diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_sql.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_sql.inc.php
index aafa463aa1..2decf57493 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_sql.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_sql.inc.php
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
       $sql .= "values (".$accountid.", '".$accountname."','u', '".md5($passwd)."', '".$accountname."', 'AutoCreated', ".time().", 'A')";
       $this->db->query($sql);
       $this->db->query("insert into phpgw_preferences (preference_owner, preference_value) values ('".$accountid."', '$default_prefs')");
-      $this->db->query("insert into phpgw_acl (acl_appname, acl_location, acl_account, acl_rights)values('preferences', 'changepassword', ".$accountid.", 'u', 0)",__LINE__,__FILE__);
+      $this->db->query("insert into phpgw_acl (acl_appname, acl_location, acl_account, acl_rights)values('preferences', 'changepassword', ".$accountid.", 'u', 1)",__LINE__,__FILE__);
       $this->db->query("insert into phpgw_acl (acl_appname, acl_location, acl_account, acl_rights) values('phpgw_group', '1', ".$accountid.", 'u', 1)",__LINE__,__FILE__);
       $this->db->query("insert into phpgw_acl (acl_appname, acl_location, acl_account, acl_rights) values('addressbook', 'run', ".$accountid.", 'u', 1)",__LINE__,__FILE__);
       $this->db->query("insert into phpgw_acl (acl_appname, acl_location, acl_account, acl_rights) values('filemanager', 'run', ".$accountid.", 'u', 1)",__LINE__,__FILE__);