diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index b89adaa33..bba8e9027 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+  extend FriendlyId
+  friendly_id :username, use: :slugged
+
   # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
   # :token_authenticatable, :confirmable,
   # :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 97db06757..b3037477b 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20121027035231) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20121106101936) do
 
   create_table "crops", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "system_name",      :null => false
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20121027035231) do
     t.datetime "created_at",                             :null => false
     t.datetime "updated_at",                             :null => false
     t.string   "username"
+    t.string   "slug"
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["confirmation_token"], :name => "index_users_on_confirmation_token", :unique => true
   add_index "users", ["email"], :name => "index_users_on_email", :unique => true
   add_index "users", ["reset_password_token"], :name => "index_users_on_reset_password_token", :unique => true
+  add_index "users", ["slug"], :name => "index_users_on_slug", :unique => true
   add_index "users", ["unlock_token"], :name => "index_users_on_unlock_token", :unique => true
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 018e0c3b3..19611123a 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe 'user' do
     @user2 = User.find_by_email('example@example.com')
     @user2.email.should == "example@example.com"
     @user2.username.should == "someone"
+    @user2.slug.should == "someone"
     @user2.encrypted_password.should_not be_nil
   end