diff --git a/htdocs/lib2/logic/user.class.php b/htdocs/lib2/logic/user.class.php
index 14bbbb3e2..e5ac4085a 100644
--- a/htdocs/lib2/logic/user.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/lib2/logic/user.class.php
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ function __construct($nNewUserId=ID_NEW)
 		$this->reUser->addString('last_name', '', false);
 		$this->reUser->addString('first_name', '', false);
 		$this->reUser->addString('country', null, true);
+		$this->reUser->addBoolean('accept_mailing', false, false);
 		$this->reUser->addBoolean('pmr_flag', false, false);
 		$this->reUser->addString('new_pw_code', null, true);
 		$this->reUser->addDate('new_pw_date', null, true);
@@ -255,6 +256,14 @@ function setPermanentLogin($value)
 	{
 		return $this->reUser->setValue('permanent_login_flag', $value);
 	}
+	function getAccMailing()
+	{
+		return $this->reUser->getValue('accept_mailing');
+	}
+	function setAccMailing($value)
+	{
+		return $this->reUser->setValue('accept_mailing', $value);
+	}
 	function getNoHTMLEditor()
 	{
 		return $this->reUser->getValue('no_htmledit_flag');
@@ -731,7 +740,7 @@ function disable()
 		sql("UPDATE `user` SET `password`=NULL, `email`=NULL, 
 		                       `is_active_flag`=0, 
 		                       `latitude`=0, `longitude`=0, 
-		                       `last_name`='', `first_name`='', `country`=NULL, `pmr_flag`=0,
+		                       `last_name`='', `first_name`='', `country`=NULL, `accept_mailing`=0, `pmr_flag`=0,
 		                       `new_pw_code`=NULL, `new_pw_date`=NULL,
 		                       `new_email`=NULL, `new_email_code`=NULL, `new_email_date`=NULL,
 		                       `email_problems`=0, `first_email_problem`=NULL, `last_email_problem`=NULL,
@@ -1296,4 +1305,4 @@ function showStatFounds()
 		return false;
 	}
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/htdocs/myprofile.php b/htdocs/myprofile.php
index 46cec6229..24efc7080 100644
--- a/htdocs/myprofile.php
+++ b/htdocs/myprofile.php
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ function change()
 		}
 	}
 
+	$bAccMailing = isset($_REQUEST['save']) ? isset($_REQUEST['accMailing']) : $user->getAccMailing();
+	$tpl->assign('accMailing', $bAccMailing);
+	$user->setAccMailing($bAccMailing);
+
 	$bUsePMR = isset($_REQUEST['save']) ? isset($_REQUEST['usePMR']) : $user->getUsePMR();
 	$tpl->assign('usePMR', $bUsePMR);
 	$user->setUsePMR($bUsePMR);
@@ -213,9 +217,11 @@ function assignFromUser($user)
 
 	$tpl->assign('registeredSince', $user->getDateRegistered());
 
+	$tpl->assign('accMailing', $user->getAccMailing());
+
 	$tpl->assign('usePMR', $user->getUsePMR());
 	$tpl->assign('permanentLogin', $user->getPermanentLogin());
 	$tpl->assign('noHTMLEditor', $user->getNoHTMLEditor());
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/htdocs/templates2/ocstyle/myprofile.tpl b/htdocs/templates2/ocstyle/myprofile.tpl
index 9c6f4845c..15dadeb10 100644
--- a/htdocs/templates2/ocstyle/myprofile.tpl
+++ b/htdocs/templates2/ocstyle/myprofile.tpl
@@ -136,6 +136,24 @@
 				</td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr><td class="spacer" colspan="2"></td></tr>
+			
+			<tr>
+				<td valign="top">{t}Newsletter:{/t}</td>
+				<td valign="top">
+					{if $edit==true}
+						<input type="checkbox" name="accMailing" value="1" {if $accMailing==true}checked="checked"{/if} id="acc_Mailing" class="checkbox" /> 
+						<label for="acc_Mailing">{t}Please send me mailings about news and actions on opencaching.de. (max. 2-5 per year){/t}</label>
+						<br />
+					{else}
+						{if $accMailing==true}
+							{t}Yes, I want to recieve mailings about news and actions on opencaching.de. (max. 2-5 per year){/t}<br />
+						{else}
+							{t}No, I dont't want any mailings about news and actions on opencaching.de.{/t}
+						{/if}
+					{/if}
+				</td>
+			</tr>
+			<tr><td class="spacer" colspan="2"></td></tr>
 
 			{if $edit || $usePMR || $permanentLogin || $noHTMLEditor}
 			<tr>
diff --git a/htdocs/viewprofile.php b/htdocs/viewprofile.php
index 039227a50..f9f9fdcc5 100755
--- a/htdocs/viewprofile.php
+++ b/htdocs/viewprofile.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	// user data and basic statistics
 	$rs = sql("SELECT `user`.`username`, 
 										`user`.`last_login`, 
+										`user`.`accept_mailing`, 
 										`user`.`pmr_flag`, 
 										`user`.`date_created`, 
 										`user`.`password`, 
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@
 
 	$tpl->assign('license_actively_declined', $record['data_license'] == NEW_DATA_LICENSE_ACTIVELY_DECLINED);
 	$tpl->assign('license_passively_declined', $record['data_license'] == NEW_DATA_LICENSE_PASSIVELY_DECLINED);
+	$tpl->assign('accMailing', $record['accept_mailing']);
 	$tpl->assign('pmr', $record['pmr_flag']);
 
 	$tpl->display();
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>