diff --git a/lib/FederatedItems/SingleMemberAdd.php b/lib/FederatedItems/SingleMemberAdd.php
index f71c42e7b..2c7aa6a01 100644
--- a/lib/FederatedItems/SingleMemberAdd.php
+++ b/lib/FederatedItems/SingleMemberAdd.php
@@ -368,6 +368,12 @@ protected function generateMember(FederatedEvent $event, Circle $circle, Member
 			throw new FederatedItemBadRequestException(StatusCode::$MEMBER_ADD[125], 125);
 		}
 
+		if ($circle->isConfig(Circle::CFG_LOCAL)
+			&& $federatedUser->getUserType() === Member::TYPE_CIRCLE
+			&& !$federatedUser->getBasedOn()->isConfig(Circle::CFG_LOCAL)) {
+			throw new FederatedItemBadRequestException(StatusCode::$MEMBER_ADD[131], 131);
+		}
+
 		if ($member->getSingleId() === $circle->getSingleId()) {
 			throw new FederatedItemBadRequestException(StatusCode::$MEMBER_ADD[128], 128);
 		}
diff --git a/lib/StatusCode.php b/lib/StatusCode.php
index aca51529e..4ffa5e9e7 100644
--- a/lib/StatusCode.php
+++ b/lib/StatusCode.php
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ class StatusCode {
 		127 => 'Remote Users are not accepted in a non-federated Circle',
 		128 => 'Cannot add Circle as its own Member',
 		129 => 'Member does not contains a patron',
-		130 => 'Member is invited by an entity that does not belongs to the instance at the origin of the request'
+		130 => 'Member is invited by an entity that does not belongs to the instance at the origin of the request',
+		131 => 'Member is a non-local Circle'
 	];
 
 	public static $MEMBER_LEVEL = [