diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/User.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/User.java
index 1f58764a..a031562d 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/User.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/User.java
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ public class User
         return (-1 != username.indexOf('='));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this user is an admin, false otherwise. The default
+     * implementation does not track admin status and always returns false.
+     */
+    public boolean isAdmin ()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called by the repository to find out which fields have been
      * modified since the object was loaded.