diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Config.pm b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Config.pm
index 04d4e1230..ce85d48fe 100644
--- a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Config.pm
@@ -537,11 +537,25 @@ our %Actions = (
     cat => "01usr/01look",
     desc => "Admins can look where email should go",
   },
+  change_user_status => {
+    x_mojo_to => "admin#change_user_status",
+    verb => "Change user status",
+    priv => "admin",
+    cat => "01usr/03",
+    desc => "Admins can change the ustatus of a user",
+    x_csrf_protection => 1,
+    x_form => {
+      HIDDENNAME => {form_type => "hidden_field"},
+      pause99_change_user_status_user => {form_type => "text_field"},
+      pause99_change_user_status_new_ustatus => {form_type => "select_field"},
+      pause99_change_user_status_sub => {form_type => "submit_button"},
+    },
+  },
   select_user => {
     x_mojo_to => "admin#select_user",
     verb => "Select User/Action",
     priv => "admin",
-    cat => "01usr/03",
+    cat => "01usr/04",
     desc => "Admins can access PAUSE as-if they were somebody else. Here they select a user/action pair.",
     method => 'POST',
     x_form => {
diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Admin.pm b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Admin.pm
index ed601df7b..5791fdafa 100644
--- a/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Admin.pm
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/PAUSE/Web/Controller/Admin.pm
@@ -167,6 +167,50 @@ sub edit_ml {
   }
 }
 
+sub change_user_status {
+  my $c = shift;
+  my $pause = $c->stash(".pause");
+  my $mgr = $c->app->pause;
+  my $req = $c->req;
+  my $u = $c->active_user_record;
+
+  my %valid_status = map {$_ => 1} qw(active nologin);
+
+  my $user        = $req->param("pause99_change_user_status_user");
+  my $new_ustatus = $req->param("pause99_change_user_status_new_ustatus");
+  if ($user) {
+    $pause->{user} = uc $user;
+    my $dbh = $mgr->connect;
+    my $sql = qq{SELECT ustatus FROM users WHERE userid = ?};
+    my $row = $dbh->selectrow_arrayref($sql, undef, uc $user);
+    if ($row) {
+      $pause->{ustatus} = $row->[0];
+    } else {
+      $pause->{user_not_found} = 1;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if ($new_ustatus && $valid_status{$new_ustatus} && $new_ustatus ne $pause->{ustatus}) {
+      my $sql = qq{UPDATE users SET ustatus = ?, changed = ?, changedby = ? WHERE userid = ?};
+      my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
+      my $ret = $sth->execute($new_ustatus, time, $u->{userid}, uc $user);
+      $sth->finish;
+      if ($ret) {
+        $pause->{changed} = 1;
+        $pause->{new_ustatus} = $new_ustatus;
+        my $mailblurb = $c->render_to_string("email/admin/change_user_status", format => "email");
+        my @to = ($u->{secretemail}||$u->{email}, $mgr->config->mailto_admins);
+        warn "sending to[@to]";
+        warn "mailblurb[$mailblurb]";
+        my $header = {
+                      Subject => "User status update for $user"
+                     };
+        $mgr->send_mail_multi(\@to, $header, $mailblurb);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 sub select_user {
   my $c = shift;
   my $pause = $c->stash(".pause");
diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/templates/admin/change_user_status.html.ep b/lib/pause_2017/templates/admin/change_user_status.html.ep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36d51f0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/templates/admin/change_user_status.html.ep
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+% layout 'layout';
+% my $pause = stash(".pause") || {};
+
+<input type="hidden" name="HIDDENNAME" value="<%= $pause->{HiddenUser}{userid} %>">
+
+% if ($pause->{user_not_found}) {
+<div class="messagebox error">
+<p>User <%= $pause->{user} %> is not found.</p>
+</div>
+% } elsif ($pause->{changed}) {
+<div class="messagebox info">
+<p><%= $pause->{user} %>'s status has changed from <%= $pause->{ustatus} %> to <%= $pause->{new_ustatus} %>.</p>
+</div>
+% }
+
+%= csrf_field
+%= text_field "pause99_change_user_status_user" => $pause->{user};
+%= select_field "pause99_change_user_status_new_ustatus" => ['nologin', 'active'];
+%= submit_button "Change", name => "pause99_change_user_status_sub";
diff --git a/lib/pause_2017/templates/email/admin/change_user_status.email.ep b/lib/pause_2017/templates/email/admin/change_user_status.email.ep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3b87cec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pause_2017/templates/email/admin/change_user_status.email.ep
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+% my $pause = stash(".pause") || {};
+%
+%#------------------------------------------------------------------
+%
+Record update in the PAUSE users database:
+
+The ustatus of <%= $pause->{user} %> has changed from <%= $pause->{ustatus} %> to <%= $pause->{new_ustatus} %>.
+
+Data entered by <%= $pause->{User}{fullname} %>.
+
+Thanks,
+--
+The PAUSE Team
diff --git a/t/pause_2017/action/change_user_status.t b/t/pause_2017/action/change_user_status.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5a6fbaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/pause_2017/action/change_user_status.t
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+use Mojo::Base -strict;
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+use Test::PAUSE::Web;
+
+my $default = {
+    pause99_change_user_status_user => "TESTUSER",
+    pause99_change_user_status_new_ustatus => "nologin",
+    pause99_change_user_status_sub => 1,
+};
+
+Test::PAUSE::Web->setup;
+
+subtest 'get' => sub {
+    for my $test (Test::PAUSE::Web->tests_for('admin')) {
+        my ($path, $user) = @$test;
+        my $t = Test::PAUSE::Web->new(user => $user);
+        $t->get_ok("$path?ACTION=change_user_status");
+        # note $t->content;
+    }
+};
+
+subtest 'post: basic' => sub {
+    Test::PAUSE::Web->setup;
+    for my $test (Test::PAUSE::Web->tests_for('admin')) {
+        my ($path, $user) = @$test;
+        my %form = %$default;
+        my $t = Test::PAUSE::Web->new(user => $user);
+        my $res = $t->post("$path?ACTION=change_user_status", \%form);
+        ok !$res->is_success && $res->code == 403, "Forbidden";
+        like $res->content => qr/Failed CSRF check/;
+        # note $t->content;
+    }
+};
+
+subtest 'post_with_token: basic' => sub {
+    Test::PAUSE::Web->setup;
+    for my $test (Test::PAUSE::Web->tests_for('admin')) {
+        my ($path, $user) = @$test;
+        my %form = %$default;
+        my $t = Test::PAUSE::Web->new(user => $user);
+        $t->post_with_token_ok("$path?ACTION=change_user_status", \%form)
+          ->text_like("div.messagebox p", qr/status has changed from \w+ to nologin/);
+        is $t->deliveries => 2, "two deliveries for admin";
+        # note $t->content;
+    }
+};
+
+subtest 'post_with_token: user not found' => sub {
+    Test::PAUSE::Web->setup;
+    for my $test (Test::PAUSE::Web->tests_for('admin')) {
+        my ($path, $user) = @$test;
+        my %form = (
+            %$default,
+            pause99_change_user_status_user => 'UNKNOWN',
+        );
+        my $t = Test::PAUSE::Web->new(user => $user);
+        $t->post_with_token_ok("$path?ACTION=change_user_status", \%form)
+          ->text_like("div.messagebox p", qr/User UNKNOWN is not found/);
+        is $t->deliveries => 0, "no deliveries for admin";
+        # note $t->content;
+    }
+};
+
+subtest 'post_with_token: ustatus not changed' => sub {
+    Test::PAUSE::Web->setup;
+    for my $test (Test::PAUSE::Web->tests_for('admin')) {
+        my ($path, $user) = @$test;
+        my %form = %$default;
+        my $t = Test::PAUSE::Web->new(user => $user);
+        $t->post_with_token_ok("$path?ACTION=change_user_status", \%form)
+          ->text_like("div.messagebox p", qr/status has changed from \w+ to nologin/);
+        is $t->deliveries => 2, "two deliveries for admin";
+        # note $t->content;
+
+        # nologin to nologin
+        $t->post_with_token_ok("$path?ACTION=change_user_status", \%form)
+          ->dom_not_found("div.messagebox p");
+        is $t->deliveries => 0, "no deliveries for admin";
+    }
+};
+
+subtest 'post_with_token: unknown ustatus' => sub {
+    Test::PAUSE::Web->setup;
+    for my $test (Test::PAUSE::Web->tests_for('admin')) {
+        my ($path, $user) = @$test;
+        my %form = (
+            %$default,
+            pause99_change_user_status_new_ustatus => 'unknown',
+        );
+        my $t = Test::PAUSE::Web->new(user => $user);
+        $t->post_with_token_ok("$path?ACTION=change_user_status", \%form)
+          ->dom_not_found("div.messagebox p");
+        is $t->deliveries => 0, "no deliveries for admin";
+    }
+};
+
+done_testing;
diff --git a/t/pause_2017/lib/Test/PAUSE/Web.pm b/t/pause_2017/lib/Test/PAUSE/Web.pm
index 34b6338a1..707e94c67 100644
--- a/t/pause_2017/lib/Test/PAUSE/Web.pm
+++ b/t/pause_2017/lib/Test/PAUSE/Web.pm
@@ -300,6 +300,17 @@ sub text_unlike {
   $self;
 }
 
+sub dom_not_found {
+  my ($self, $selector) = @_;
+  my $at = $self->dom->at($selector);
+  if ($at) {
+    fail "'$selector' is found";
+  } else {
+    pass "'$selector' is not found";
+  }
+  $self;
+}
+
 sub title_is_ok {
   my ($self, $url) = @_;
   return if $self->dom->at('p.error_message'); # ignore if error