diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
index 0cf6eae845e..9b10fb2a9c0 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                             <field name="context_tz" completion="1" readonly="0"/>
                             <field name="menu_tips" colspan="2" readonly="0"/>
                             <separator string="Email &amp; Signature" colspan="4"/>
-                            <group colspan="4"><field name="user_email" widget="email"/></group>
+                            <group colspan="4"><field name="user_email" widget="email" readonly="0"/></group>
                             <field colspan="4" name="signature" readonly="0" nolabel="1"/>
                           </page>
                     </notebook>