diff --git a/src/create-user/controller.ts b/src/create-user/controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf391fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/create-user/controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import Controller from '@curveball/controller';
+import { Context } from '@curveball/core';
+import { NotFound, UnprocessableEntity } from '@curveball/http-errors';
+import * as userService from '../user/service';
+import { UserTypeList } from '../user/types';
+import { createUserForm } from './formats/html';
+
+class CreateUserController extends Controller {
+
+  async get(ctx: Context) {
+
+    ctx.response.type = 'text/html';
+    ctx.response.body = createUserForm(ctx.query.msg, ctx.query.error);
+  }
+
+  async post(ctx: Context) {
+
+    const identity = ctx.request.body.identity;
+    const nickname = ctx.request.body.nickname;
+    const type = ctx.request.body.type;
+
+
+    if (!identity || !identity.contains(':') || identity.contains(' ')) {
+      throw new UnprocessableEntity('Identity must exist and must be a url');
+    }
+    if (nickname.length < 1) {
+      throw new UnprocessableEntity('nickname must contain at least 1 character');
+    }
+
+    if (!UserTypeList.includes(type)) {
+      throw new UnprocessableEntity('type must be one of ' + UserTypeList.join(', '));
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await userService.findByIdentity(ctx.request.body.identity);
+      ctx.status = 303;
+      ctx.response.headers.set('Location', '/create-user?error=User+already+exists');
+      return;
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (!(err instanceof NotFound)) {
+        throw err;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const newUser = await userService.save({
+      identity: identity,
+      nickname: nickname,
+      created: new Date(),
+      type: type,
+      active: 'active' in ctx.request.body
+    });
+
+    ctx.response.status = 303;
+    ctx.response.headers.set('Location', '/user/' + newUser.id);
+
+  }
+
+}
+
+export default new CreateUserController();
diff --git a/src/create-user/formats/html.ts b/src/create-user/formats/html.ts
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index 00000000..48749427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/create-user/formats/html.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { render } from '../../templates';
+import { UserTypeList } from '../../user/types';
+
+export function createUserForm(msg: string, error: string) {
+
+  return render('create-user', {
+    title: 'Create User',
+    msg: msg,
+    erro: error,
+    type: UserTypeList,
+    action: '/create-user'
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/routes.ts b/src/routes.ts
index f7658072..14889d12 100644
--- a/src/routes.ts
+++ b/src/routes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import router from '@curveball/router';
 import blob from './blob/controller';
 import changePassword from './changepassword/controller';
+import createUser from './create-user/controller';
 import group from './group/controller/collection';
 import health from './health/controller';
 import home from './home/controller';
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import user from './user/controller/item';
 const routes = [
   router('/', home),
   router('/user', users),
+  router('/create-user', createUser),
   router('/user/:id', user),
   router('/user/:id/log', userLog),
   router('/user/:id/member', group),
diff --git a/src/user/formats/hal.ts b/src/user/formats/hal.ts
index fcf58d3d..d786a1dc 100644
--- a/src/user/formats/hal.ts
+++ b/src/user/formats/hal.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ export function collection(users: User[]) {
 
   const hal: any = {
     _links: {
-      self: { href: '/user' },
-      item: [],
+      'self': { href: '/user' },
+      'item': [],
+      'create-form': { href: '/create-user', title: 'Create New User'}
     },
     total: users.length,
   };
diff --git a/templates/create-user.hbs b/templates/create-user.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bab0f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/create-user.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<form action="{{ action }}" method="post">
+
+  {{# if msg}}
+  <div class="msg info">{{ msg }}</div>
+  {{/if}}
+  {{# if error}}
+  <div class="msg error">{{ error }}</div>
+  {{/if}}
+
+  <fieldset>
+    <label for="nickname">
+      <span>Nickname</span>
+      <input type="text" name="nickname" id="nickname" required="required" autocomplete="nickname" />
+    </label>
+
+    <label for="identity">
+      <span>Identity (unique URL identifying this user)</span>
+      <input type="url" name="identity" id="identity" required="required" autocomplete="url" />
+    </label>
+
+    <label for="type">
+      <span>User Type</span>
+      <select name="type" id="type" required="required">
+        {{#each type}}
+        <option value="{{this}}">{{this}}</option>
+        {{/each}}
+      </select>
+    </label>
+
+    <label for="active">
+      <span>Make user active</span>
+      <input type="checkbox" name="active" value="1">
+    </label>
+  </fieldset>
+
+  <fieldset>
+    <label>
+      <button type="submit">Create User</button>
+    </label>
+  </fieldset>
+
+  {{#each hiddenFields}}
+  <input type="hidden" name="{{@key}}" value="{{this}}"/>
+  {{/each}}
+
+</form>
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