diff --git a/rhodecode/controllers/admin/user_groups.py b/rhodecode/controllers/admin/user_groups.py
--- a/rhodecode/controllers/admin/user_groups.py
+++ b/rhodecode/controllers/admin/user_groups.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from rhodecode.lib import auth
 from rhodecode.lib import helpers as h
 from rhodecode.lib.exceptions import UserGroupAssignedException,\
     RepoGroupAssignmentError
+from rhodecode.lib.utils import jsonify, action_logger
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_unicode, str2bool, safe_int
 from rhodecode.lib.auth import (
     LoginRequired, NotAnonymous, HasUserGroupPermissionAnyDecorator,
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ class UserGroupsController(BaseControlle
             h.flash(_('Error occurred during creation of user group %s') \
                     % request.POST.get('users_group_name'), category='error')
 
-        return redirect(url('users_groups'))
+        return redirect(
+            url('edit_users_group', user_group_id=user_group.users_group_id))
 
     @HasPermissionAnyDecorator('hg.admin', 'hg.usergroup.create.true')
     def new(self):
@@ -467,5 +469,12 @@ class UserGroupsController(BaseControlle
         c.group_members_obj = sorted((x.user for x in c.user_group.members),
                                      key=lambda u: u.username.lower())
 
-        c.group_members = [(x.user_id, x.username) for x in c.group_members_obj]
+        group_members = [(x.user_id, x.username) for x in c.group_members_obj]
+
+        if request.is_xhr:
+            return jsonify(lambda *a, **k: {
+                'members': group_members
+            })
+
+        c.group_members = group_members
         return render('admin/user_groups/user_group_edit.html')
diff --git a/rhodecode/public/js/src/rhodecode/pyroutes.js b/rhodecode/public/js/src/rhodecode/pyroutes.js
--- a/rhodecode/public/js/src/rhodecode/pyroutes.js
+++ b/rhodecode/public/js/src/rhodecode/pyroutes.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function registerRCRoutes() {
     pyroutes.register('files_home', '/%(repo_name)s/files/%(revision)s/%(f_path)s', ['repo_name', 'revision', 'f_path']);
     pyroutes.register('edit_repo', '/%(repo_name)s/settings', ['repo_name']);
     pyroutes.register('edit_repo_perms', '/%(repo_name)s/settings/permissions', ['repo_name']);
+    pyroutes.register('edit_user_group_members', '/_admin/user_groups/%(user_group_id)s/edit/members', ['user_group_id']);
     pyroutes.register('pullrequest_home', '/%(repo_name)s/pull-request/new', ['repo_name']);
     pyroutes.register('user_autocomplete_data', '/_users', []);
     pyroutes.register('toggle_following', '/_admin/toggle_following', []);
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/user_groups/user_group_edit_settings.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/user_groups/user_group_edit_settings.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/user_groups/user_group_edit_settings.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/user_groups/user_group_edit_settings.html
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
                     <div class="field">
                         <div class="label">
                             <label for="users_group_active">${_('Members')}:</label>
+                               ${h.text('from_user_group',
+                                        placeholder="select only users",
+                                        class_="medium")}
                         </div>
                         <div class="select side-by-side-selector">
                             <div class="left-group">
@@ -60,7 +63,8 @@
                                 <i  id="remove_element" class="icon-chevron-right"></i>
                             </div>
                             <div class="right-group">
-                                 <label class="text" >${_('Available members')}</label>
+                                 <label class="text" >${_('Available members')}
+                                 </label>
                                  ${h.select('available_members',[],c.available_members,multiple=True,size=8,)}
                                  <div  class="btn" id="add_all_elements" >
                                      <i  class="icon-chevron-left"></i>${_('Add all elements')}
@@ -86,6 +90,42 @@
             'dropdownAutoWidth': true
         });
 
+        $('#from_user_group').autocomplete({
+            serviceUrl: pyroutes.url('user_autocomplete_data'),
+            minChars:2,
+            maxHeight:400,
+            width:300,
+            deferRequestBy: 300, //miliseconds
+            showNoSuggestionNotice: true,
+            params: { user_groups:true },
+            formatResult: autocompleteFormatResult,
+            lookupFilter: autocompleteFilterResult,
+            onSelect: function(element, suggestion){
+
+                function preSelectUserIds(uids) {
+                    $('#available_members').val(uids);
+                    $('#users_group_members').val(uids);
+                }
+
+                if (suggestion.value_type == 'user_group') {
+                    $.getJSON(
+                        pyroutes.url('edit_user_group_members',
+                                    {'user_group_id': suggestion.id}),
+                        function(data) {
+                            var uids = [];
+                            $.each(data.members, function(idx, user) {
+                                var userid = user[0],
+                                    username = user[1];
+                                uids.push(userid.toString());
+                            });
+                            preSelectUserIds(uids)
+                        }
+                    );
+                } else if (suggestion.value_type == 'user') {
+                    preSelectUserIds([suggestion.id.toString()]);
+                }
+            }
+        });
         UsersAutoComplete('user', '${c.rhodecode_user.user_id}');
     })
 </script>
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/functional/test_admin_user_groups.py b/rhodecode/tests/functional/test_admin_user_groups.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/functional/test_admin_user_groups.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/functional/test_admin_user_groups.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class TestAdminUsersGroupsController(Tes
 
     def test_index(self):
         self.log_user()
-        self.app.get(url('users_groups'))
+        response = self.app.get(url('users_groups'))
+        response.mustcontain('No members yet')
 
     def test_create(self):
         self.log_user()
@@ -148,7 +149,13 @@ class TestAdminUsersGroupsController(Tes
         fixture.destroy_user_group(users_group_name)
 
     def test_edit(self):
-        self.app.get(url('edit_users_group', user_group_id=1))
+        self.log_user()
+        response = self.app.get(url('edit_users_group', user_group_id=1))
+
+    def test_edit_user_group_members(self):
+        self.log_user()
+        response = self.app.get(url('edit_user_group_members', user_group_id=1))
+        response.mustcontain('No members yet')
 
     def test_usergroup_escape(self):
         user = User.get_by_username('test_admin')