diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 294c09a6997..68452e0ca4f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ For users:
 - New: Some performance enhancements.
 - New: Can attach files onto trip and expenses modules.
 - New: Add option MAIN_PDF_TITLE_BACKGROUND_COLOR
+- New: Can define a hierarchical responsible on user
 
 For developers:
 - System of menu managers has been rewritten to reduce code to do same things. 
diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
index 28dee6f9383..dcf70443fd8 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ class Form
         global $conf,$user,$langs;
 
         // If no preselected user defined, we take current user
-        if ($selected < -1 && empty($conf->global->SOCIETE_DISABLE_DEFAULT_SALESREPRESENTATIVE)) $selected=$user->id;
+        if ((is_numeric($selected) && ($selected < -1 || empty($selected))) && empty($conf->global->SOCIETE_DISABLE_DEFAULT_SALESREPRESENTATIVE)) $selected=$user->id;
 
         // Permettre l'exclusion d'utilisateurs
         if (is_array($exclude))	$excludeUsers = implode("','",$exclude);
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ class Form
             if ($num)
             {
                 $out.= '<select class="flat" id="'.$htmlname.'" name="'.$htmlname.'"'.($disabled?' disabled="disabled"':'').'>';
-                if ($show_empty) $out.= '<option value="-1"'.($selected==-1?' selected="selected"':'').'>&nbsp;</option>'."\n";
+                if ($show_empty) $out.= '<option value="-1"'.((empty($selected) || $selected==-1)?' selected="selected"':'').'>&nbsp;</option>'."\n";
 
                 $userstatic=new User($this->db);
 
diff --git a/htdocs/langs/en_US/users.lang b/htdocs/langs/en_US/users.lang
index c6f9ba97874..e9a49faebea 100644
--- a/htdocs/langs/en_US/users.lang
+++ b/htdocs/langs/en_US/users.lang
@@ -113,4 +113,5 @@ NameToCreate=Name of third party to create
 YourRole=Your roles
 YourQuotaOfUsersIsReached=Your quota of active users is reached !
 NbOfUsers=Nb of users
-DontDowngradeSuperAdmin=Only a superadmin can downgrade a superadmin
\ No newline at end of file
+DontDowngradeSuperAdmin=Only a superadmin can downgrade a superadmin
+HierarchicalResponsible=Hierarchical responsible
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/htdocs/langs/fr_FR/users.lang b/htdocs/langs/fr_FR/users.lang
index 40a6f7fb1fe..95ff8a405fc 100644
--- a/htdocs/langs/fr_FR/users.lang
+++ b/htdocs/langs/fr_FR/users.lang
@@ -113,4 +113,5 @@ NameToCreate=Nom du tiers à créer
 YourRole=Vos rôles
 YourQuotaOfUsersIsReached=Votre quota d'utilisateurs actifs est atteint !
 NbOfUsers=Nb d'utilisateurs
-DontDowngradeSuperAdmin=Seul un superadmin peut rétrograder un superadmin
\ No newline at end of file
+DontDowngradeSuperAdmin=Seul un superadmin peut rétrograder un superadmin
+HierarchicalResponsible=Responsable hierarchique
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php b/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
index 5d0fd96f4bc..6b144c79a08 100644
--- a/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
@@ -1140,6 +1140,7 @@ class User extends CommonObject
 		$sql.= ", note = '".$this->db->escape($this->note)."'";
 		$sql.= ", photo = ".($this->photo?"'".$this->db->escape($this->photo)."'":"null");
 		$sql.= ", openid = ".($this->openid?"'".$this->db->escape($this->openid)."'":"null");
+		$sql.= ", fk_user = ".($this->fk_user > 0?"'".$this->db->escape($this->fk_user)."'":"null");
 		$sql.= ", entity = '".$this->entity."'";
 		$sql.= " WHERE rowid = ".$this->id;
 
diff --git a/htdocs/user/fiche.php b/htdocs/user/fiche.php
index 451be57c976..7988b68dfd2 100644
--- a/htdocs/user/fiche.php
+++ b/htdocs/user/fiche.php
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ if ($action == 'update' && ! $_POST["cancel"])
             $object->job		= GETPOST("job");
             $object->signature	= GETPOST("signature");
             $object->openid		= GETPOST("openid");
+            $object->fk_user    = GETPOST("fk_user")>0?GETPOST("fk_user"):0;
 
             // Get extra fields
             foreach($_POST as $key => $value)
@@ -1049,6 +1050,8 @@ else
          */
         if ($action != 'edit')
         {
+            $rowspan=16;
+        	
             print '<table class="border" width="100%">';
 
             // Ref
@@ -1058,7 +1061,6 @@ else
             print '</td>';
             print '</tr>'."\n";
 
-            $rowspan=15;
             if (isset($conf->authmode) && preg_match('/myopenid/',$conf->authmode)) $rowspan++;
             if (! empty($conf->societe->enabled)) $rowspan++;
             if (! empty($conf->adherent->enabled)) $rowspan++;
@@ -1146,22 +1148,6 @@ else
             }
             print '</td></tr>'."\n";
 
-            // Multicompany
-            if (! empty($conf->multicompany->enabled) && empty($conf->multicompany->transverse_mode) && $conf->entity == 1 && $user->admin && ! $user->entity)
-            {
-            	print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Entity").'</td><td width="75%" class="valeur">';
-            	if ($object->admin && ! $object->entity)
-            	{
-            		print $langs->trans("AllEntities");
-            	}
-            	else
-            	{
-            		$mc->getInfo($object->entity);
-            		print $mc->label;
-            	}
-            	print "</td></tr>\n";
-            }
-
             // Type
             print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Type").'</td><td>';
             $type=$langs->trans("Internal");
@@ -1170,7 +1156,7 @@ else
             if ($object->ldap_sid) print ' ('.$langs->trans("DomainUser").')';
             print '</td></tr>'."\n";
 
-            // ldap sid
+            // Ldap sid
             if ($object->ldap_sid)
             {
             	print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Type").'</td><td>';
@@ -1202,7 +1188,19 @@ else
             print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans('Signature').'</td><td>';
             print dol_textishtml($object->signature)?$object->signature:dol_nl2br($object->signature,1,false);
             print "</td></tr>\n";
-
+            
+            // Hierarchy
+            print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("HierarchicalResponsible").'</td>';
+            print '<td>';
+            if (empty($object->fk_user)) print $langs->trans("None");
+            else {
+            	$huser=new User($db);
+            	$huser->fetch($object->fk_user);
+            	print $huser->getNomUrl(1);
+            }
+            print '</td>';
+            print "</tr>\n";
+            
             // Statut
             print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Status").'</td>';
             print '<td>';
@@ -1225,7 +1223,7 @@ else
                 print '<td>'.$object->openid.'</td>';
                 print "</tr>\n";
             }
-
+            
             // Company / Contact
             if (! empty($conf->societe->enabled))
             {
@@ -1274,6 +1272,22 @@ else
                 print '</tr>'."\n";
             }
 
+            // Multicompany
+            if (! empty($conf->multicompany->enabled) && empty($conf->multicompany->transverse_mode) && $conf->entity == 1 && $user->admin && ! $user->entity)
+            {
+            	print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Entity").'</td><td width="75%" class="valeur">';
+            	if ($object->admin && ! $object->entity)
+            	{
+            		print $langs->trans("AllEntities");
+            	}
+            	else
+            	{
+            		$mc->getInfo($object->entity);
+            		print $mc->label;
+            	}
+            	print "</td></tr>\n";
+            }
+            
           	// Other attributes
 			$parameters=array('colspan' => ' colspan="2"');
 			$reshook=$hookmanager->executeHooks('formObjectOptions',$parameters,$object,$action);    // Note that $action and $object may have been modified by hook
@@ -1512,14 +1526,14 @@ else
 
         if ($action == 'edit' && ($canedituser || ($user->id == $object->id)))
         {
-            print '<form action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?id='.$object->id.'" method="POST" name="updateuser" enctype="multipart/form-data">';
+            $rowspan=14;
+
+        	print '<form action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?id='.$object->id.'" method="POST" name="updateuser" enctype="multipart/form-data">';
             print '<input type="hidden" name="token" value="'.$_SESSION['newtoken'].'">';
             print '<input type="hidden" name="action" value="update">';
             print '<input type="hidden" name="entity" value="'.$object->entity.'">';
             print '<table width="100%" class="border">';
 
-            $rowspan=13;
-
             if (! empty($conf->societe->enabled)) $rowspan++;
             if (! empty($conf->adherent->enabled)) $rowspan++;
 
@@ -1693,21 +1707,6 @@ else
                 print '</td></tr>';
             }
 
-            // Multicompany
-            if (! empty($conf->multicompany->enabled))
-            {
-            	if (empty($conf->multicompany->transverse_mode) && $conf->entity == 1 && $user->admin && ! $user->entity)
-            	{
-            		print "<tr>".'<td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Entity").'</td>';
-            		print "<td>".$mc->select_entities($object->entity);
-            		print "</td></tr>\n";
-            	}
-            	else
-            	{
-            		print '<input type="hidden" name="entity" value="'.$conf->entity.'" />';
-            	}
-            }
-
            	// Type
            	print '<tr><td width="25%" valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Type").'</td>';
            	print '<td>';
@@ -1788,7 +1787,7 @@ else
             print '<td>';
             print '<textarea name="signature" rows="5" cols="90">'.dol_htmlentitiesbr_decode($object->signature).'</textarea>';
             print '</td></tr>';
-
+            
             // openid
             if (isset($conf->authmode) && preg_match('/myopenid/',$conf->authmode))
             {
@@ -1806,12 +1805,34 @@ else
                 print '</td></tr>';
             }
 
+            // Hierarchy
+            print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("HierarchicalResponsible").'</td>';
+            print '<td>';
+            print $form->select_dolusers($object->fk_user,'fk_user',1,array($object->id));
+            print '</td>';
+            print "</tr>\n";
+
             // Statut
             print '<tr><td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Status").'</td>';
             print '<td>';
             print $object->getLibStatut(4);
             print '</td></tr>';
-
+            
+            // Multicompany
+            if (! empty($conf->multicompany->enabled))
+            {
+            	if (empty($conf->multicompany->transverse_mode) && $conf->entity == 1 && $user->admin && ! $user->entity)
+            	{
+            		print "<tr>".'<td valign="top">'.$langs->trans("Entity").'</td>';
+            		print "<td>".$mc->select_entities($object->entity);
+            		print "</td></tr>\n";
+            	}
+            	else
+            	{
+            		print '<input type="hidden" name="entity" value="'.$conf->entity.'" />';
+            	}
+            }
+            
             // Company / Contact
             if (! empty($conf->societe->enabled))
             {