diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailusers/migrations/0001_initial.py b/wagtail/wagtailusers/migrations/0001_initial.py
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+++ b/wagtail/wagtailusers/migrations/0001_initial.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        pass
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        pass
+
+    models = {
+        
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['wagtailusers']
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diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailusers/migrations/0002_add_user_profile_model.py b/wagtail/wagtailusers/migrations/0002_add_user_profile_model.py
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+++ b/wagtail/wagtailusers/migrations/0002_add_user_profile_model.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding model 'UserProfile'
+        db.create_table(u'wagtailusers_userprofile', (
+            (u'id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
+            ('user', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField')(related_name='profile', unique=True, to=orm['auth.User'])),
+            ('submitted_notifications', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=True)),
+            ('rejected_notifications', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=True)),
+            ('approved_notifications', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=True)),
+        ))
+        db.send_create_signal(u'wagtailusers', ['UserProfile'])
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting model 'UserProfile'
+        db.delete_table(u'wagtailusers_userprofile')
+
+
+    models = {
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'related_name': "u'user_set'", 'blank': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.Group']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'related_name': "u'user_set'", 'blank': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']"}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'wagtailusers.userprofile': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'UserProfile'},
+            'approved_notifications': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'rejected_notifications': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'submitted_notifications': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'related_name': "'profile'", 'unique': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['wagtailusers']
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diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailusers/migrations/__init__.py b/wagtail/wagtailusers/migrations/__init__.py
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diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailusers/models.py b/wagtail/wagtailusers/models.py
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+++ b/wagtail/wagtailusers/models.py
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+from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+
+User = get_user_model()
+
+User.get_profile = lambda u: UserProfile.objects.get_or_create(user=u)[0]
+
+
+class UserProfile(models.Model):
+    user = models.OneToOneField(User)
+
+    submitted_notifications = models.BooleanField(
+            default=True,
+            help_text=_("Receive notification when a page is submitted for moderation")
+            )
+
+    approved_notifications = models.BooleanField(
+            default=True,
+            help_text=_("Receive notification when your page edit is approved")
+            )
+
+    rejected_notifications = models.BooleanField(
+            default=True,
+            help_text=_("Receive notification when your page edit is rejected")
+            )
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.user.username