diff --git a/rhodecode/public/css/forms.less b/rhodecode/public/css/forms.less
--- a/rhodecode/public/css/forms.less
+++ b/rhodecode/public/css/forms.less
@@ -269,6 +269,33 @@ form.rcform {
 
 }
 
+.badged-field {
+    .user-badge {
+        line-height: 25px;
+        padding: 10px 5px;
+        border-radius: @border-radius;
+        border-top: 1px solid @rclightblue;
+        border-left: 1px solid @rclightblue;
+        border-bottom: 1px solid @rclightblue;
+        font-size: 14px;
+        font-style: normal;
+        color: @text-light;
+        display: inline-block;
+        vertical-align: top;
+        cursor: default;
+        margin-right: -2px;
+    }
+    .badge-input-container {
+        display: flex;
+        position: relative;
+    }
+    .user-disabled {
+        text-decoration: line-through;
+    }
+    .badge-input-wrap {
+        display: inline-block;
+    }
+}
 
 // for situations where we wish to display the form value but not the form input
 input.input-valuedisplay {
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repo_groups/repo_group_edit_settings.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repo_groups/repo_group_edit_settings.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repo_groups/repo_group_edit_settings.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repo_groups/repo_group_edit_settings.html
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+<%namespace name="base" file="/base/base.html"/>
+
 <div class="panel panel-default">
     <div class="panel-heading">
         <h3 class="panel-title">${_('Settings for Repository Group: %s') % c.repo_group.name}</h3>
@@ -16,15 +18,25 @@
                         ${h.text('group_name',class_='medium')}
                     </div>
                 </div>
-                <div class="field">
+
+                <div class="field badged-field">
                     <div class="label">
                         <label for="user">${_('Owner')}:</label>
                     </div>
                     <div class="input">
-                           ${h.text('user', class_="medium", autocomplete="off")}
-                           <span class="help-block">${_('Change Repository Group Owner.')}</span>
+                        <div class="badge-input-container">
+                            <div class="user-badge">
+                                ${base.gravatar_with_user(c.repo_group.user.email, show_disabled=not c.repo_group.user.active)}
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="badge-input-wrap">
+                                ${h.text('user', class_="medium", autocomplete="off")}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                        <form:error name="user"/>
+                        <p class="help-block">${_('Change owner of this repository group.')}</p>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+
                 <div class="field">
                     <div class="label label-textarea">
                         <label for="group_description">${_('Description')}:</label>
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit_settings.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit_settings.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit_settings.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit_settings.html
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+<%namespace name="base" file="/base/base.html"/>
+
 <div class="panel panel-default">
     <div class="panel-heading">
         <h3 class="panel-title">${_('Settings for Repository: %s') % c.repo_info.repo_name}</h3>
@@ -69,15 +72,25 @@
                     <p class="help-block">${_('Default commit for files page, downloads, whoosh and readme')}</p>
                 </div>
             </div>
-            <div class="field">
+
+            <div class="field badged-field">
                 <div class="label">
                     <label for="user">${_('Owner')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
-                       ${h.text('user', class_="medium", autocomplete="off")}
-                       <p class="help-block">${_('Change owner of this repository.')}</p>
+                    <div class="badge-input-container">
+                        <div class="user-badge">
+                            ${base.gravatar_with_user(c.repo_info.user.email, show_disabled=not c.repo_info.user.active)}
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="badge-input-wrap">
+                            ${h.text('user', class_="medium", autocomplete="off")}
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                    <form:error name="user"/>
+                    <p class="help-block">${_('Change owner of this repository.')}</p>
                 </div>
-             </div>
+            </div>
+
             <div class="field">
                 <div class="label label-textarea">
                     <label for="repo_description">${_('Description')}:</label>
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/user_groups/user_group_edit_settings.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/user_groups/user_group_edit_settings.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/user_groups/user_group_edit_settings.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/user_groups/user_group_edit_settings.html
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+<%namespace name="base" file="/base/base.html"/>
+
 <div class="panel panel-default">
     <div class="panel-heading">
         <h3 class="panel-title">${_('User Group: %s') % c.user_group.users_group_name}</h3>
@@ -15,15 +18,25 @@
                             ${h.text('users_group_name',class_='medium')}
                         </div>
                      </div>
-                     <div class="field">
+
+                    <div class="field badged-field">
                         <div class="label">
                             <label for="user">${_('Owner')}:</label>
                         </div>
                         <div class="input">
-                               ${h.text('user', class_="medium", autocomplete="off")}
-                               <span class="help-block">${_('Change owner of this user group.')}</span>
+                            <div class="badge-input-container">
+                                <div class="user-badge">
+                                    ${base.gravatar_with_user(c.user_group.user.email, show_disabled=not c.user_group.user.active)}
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="badge-input-wrap">
+                                    ${h.text('user', class_="medium", autocomplete="off")}
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                            <form:error name="user"/>
+                            <p class="help-block">${_('Change owner of this user group.')}</p>
                         </div>
-                     </div>
+                    </div>
+
                      <div class="field">
                         <div class="label label-textarea">
                             <label for="user_group_description">${_('Description')}:</label>