diff --git a/app/views/profile_editor/edit.rhtml b/app/views/profile_editor/edit.rhtml
index d43eb79..046ce39 100644
--- a/app/views/profile_editor/edit.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/profile_editor/edit.rhtml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 <% labelled_form_for :profile_data, @profile, :html => { :id => 'profile-data', :multipart => true } do |f| %>
 
+  <% if user.has_permission?('manage_environment_templates', profile.environment) %>
+    <%= labelled_form_field check_box(:profile_data, :is_template) + _('Is a template?'), '' %>
+  <% end %>
+
   <%= render :partial => partial_for_class(@profile.class), :locals => { :f => f } %>
 
   <% unless @profile.person? && @environment.active_person_fields.include?('image') %>
diff --git a/test/functional/profile_editor_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/profile_editor_controller_test.rb
index d831548..be63c73 100644
--- a/test/functional/profile_editor_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/profile_editor_controller_test.rb
@@ -949,4 +949,17 @@ class ProfileEditorControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_tag :tag => 'strong', :content => 'Plugin2 text'
   end
 
+  should 'see is_template check_box' do
+    give_permission(profile, 'manage_environment_templates', profile.environment)
+    get :edit, :profile =>  profile.identifier
+    assert_tag :tag => 'input', :attributes => {:name => 'profile_data[is_template]'}
+  end
+
+  should 'not see is_template check_box' do
+    another_user = create_user('another_user').person
+    login_as('another_user')
+    get :edit, :profile => profile.identifier
+    assert_no_tag :tag => 'input', :attributes => {:name => 'profile_data[is_template]'}
+  end
+
 end
--
libgit2 0.21.2