diff --git a/include/acl_selectors.php b/include/acl_selectors.php
index 6c0222e1c4..3306871d00 100644
--- a/include/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/include/acl_selectors.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 require_once("include/contact_selectors.php");
+require_once("include/features.php");
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -329,6 +330,9 @@ function populate_acl($user = null,$celeb = false) {
 		'$allowgid' => json_encode($perms['allow_gid']),
 		'$denycid' => json_encode($perms['deny_cid']),
 		'$denygid' => json_encode($perms['deny_gid']),
+		'$features' => array(
+			"aclautomention"=>(feature_enabled($user,"aclautomention")?"true":"false")
+		),
 	));
 	
 	
@@ -474,14 +478,15 @@ function acl_lookup(&$a, $out_type = 'json') {
 				"name"  => $g['name'],
 				"id"	=> intval($g['id']),
 				"uids"  => array_map("intval", explode(",",$g['uids'])),
-				"link"  => ''
+				"link"  => '',
+				"forum" => '0'
 			);
 		}
 	}
 	
 	if ($type=='' || $type=='c'){
 	
-		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `nick`, `micro`, `network`, `url`, `attag` FROM `contact` 
+		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `nick`, `micro`, `network`, `url`, `attag`, forum FROM `contact` 
 			WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 AND `archive` = 0 AND `notify` != ''
 			$sql_extra2
 			ORDER BY `name` ASC ",
@@ -541,6 +546,7 @@ function acl_lookup(&$a, $out_type = 'json') {
 				"network" => $g['network'],
 				"link" => $g['url'],
 				"nick" => ($g['attag']) ? $g['attag'] : $g['nick'],
+				"forum" => $g['forum']
 			);
 		}			
 	}
diff --git a/include/features.php b/include/features.php
index b2712665e1..24955ba104 100644
--- a/include/features.php
+++ b/include/features.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function get_features() {
 			t('Post Composition Features'),
 			array('richtext',       t('Richtext Editor'),			t('Enable richtext editor')),
 			array('preview',        t('Post Preview'),				t('Allow previewing posts and comments before publishing them')),
+			array('aclautomention',	t('Auto-mention Forums'),		t('Add/remove mention when a fourm page is selected/deselected in ACL window.')),
 		),
 
 		// Network sidebar widgets
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index a4538e88ed..a663a6d942 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -617,7 +617,6 @@ function fetch_xrd_links($url) {
 
 if(! function_exists('validate_url')) {
 function validate_url(&$url) {
-
 	// no naked subdomains (allow localhost for tests)
 	if(strpos($url,'.') === false && strpos($url,'/localhost/') === false)
 		return false;
diff --git a/js/acl.js b/js/acl.js
index fc6a6c0c1d..b57a925462 100644
--- a/js/acl.js
+++ b/js/acl.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-function ACL(backend_url, preset){
+function ACL(backend_url, preset, automention){
 	that = this;
 	
 	that.url = backend_url;
+	that.automention = automention;
 	
 	that.kp_timer = null;
 	
@@ -26,10 +27,45 @@ function ACL(backend_url, preset){
 	$("#acl-search").keypress(that.on_search);
 	$("#acl-wrapper").parents("form").submit(that.on_submit);
 	
+	/* add/remove mentions  */
+	that.element = $("#profile-jot-text");
+	that.htmlelm = that.element.get()[0];
+	
 	/* startup! */
 	that.get(0,100);
 }
 
+ACL.prototype.remove_mention = function(id) {
+	if (!that.aclautomention) return;
+	var nick = that.data[id].nick;
+	var searchText = "@"+nick+"+"+id+" ";
+	if (tinyMCE.activeEditor===null) {
+		start = that.element.val().indexOf(searchText); 
+		if ( start<0) return;
+		end = start+searchText.length;
+		that.element.setSelection(start,end).replaceSelectedText('').collapseSelection(false);
+	} else {
+		start =  tinyMCE.activeEditor.getContent({format : 'raw'}).search( searchText );
+		if ( start<0 ) return;
+		txt = tinyMCE.activeEditor.getContent();
+		newtxt = txt.replace(searchText, '');
+		tinyMCE.activeEditor.setContent(newtxt);
+	}
+}
+
+ACL.prototype.add_mention = function(id) {
+	if (!that.aclautomention) return;
+	var nick = that.data[id].nick;
+	var searchText =  "@"+nick+"+"+id+" ";
+	if (tinyMCE.activeEditor===null) {
+		if ( that.element.val().indexOf( searchText) >= 0 ) return;
+		that.element.val( searchText + that.element.val() );
+	} else {
+		if ( tinyMCE.activeEditor.getContent({format : 'raw'}).search(searchText) >= 0 ) return;
+		tinyMCE.activeEditor.dom.add(tinyMCE.activeEditor.getBody(), 'span', {}, searchText);
+	}
+}
+
 ACL.prototype.on_submit = function(){
 	aclfileds = $("#acl-fields").html("");
 	$(that.allow_gid).each(function(i,v){
@@ -105,7 +141,8 @@ ACL.prototype.on_button_hide = function(event){
 
 ACL.prototype.set_allow = function(itemid){
 	type = itemid[0];
-	id 	 = parseInt(itemid.substr(1));
+	id     = parseInt(itemid.substr(1));
+	
 	switch(type){
 		case "g":
 			if (that.allow_gid.indexOf(id)<0){
@@ -118,8 +155,10 @@ ACL.prototype.set_allow = function(itemid){
 		case "c":
 			if (that.allow_cid.indexOf(id)<0){
 				that.allow_cid.push(id)
+				if (that.data[id].forum=="1") that.add_mention(id);
 			} else {
 				that.allow_cid.remove(id);
+				if (that.data[id].forum=="1") that.remove_mention(id);
 			}
 			if (that.deny_cid.indexOf(id)>=0) that.deny_cid.remove(id);			
 			break;
@@ -129,7 +168,8 @@ ACL.prototype.set_allow = function(itemid){
 
 ACL.prototype.set_deny = function(itemid){
 	type = itemid[0];
-	id 	 = parseInt(itemid.substr(1));
+	id     = parseInt(itemid.substr(1));
+	
 	switch(type){
 		case "g":
 			if (that.deny_gid.indexOf(id)<0){
@@ -140,6 +180,7 @@ ACL.prototype.set_deny = function(itemid){
 			if (that.allow_gid.indexOf(id)>=0) that.allow_gid.remove(id);
 			break;
 		case "c":
+			if (that.data[id].forum=="1") that.remove_mention(id);
 			if (that.deny_cid.indexOf(id)<0){
 				that.deny_cid.push(id)
 			} else {
@@ -151,9 +192,13 @@ ACL.prototype.set_deny = function(itemid){
 	that.update_view();
 }
 
+ACL.prototype.is_show_all = function() {
+	return (that.allow_gid.length==0 && that.allow_cid.length==0 &&
+		that.deny_gid.length==0 && that.deny_cid.length==0);
+}
+
 ACL.prototype.update_view = function(){
-	if (that.allow_gid.length==0 && that.allow_cid.length==0 &&
-		that.deny_gid.length==0 && that.deny_cid.length==0){
+	if (this.is_show_all()){
 			that.showall.addClass("selected");
 			/* jot acl */
 				$('#jot-perms-icon').removeClass('lock').addClass('unlock');
@@ -246,17 +291,20 @@ ACL.prototype.get = function(start,count, search){
 ACL.prototype.populate = function(data){
 	var height = Math.ceil(data.tot / that.nw) * 42;
 	that.list_content.height(height);
+	that.data = {};
 	$(data.items).each(function(){
-		html = "<div class='acl-list-item {4} {5}' title='{6}' id='{2}{3}'>"+that.item_tpl+"</div>";
-		html = html.format(this.photo, this.name, this.type, this.id, '', this.network, this.link);
+		html = "<div class='acl-list-item {4} {5} type{2}' title='{6}' id='{2}{3}'>"+that.item_tpl+"</div>";
+		html = html.format(this.photo, this.name, this.type, this.id, (this.forum=='1'?'forum':''), this.network, this.link);
 		if (this.uids!=undefined) that.group_uids[this.id] = this.uids;
 		//console.log(html);
 		that.list_content.append(html);
+		that.data[this.id] = this;
 	});
 	$(".acl-list-item img[data-src]", that.list_content).each(function(i, el){
 		// Add src attribute for images with a data-src attribute
 		$(el).attr('src', $(el).data("src"));
 	});
+	
 	that.update_view();
 }
 
diff --git a/js/fk.autocomplete.js b/js/fk.autocomplete.js
index b1bc40be28..2334bb4a2c 100644
--- a/js/fk.autocomplete.js
+++ b/js/fk.autocomplete.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ACPopup.prototype._search = function(){
 	});
 	
 }
-	ACPopup.prototype.add = function(label, value){
+ACPopup.prototype.add = function(label, value){
 	var that=this;
 	var elm = $("<div class='acpopupitem' title='"+value+"'>"+label+"</div>");
 	elm.click(function(e){
diff --git a/view/templates/acl_selector.tpl b/view/templates/acl_selector.tpl
index 5fd11e7569..6b6f1be4a9 100644
--- a/view/templates/acl_selector.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/acl_selector.tpl
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-{{*
- *	AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED TEMPLATE
- *	DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
- *
- *}}
+
 <div id="acl-wrapper">
 	<input id="acl-search">
 	<a href="#" id="acl-showall">{{$showall}}</a>
@@ -24,7 +20,8 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	if(typeof acl=="undefined"){
 		acl = new ACL(
 			baseurl+"/acl",
-			[ {{$allowcid}},{{$allowgid}},{{$denycid}},{{$denygid}} ]
+			[ {{$allowcid}},{{$allowgid}},{{$denycid}},{{$denygid}} ],
+			{{$features.aclautomention}}
 		);
 	}
 });