diff --git a/modules/rdf/rdf.test b/modules/rdf/rdf.test
index 242f423992ffee4cc344981c14b368595b0a384e..bcbe943e3e1244bc021e49f3f3d2d6675e883367 100644
--- a/modules/rdf/rdf.test
+++ b/modules/rdf/rdf.test
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class RdfMappingDefinitionTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
   public static function getInfo() {
     return array(
       'name' => 'RDF mapping definition functionality',
-      'description' => 'Test the different types of RDF mappings and ensure the proper RDFa markup in included in node pages.',
+      'description' => 'Test the different types of RDF mappings and ensure the proper RDFa markup in included in nodes and user profile pages.',
       'group' => 'RDF',
     );
   }
@@ -187,4 +187,20 @@ class RdfMappingDefinitionTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertRaw('property="dc:title"');
     $this->assertRaw('property="dc:date dc:created"');
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a random user and ensure the default mapping for user is used.
+   */
+  function testUserProfilesAttributesInMarkup() {
+    // Create a user with access to user profiles.
+    $user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('access user profiles'));
+    $this->drupalLogin($user);
+    // Browse to the user profile page.
+    $this->drupalGet('user/' . $user->uid);
+    // Ensure the default bundle mapping for user is used. These attributes come
+    // from the user default bundle definition.
+    $profile_url = url('user/' . $user->uid);
+    $user_profile_about = $this->xpath("//div[@class='profile' and @typeof='sioc:User' and @about='$profile_url']");
+    $this->assertTrue(!empty($user_profile_about), t('RDFa markup found on user profile page'));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/user/user-profile.tpl.php b/modules/user/user-profile.tpl.php
index 5c374d7786019fbb491e9661a8c64d17949338d0..5d06827c2abc72ea8c3b36af3f6296bd36fa87bd 100644
--- a/modules/user/user-profile.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/user/user-profile.tpl.php
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@
  * @see template_preprocess_user_profile()
  */
 ?>
-<div class="profile">
+<div class="profile"<?php print $attributes; ?>>
   <?php print render($user_profile); ?>
 </div>