diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 7f7ed899..9634c893 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -72,6 +72,26 @@ namespace :justask do
     user.save!
     puts "#{user.screen_name} no longer an admin."
   end
+  
+  desc "Gives moderator status to an user."
+  task :mod, [:screen_name] => :environment do |t, args|
+    fail "screen name required" if args[:screen_name].nil?
+    user = User.find_by_screen_name(args[:screen_name])
+    fail "user #{args[:screen_name]} not found" if user.nil?
+    user.moderator = true
+    user.save!
+    puts "#{user.screen_name} is now an moderator."
+  end
+
+  desc "Removes moderator status from an user."
+  task :demod, [:screen_name] => :environment do |t, args|
+    fail "screen name required" if args[:screen_name].nil?
+    user = User.find_by_screen_name(args[:screen_name])
+    fail "user #{args[:screen_name]} not found" if user.nil?
+    user.moderator = false
+    user.save!
+    puts "#{user.screen_name} no longer an moderator."
+  end
 
   desc "Lists all users."
   task lusers: :environment do
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/scss/user.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/scss/user.scss
index 896a8f4b..4dddb8c9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/scss/user.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/scss/user.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
   font-size: 80%;
 }
 
+.profile--moderator {
+  color: $brand-warning;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-size: 80%;
+}
+
 .profile--text {
   margin-bottom: 2px;
 }
diff --git a/app/views/user/_profile_info.html.haml b/app/views/user/_profile_info.html.haml
index a9c59c48..f1a93121 100644
--- a/app/views/user/_profile_info.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/user/_profile_info.html.haml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
           %p.profile--admin
             %i.fa.fa-flask
             Admin
+        - if @user.moderator?
+          %p.profile--moderator
+            %i.fa.fa-users
+            Mod
     - unless @user.bio.blank?
       %p.profile--text= @user.bio
     - unless @user.website.blank?
diff --git a/db/migrate/20141226115905_add_moderator_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/20141226115905_add_moderator_to_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d8d77f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20141226115905_add_moderator_to_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddModeratorToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :users, :moderator, :boolean, default: false, null: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 472c55c1..4a7662d1 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20141213182609) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20141226115905) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20141213182609) do
     t.string   "website",                default: "",    null: false
     t.string   "location",               default: "",    null: false
     t.text     "bio",                    default: "",    null: false
+    t.boolean  "moderator",              default: false, null: false
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["email"], name: "index_users_on_email", unique: true, using: :btree