diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index b887b07d2..559cd8c32 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_once('include/cache.php');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '3.0.1362' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1146      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1147      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index e32bca5ac..b20846bad 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `profile` (
   `region` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `postal-code` char(32) NOT NULL,
   `country-name` char(255) NOT NULL,
+  `hometown` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `gender` char(32) NOT NULL,
   `marital` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `with` text NOT NULL,
diff --git a/include/profile_advanced.php b/include/profile_advanced.php
index 2326ae716..ffb45090b 100644
--- a/include/profile_advanced.php
+++ b/include/profile_advanced.php
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ function advanced_profile(&$a) {
 
 		if($a->profile['homepage']) $profile['homepage'] = array( t('Homepage:'), linkify($a->profile['homepage']) );
 
+		if($a->profile['hometown']) $profile['hometown'] = array( t('Hometown:'), linkify($a->profile['hometown']) );
+
 		if($a->profile['pub_keywords']) $profile['pub_keywords'] = array( t('Tags:'), $a->profile['pub_keywords']);
 
 		if($a->profile['politic']) $profile['politic'] = array( t('Political Views:'), $a->profile['politic']);
diff --git a/mod/profiles.php b/mod/profiles.php
index e32fdb33d..6a8ce9e1e 100644
--- a/mod/profiles.php
+++ b/mod/profiles.php
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 
 		$sexual = notags(trim($_POST['sexual']));
 		$homepage = notags(trim($_POST['homepage']));
+		$hometown = notags(trim($_POST['hometown']));
 		$politic = notags(trim($_POST['politic']));
 		$religion = notags(trim($_POST['religion']));
 
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 			`howlong` = '%s',
 			`sexual` = '%s',
 			`homepage` = '%s',
+			`hometown` = '%s',
 			`politic` = '%s',
 			`religion` = '%s',
 			`pub_keywords` = '%s',
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 			dbesc($howlong),
 			dbesc($sexual),
 			dbesc($homepage),
+			dbesc($hometown),
 			dbesc($politic),
 			dbesc($religion),
 			dbesc($pub_keywords),
@@ -569,6 +572,7 @@ function profiles_content(&$a) {
 			'$lbl_howlong' => t('Since [date]:'),
 			'$lbl_sexual' => t('Sexual Preference:'),
 			'$lbl_homepage' => t('Homepage URL:'),
+			'$lbl_hometown' => t('Hometown:'),
 			'$lbl_politic' => t('Political Views:'),
 			'$lbl_religion' => t('Religious Views:'),
 			'$lbl_pubkey' => t('Public Keywords:'),
@@ -608,6 +612,7 @@ function profiles_content(&$a) {
 			'$sexual' => sexpref_selector($r[0]['sexual']),
 			'$about' => $r[0]['about'],
 			'$homepage' => $r[0]['homepage'],
+			'$hometown' => $r[0]['hometown'],
 			'$politic' => $r[0]['politic'],
 			'$religion' => $r[0]['religion'],
 			'$pub_keywords' => $r[0]['pub_keywords'],
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 3ac9d1721..1b2098e6e 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1146 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1147 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -1267,4 +1267,11 @@ function update_1145() {
 	return UPDATE_SUCCESS ;
 }
 
+function update_1146() {
+	$r = q("alter table profile add hometown char(255) not null after `country-name`, add index ( `hometown` ) ");
+	if(! $r)
+		return UPDATE_FAILED ;
+	return UPDATE_SUCCESS ;
+}
+
 
diff --git a/view/profile_advanced.tpl b/view/profile_advanced.tpl
index 30d41fe41..0b8f31f43 100644
--- a/view/profile_advanced.tpl
+++ b/view/profile_advanced.tpl
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@
 </dl>
 {{ endif }}
 
+{{ if $profile.hometown }}
+<dl id="aprofile-hometown" class="aprofile">
+ <dt>$profile.hometown.0</dt>
+ <dd>$profile.hometown.1</dd>
+</dl>
+{{ endif }}
+
 {{ if $profile.politic }}
 <dl id="aprofile-politic" class="aprofile">
  <dt>$profile.politic.0</dt>
diff --git a/view/profile_edit.tpl b/view/profile_edit.tpl
index 077fb0aaa..ad34b9956 100644
--- a/view/profile_edit.tpl
+++ b/view/profile_edit.tpl
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ $hide_friends
 </div>
 <div id="profile-edit-region-end"></div>
 
+<div id="profile-edit-hometown-wrapper" >
+<label id="profile-edit-hometown-label" for="profile-edit-hometown" >$lbl_hometown </label>
+<input type="text" size="32" name="hometown" id="profile-edit-hometown" value="$hometown" />
+</div>
+<div id="profile-edit-hometown-end"></div>
+
 <div class="profile-edit-submit-wrapper" >
 <input type="submit" name="submit" class="profile-edit-submit-button" value="$submit" />
 </div>
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
index 5854ccc02..ab660888f 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
@@ -679,7 +679,8 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 #profile-edit-religion-label,
 #profile-edit-pubkeywords-label,
 #profile-edit-prvkeywords-label,
-#profile-edit-homepage-label {
+#profile-edit-homepage-label,
+#profile-edit-hometown-label {
 	float: left;
 	width: 175px;
 }
@@ -774,7 +775,7 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 }
 
 
-#profile-edit-homepage {
+#profile-edit-homepage, #profile-edit-hometown {
 	float: left;
 	margin-bottom: 35px;
 }
@@ -814,6 +815,7 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 #profile-edit-pubkeywords-end,
 #profile-edit-prvkeywords-end,
 #profile-edit-homepage-end,
+#profile-edit-hometown-end,
 #profile-in-dir-break,
 #profile-in-dir-end,
 #profile-in-netdir-break,