diff --git a/core/modules/contact/contact.views.inc b/core/modules/contact/contact.views.inc
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Provide views data and handlers for contact.module.
+ *
+ * @ingroup views_module_handlers
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_views_data_alter().
+ */
+function contact_views_data_alter(&$data) {
+  $data['users']['contact'] = array(
+    'field' => array(
+      'title' => t('Link to contact page'),
+      'help' => t('Provide a simple link to the user contact page.'),
+      'id' => 'contact_link',
+    ),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/contact/lib/Drupal/contact/Plugin/views/field/ContactLink.php b/core/modules/contact/lib/Drupal/contact/Plugin/views/field/ContactLink.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\contact\Plugin\views\field\ContactLink.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\contact\Plugin\views\field;
+
+use Drupal\user\Plugin\views\field\Link;
+use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Plugin;
+
+/**
+ * A field that links to the user contact page, if access is permitted.
+ *
+ * @ingroup views_field_handlers
+ *
+ * @Plugin(
+ *   id = "contact_link",
+ *   module = "contact"
+ * )
+ */
+class ContactLink extends Link {
+
+  public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
+    $form['text']['#title'] = t('Link label');
+    $form['text']['#required'] = TRUE;
+    $form['text']['#default_value'] = empty($this->options['text']) ? t('contact') : $this->options['text'];
+    parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
+  }
+
+  // An example of field level access control.
+  // We must override the access method in the parent class, as that requires
+  // the 'access user profiles' permission, which the contact form does not.
+  public function access() {
+    return user_access('access user contact forms');
+  }
+
+  function render_link($data, $values) {
+    global $user;
+    $uid = $this->get_value($values, 'uid');
+
+    if (empty($uid)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    $account = user_load($uid);
+    if (empty($account)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Check access when we pull up the user account so we know
+    // if the user has made the contact page available.
+    $menu_item = menu_get_item("user/$uid/contact");
+    if (!$menu_item['access'] || empty($account->data['contact'])) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    $this->options['alter']['make_link'] = TRUE;
+    $this->options['alter']['path'] = 'user/' . $account->uid . '/contact';
+    $this->options['alter']['attributes'] = array('title' => t('Contact %user', array('%user' => $account->name)));
+
+    $text = $this->options['text'];
+
+    return $text;
+  }
+
+}