--- a/plugins/mod_vcard_legacy.lua	Sat Sep 01 23:43:19 2018 +0200
+++ b/plugins/mod_vcard_legacy.lua	Sat Sep 01 18:10:33 2018 +0200
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@
 	local vcard4 = st.stanza("item", { xmlns = "http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub", id = "current" })
 		:tag("vcard", { xmlns = 'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:vcard-4.0' });
 
+	if pep_service:purge("urn:xmpp:avatar:metadata", origin.full_jid) then
+		pep_service:publish("urn:xmpp:avatar:data", origin.full_jid);
+	end
+
 	vcard4:tag("fn"):text_tag("text", vcard_temp:get_child_text("FN")):up();
 
 	local N = vcard_temp:get_child("N");