diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/base_data.xml b/openerp/addons/base/base_data.xml
index 4c429fe56ff..071d4cd0618 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/base_data.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/base_data.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
             <field name="name">Administrator</field>
             <field name="company_id" ref="main_company"/>
             <field name="customer" eval="False"/>
+            <field name="email">admin@example.com</field>
         </record>
 
         <record model="res.users" id="base.user_root">
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/base_demo.xml b/openerp/addons/base/base_demo.xml
index ce675ebb99e..cb9c836e0a6 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/base_demo.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/base_demo.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
             <field name="name">Demo User</field>
             <field name="company_id" ref="main_company"/>
             <field name="customer" eval="False"/>
+            <field name="email">demo@example.com</field>
         </record>
         <record id="user_demo" model="res.users">
             <field name="partner_id" ref="base.partner_demo"/>
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@
             <field name="groups_id" eval="[(6,0,[ref('base.group_user')])]"/>
         </record>
 
+        <record model="res.partner" id="base.partner_root">
+            <field name="email">admin@example.com</field>
+        </record>
+
         <!-- new rate for demo transactions in multi currency -->
         <record id="rateUSDbis" model="res.currency.rate">
             <field name="rate">1.5289</field>