css',
 								 'media' => 'print'));
+	if ($callable) {
+		if ($data) {
+			call_user_func($callable, $data);
+		} else {
+			call_user_func($callable);
+		}
+	}
 	common_element_end('head');
 	common_element_start('body');
 	common_element_start('div', array('id' => 'wrapper'));