diff --git a/C4/Members.pm b/C4/Members.pm
index ce54952c60..fd25844356 100644
--- a/C4/Members.pm
+++ b/C4/Members.pm
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use C4::NewsChannels; #get slip news
 use DateTime;
 use DateTime::Format::DateParse;
 use Koha::DateUtils;
+use Text::Unaccent qw( unac_string );
 
 our ($VERSION,@ISA,@EXPORT,@EXPORT_OK,$debug);
 
@@ -800,6 +801,7 @@ sub Generate_Userid {
     $firstname =~ s/[[:digit:][:space:][:blank:][:punct:][:cntrl:]]//g;
     $surname =~ s/[[:digit:][:space:][:blank:][:punct:][:cntrl:]]//g;
     $newuid = lc(($firstname)? "$firstname.$surname" : $surname);
+    $newuid = unac_string('utf-8',$newuid);
     $newuid .= $offset unless $offset == 0;
     $offset++;
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bf4d3e0651..588c641744 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Build-Depends: libcgi-session-driver-memcached-perl,
  libtext-csv-perl,
  libtext-csv-xs-perl,
  libtext-iconv-perl,
+ libtext-unaccent-perl,
  libuniversal-require-perl,
  liburi-perl,
  libwww-perl,
diff --git a/install_misc/debian.packages b/install_misc/debian.packages
index 4406e3d5d0..153bcb7653 100644
--- a/install_misc/debian.packages
+++ b/install_misc/debian.packages
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ libtext-charwidth-perl	install
 libtext-csv-encoded-perl install
 libtext-csv-perl	install
 libtext-iconv-perl	install
+libtext-unaccent-perl	install
 libtext-wrapi18n-perl	install
 libtimedate-perl	install
 libtime-duration-perl	install