diff --git a/colab/accounts/signals.py b/colab/accounts/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..376c05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colab/accounts/signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+from django.dispatch import Signal
+
+
+user_password_changed = Signal(providing_args=['user', 'password'])
diff --git a/colab/accounts/urls.py b/colab/accounts/urls.py
index 335b0c2..211f396 100644
--- a/colab/accounts/urls.py
+++ b/colab/accounts/urls.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from .views import (UserProfileDetailView, UserProfileUpdateView,
-                    ManageUserSubscriptionsView)
+                    ManageUserSubscriptionsView, colab_password_change)
 
 from colab.accounts import views
 from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
         {'template_name':'registration/password_reset_form_custom.html'},
         name="password_reset"),
 
-    url(r'^change-password/?$',auth_views.password_change,
-        {'template_name':'registration/password_change_form_custom.html'},
+    url(r'^change-password/?$', colab_password_change,
         name='password_change'),
 
     url(r'^change-password-done/?$',
diff --git a/colab/accounts/views.py b/colab/accounts/views.py
index 5b206e8..b98ec83 100644
--- a/colab/accounts/views.py
+++ b/colab/accounts/views.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from django.contrib import messages
+from django.contrib.auth.views import password_change
 from django.db.models import Count
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ from colab.search.utils import get_collaboration_data, get_visible_threads
 from colab.accounts.models import User
 
 from .forms import (UserCreationForm, ListsForm, UserUpdateForm)
+from .signals import user_password_changed
 from .utils import mailman
 
 
@@ -212,3 +214,13 @@ def myaccount_redirect(request, route):
     url = '/'.join(('/account', request.user.username, route))
 
     return redirect(url)
+
+
+def colab_password_change(request):
+    template_name = 'registration/password_change_form_custom.html'
+    response = password_change(request, template_name)
+    if response.status_code == 302:
+        user_password_changed.send(sender=colab_password_change.__name__,
+                                   user=request.user,
+                                   password=request.POST.get('new_password1'))
+    return response
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