diff --git a/application/controllers/UserController.php b/application/controllers/UserController.php
index c9e9dbb0d..217859574 100644
--- a/application/controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/UserController.php
@@ -96,6 +96,28 @@ class UserController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Show a user
+     */
+    public function showAction()
+    {
+        $userName = $this->params->getRequired('user');
+        $backend = $this->getUserBackend($this->params->getRequired('backend'));
+
+        $user = $backend->select(array(
+            'user_name',
+            'is_active',
+            'created_at',
+            'last_modified'
+        ))->where('user_name', $userName)->fetchRow();
+        if ($user === false) {
+            $this->httpNotFound(sprintf($this->translate('User "%s" not found'), $userName));
+        }
+
+        $this->view->user = $user;
+        $this->view->backend = $backend;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add a user
      */
@@ -125,6 +147,7 @@ class UserController extends Controller
         }
 
         $form = new UserForm();
+        $form->setRedirectUrl(Url::fromPath('user/show', array('backend' => $backend->getName(), 'user' => $userName)));
         $form->setRepository($backend);
         $form->edit($userName, get_object_vars($row))->handleRequest();
 
diff --git a/application/views/scripts/user/list.phtml b/application/views/scripts/user/list.phtml
index b550d4533..093270d4b 100644
--- a/application/views/scripts/user/list.phtml
+++ b/application/views/scripts/user/list.phtml
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ if (count($users) > 0): ?>
   <tbody>
   <?php foreach ($users as $user): ?>
     <tr>
-      <td clas="user-name"><?= $this->escape($user->user_name); ?></td>
+      <td class="user-name"><?= $this->qlink($user->user_name, 'user/show', array(
+        'backend'   => $backend->getName(),
+        'user'      => $user->user_name
+      ), array(
+        'title'     => sprintf($this->translate('Show detailed information about %s'), $user->user_name)
+      )); ?></td>
      <?php if ($reducible): ?>
       <td class="user-remove">
         <?= $this->qlink(
diff --git a/application/views/scripts/user/show.phtml b/application/views/scripts/user/show.phtml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00b242512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/views/scripts/user/show.phtml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php 
+
+use Icinga\Data\Updatable;
+
+$editLink = null;
+if ($backend instanceof Updatable) {
+    $editLink = $this->qlink(
+        null,
+        'user/edit',
+        array(
+            'backend'   => $backend->getName(),
+            'user'      => $user->user_name
+        ),
+        array(
+            'title' => sprintf($this->translate('Edit user %s'), $user->user_name),
+            'class' => 'user-edit',
+            'icon'  => 'edit'
+        )
+    );
+}
+
+?>
+<div class="controls">
+  <?php if (! $this->compact): ?>
+    <?= $tabs->showOnlyCloseButton(); ?>
+  <?php endif ?>
+  <div class="user-header">
+    <p class="user-name"><strong><?= $this->escape($user->user_name); ?></strong></p> <?= $editLink; ?>
+    <p class="user-state"><strong><?= $this->translate('State'); ?>:</strong> <?= $user->is_active ? $this->translate('Active') : $this->translate('Inactive'); ?></p>
+    <p class="user-created"><strong><?= $this->translate('Created at'); ?>:</strong> <?= $user->created_at === null ? '-' : $this->formatDateTime($user->created_at); ?></p>
+    <p class="user-modified"><strong><?= $this->translate('Last modified'); ?>:</strong> <?= $user->last_modified === null ? '-' : $this->formatDateTime($user->last_modified); ?></p>
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div class="content" data-base-target="_next">
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/main-content.less b/public/css/icinga/main-content.less
index 6c829cacb..82c58674c 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/main-content.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/main-content.less
@@ -226,6 +226,21 @@ div.content.users {
   }
 }
 
+div.controls div.user-header {
+  border-bottom: 2px solid @colorPetrol;
+
+  .user-name {
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin: 0 0 0.3em;
+    font-size: 2em;
+  }
+
+  .user-state, .user-created, .user-modified {
+    margin: 0 0 0.2em;
+    font-size: 0.8em;
+  }
+}
+
 div.content.groups {
   table.group-list {
     th {