diff --git a/layerindex/views.py b/layerindex/views.py
index c54e22b..143cfd7 100644
--- a/layerindex/views.py
+++ b/layerindex/views.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.contrib.auth import logout
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django import forms
 from django.utils.html import escape
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import settings
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 import reversion
 from django.db.models.signals import pre_save
+from registration.models import RegistrationProfile
 
 def edit_layernote_view(request, template_name, slug, pk=None):
     layeritem = get_object_or_404(LayerItem, name=slug)
@@ -847,6 +849,23 @@ class EditProfileFormView(SuccessMessageMixin, UpdateView):
     def get_object(self, queryset=None):
         return self.user
 
+    def form_valid(self, form):
+        self.object = form.save()
+        if 'email' in form.changed_data:
+            # Take a copy of request.user as it is about to be invalidated by logout()
+            user = self.request.user
+            logout(self.request)
+            # Deactivate user and put through registration again
+            user.is_active = False
+            user.save()
+            site = Site.objects.get_current()
+            RegistrationProfile.objects.filter(user=user).delete()
+            registration_profile = RegistrationProfile.objects.create_profile(user)
+            registration_profile.send_activation_email(site)
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('reregister'))
+
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())
+
     def get_success_message(self, cleaned_data):
         return "Profile saved successfully"
 
diff --git a/templates/registration/reregister.html b/templates/registration/reregister.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33c4bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/registration/reregister.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<p>{% trans "As you have changed the email address for your account, you will now be required to re-register. An email has been sent with instructions on how to re-activate your account." %}</p>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
index 307ef1d..dcf9a83 100644
--- a/urls.py
+++ b/urls.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
-from django.views.generic import RedirectView
+from django.views.generic import RedirectView, TemplateView
 from layerindex.auth_views import CaptchaRegistrationView, CaptchaPasswordResetView, delete_account_view
 
 from django.contrib import admin
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^accounts/delete/$', delete_account_view,
         {'template_name': 'layerindex/deleteaccount.html'},
         name='delete_account'),
+    url(r'^accounts/reregister/$', TemplateView.as_view(
+        template_name='registration/reregister.html'),
+        name='reregister'),
     url(r'^accounts/', include('registration.backends.default.urls')),
     url(r'^captcha/', include('captcha.urls')),
 ]