diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
index df92e3a2c55..66258f2038e 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@
 
                 <group string="res_config_contents" position="replace">
                   <separator string="New User" colspan="4"/>
-                  <field name="name" select="1" colspan="4"/>
+                  <field name="name" select="1"/>
+                  <field name="email"/>
                   <field name="login" select="1"/>
                   <field name="password" password="True"/>
                   <field name="context_lang"/>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py b/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
index dd438a019f4..d3f932d3307 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ class users(osv.osv):
         'name': fields.char('Name', size=64, required=True, select=True),
         'login': fields.char('Login', size=64, required=True),
         'password': fields.char('Password', size=64, invisible=True, help="Keep empty if you don't want the user to be able to connect on the system."),
+        'email': fields.char('E-mail', size=64, help='If an email is provided'\
+                             ', the user will be sent a message welcoming him'),
         'signature': fields.text('Signature', size=64),
         'address_id': fields.many2one('res.partner.address', 'Address'),
         'active': fields.boolean('Active'),