diff --git a/lib/oauth2.js b/lib/oauth2.js
index 0bf50077..b72fb8b4 100644
--- a/lib/oauth2.js
+++ b/lib/oauth2.js
@@ -25,8 +25,22 @@ Strategy.prototype.userProfile = function(accessToken, done) {
   //LinkedIn uses a custom name for the access_token parameter
   this._oauth2.setAccessTokenName("oauth2_access_token");
 
+  var strategy = this;
   this._oauth2.get(this.profileUrl, accessToken, function (err, body, res) {
-    if (err) { return done(new InternalOAuthError('failed to fetch user profile', err)); }
+    if (err) {
+        if(!strategy.profileUrl.match('public-profile-url')) {
+            return done(new InternalOAuthError('failed to fetch user profile', err));
+        } else { // Retry without requesting the field 'public-profile-url' which errors out if the user has disabled their public profile
+            strategy.profileUrl = strategy.profileUrl.replace('public-profile-url','');
+            strategy.profileUrl = strategy.profileUrl.replace(',,',',');
+            strategy.profileUrl = strategy.profileUrl.replace('(,','(');
+            strategy.profileUrl = strategy.profileUrl.replace(',)',')');
+
+            return strategy.userProfile(accessToken, function(err, profile) {
+                return done(err, profile);
+            });
+        }
+    }
 
     try {
       var json = JSON.parse(body);