diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/IsCurrentUserModelFilterAttribute.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/IsCurrentUserModelFilterAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86676b8b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/IsCurrentUserModelFilterAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Web.Http.Filters;
+using Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This sets the IsCurrentUser property on any outgoing <see cref="UserDisplay"/> model or any collection of <see cref="UserDisplay"/> models
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class IsCurrentUserModelFilterAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
+    {
+        public override void OnActionExecuted(HttpActionExecutedContext actionExecutedContext)
+        {
+            if (actionExecutedContext.Response == null) return;
+
+            var user = UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser;
+            if (user == null) return;
+
+            var objectContent = actionExecutedContext.Response.Content as ObjectContent;
+            if (objectContent != null)
+            {
+                var model = objectContent.Value as UserDisplay;
+                if (model != null)
+                {
+                    model.IsCurrentUser = (int) model.Id == user.Id;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var collection = objectContent.Value as IEnumerable<UserDisplay>;
+                    if (collection != null)
+                    {
+                        foreach (var userDisplay in collection)
+                        {
+                            userDisplay.IsCurrentUser = (int) userDisplay.Id == user.Id;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        var paged = objectContent.Value as UsersController.PagedUserResult;
+                        if (paged != null)
+                        {
+                            foreach (var userDisplay in paged.Items)
+                            {
+                                userDisplay.IsCurrentUser = (int)userDisplay.Id == user.Id;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                
+            }
+
+            base.OnActionExecuted(actionExecutedContext);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/UsersController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/UsersController.cs
index d42bd4f7e9..cb91852a9a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/UsersController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/UsersController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Configuration;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
     [PluginController("UmbracoApi")]
     [UmbracoApplicationAuthorize(Constants.Applications.Users)]
     [PrefixlessBodyModelValidator]
+    [IsCurrentUserModelFilter]
     public class UsersController : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/UserDisplay.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/UserDisplay.cs
index b747c7f348..095a0fe13b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/UserDisplay.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/UserDisplay.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing
         /// If the password is reset on save, this value will be populated
         /// </summary>
         [DataMember(Name = "resetPasswordValue")]
+        [ReadOnly(true)]
         public string ResetPasswordValue { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This is an info flag to denote if this object is the equivalent of the currently logged in user
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "isCurrentUser")]
+        [ReadOnly(true)]
+        public bool IsCurrentUser { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 51819e114f..7ccac65e44 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Editors\EditorValidationResolver.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\EditorValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\FromJsonPathAttribute.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Editors\IsCurrentUserModelFilterAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\PasswordChangeControllerHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\TemplateController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\ParameterSwapControllerActionSelector.cs" />