diff --git a/src/trusted-contact.cpp b/src/trusted-contact.cpp
index 7db842a..9e574b7 100644
--- a/src/trusted-contact.cpp
+++ b/src/trusted-contact.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 			       const string& alias)
   : ContactItem(selfEndorseCertificate, alias)
 {
+  m_isIntroducer = true;
+
   tokenizer<escaped_list_separator<char> > trustScopeItems(trustScope, escaped_list_separator<char> ("\\", " \t", "'\""));
 
   tokenizer<escaped_list_separator<char> >::iterator it = trustScopeItems.begin();
@@ -33,6 +35,20 @@
     }
 }
 
+TrustedContact::TrustedContact(const ContactItem& contactItem)
+  : ContactItem(contactItem)
+{
+  m_isIntroducer = true;
+}
+
+TrustedContact::TrustedContact(const TrustedContact& trustedContact)
+  : ContactItem(trustedContact)
+  , m_trustScope(trustedContact.m_trustScope)
+  , m_trustScopeName(trustedContact.m_trustScopeName)
+{
+  m_isIntroducer = true;
+}
+
 bool 
 TrustedContact::canBeTrustedFor(const Name& name)
 {
@@ -57,3 +73,4 @@
 
   return Ptr<Blob>(new Blob(oss.str().c_str(), oss.str().size()));
 }
+