diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
          :redirect_to => { :action => :index }
 
   in_place_edit_for :user, :full_name
-  in_place_edit_for :user, :alias
+  in_place_edit_for :user, :alias_for_editing
+  in_place_edit_for :user, :email_for_editing
 
   def index
     @user = User.find(session[:user_id])
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,31 @@
     self.roles.detect {|r| r.name == 'admin' }
   end
 
-#  protected
+  def email_for_editing
+    if self.email!=nil
+      self.email
+    else
+      "unknown"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def email_for_editing=(e)
+    self.email=e
+  end
+
+  def alias_for_editing
+    if self.alias!=nil
+      self.alias
+    else
+      "unknown"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def alias_for_editing=(e)
+    self.alias=e
+  end
+
+  protected
     def encrypt_new_password
       return if password.blank?
       self.salt = (10+rand(90)).to_s
diff --git a/app/views/users/index.html.haml b/app/views/users/index.html.haml
--- a/app/views/users/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/index.html.haml
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
     %td.uinfo= in_place_editor_field :user, 'full_name', {}, :rows => 1
   %tr
     %th.uinfo Alias
-    %td.uinfo= in_place_editor_field :user, 'alias', {}, :rows => 1
+    %td.uinfo= in_place_editor_field :user, 'alias_for_editing', {}, :rows => 1
+  %tr
+    %th.uinfo E-mail
+    %td.uinfo= in_place_editor_field :user, 'email_for_editing', {}, :rows => 1
   %tr
     %th.uinfo Password
     %td.uinfo
diff --git a/db/migrate/012_add_email_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/012_add_email_to_users.rb
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/012_add_email_to_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddEmailToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :users, :email, :string
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :users, :email
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 11) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 12) do
 
   create_table "languages", :force => true do |t|
     t.string "name",        :limit => 10
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     t.string "hashed_password"
     t.string "salt",            :limit => 5
     t.string "alias"
+    t.string "email"
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["login"], :name => "index_users_on_login", :unique => true