diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py b/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
@@ -273,16 +273,26 @@ class LoginView(BaseAppView):
         route_name='register', request_method='POST',
         renderer='rhodecode:templates/register.mako')
     def register_post(self):
+        from rhodecode.authentication.plugins import auth_rhodecode
+
         self.load_default_context()
         captcha = self._get_captcha_data()
         auto_active = 'hg.register.auto_activate' in User.get_default_user()\
             .AuthUser().permissions['global']
 
+        extern_name = auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid
+        extern_type = auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid
+
         register_form = RegisterForm(self.request.translate)()
         try:
 
             form_result = register_form.to_python(self.request.POST)
             form_result['active'] = auto_active
+            external_identity = self.request.POST.get('external_identity')
+
+            if external_identity:
+                extern_name = external_identity
+                extern_type = external_identity
 
             if captcha.active:
                 captcha_status, captcha_message = self.validate_captcha(
@@ -295,11 +305,17 @@ class LoginView(BaseAppView):
                     raise formencode.Invalid(
                         _msg, _value, None, error_dict=error_dict)
 
-            new_user = UserModel().create_registration(form_result)
+            new_user = UserModel().create_registration(
+                form_result, extern_name=extern_name, extern_type=extern_type)
 
             action_data = {'data': new_user.get_api_data(),
                            'user_agent': self.request.user_agent}
 
+
+
+            if external_identity:
+                action_data['external_identity'] = external_identity
+
             audit_user = audit_logger.UserWrap(
                 username=new_user.username,
                 user_id=new_user.user_id,
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/user.py b/rhodecode/model/user.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/user.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/user.py
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ class UserModel(BaseModel):
         new_user.is_new_user = not edit
         # for users that didn's specify auth type, we use RhodeCode built in
         from rhodecode.authentication.plugins import auth_rhodecode
-        extern_name = extern_name or auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.name
-        extern_type = extern_type or auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.name
+        extern_name = extern_name or auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid
+        extern_type = extern_type or auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid
 
         try:
             new_user.username = username
@@ -392,14 +392,15 @@ class UserModel(BaseModel):
             log.error(traceback.format_exc())
             raise
 
-    def create_registration(self, form_data):
+    def create_registration(self, form_data,
+                            extern_name='rhodecode', extern_type='rhodecode'):
         from rhodecode.model.notification import NotificationModel
         from rhodecode.model.notification import EmailNotificationModel
 
         try:
             form_data['admin'] = False
-            form_data['extern_name'] = 'rhodecode'
-            form_data['extern_type'] = 'rhodecode'
+            form_data['extern_name'] = extern_name
+            form_data['extern_type'] = extern_type
             new_user = self.create(form_data)
 
             self.sa.add(new_user)