diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
index c7b630b943d..61d92687fe2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
@@ -212,6 +212,16 @@ aside.onebox {
       }
     }
 
+    &.user-onebox {
+      .fa {
+        margin-right: 5px;
+      }
+      .full-name,
+      .location {
+        margin-right: 10px;
+      }
+    }
+
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 694378b9181..d4c9a8a0276 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -3684,3 +3684,5 @@ en:
 
   search_logs:
     graph_title: "Search Count"
+
+  joined: "Joined"
diff --git a/lib/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox.rb b/lib/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox.rb
index a1ce9ebe822..b4add001ac0 100644
--- a/lib/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox.rb
+++ b/lib/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Onebox
 
         route = Discourse.route_for(url)
 
-        !!(route[:controller] =~ /topics|uploads/)
+        !!(route[:controller] =~ /topics|uploads|users/)
       rescue ActionController::RoutingError
         false
       end
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module Onebox
         case route[:controller]
         when "uploads" then upload_html(path)
         when "topics"  then topic_html(route)
+        when "users"   then user_html(route)
         end
       end
 
@@ -82,6 +83,33 @@ module Onebox
           end
         end
 
+        def user_html(route)
+          link = "<a href='#{@url}'>#{@url}</a>"
+          username = route[:username] || ''
+          user = User.find_by(username_lower: username.downcase)
+
+          if user
+            args = {
+              user_id: user.id,
+              username: user.username,
+              avatar: PrettyText.avatar_img(user.avatar_template, "extra_large"),
+              name: user.name,
+              bio: user.user_profile.bio_excerpt(230),
+              location: user.user_profile.location,
+              joined: I18n.t('joined'),
+              created_at: user.created_at.strftime(I18n.t('datetime_formats.formats.date_only')),
+              website: user.user_profile.website,
+              website_name: UserSerializer.new(user).website_name,
+              original_url: @url
+            }
+
+            template = File.read("#{Rails.root}/lib/onebox/templates/discourse_user_onebox.hbs")
+            Mustache.render(template, args)
+          else
+            return link
+          end
+        end
+
         def can_see_post?(post, source_topic)
           return false if post.nil? || post.hidden || post.trashed? || post.topic.nil?
           Guardian.new.can_see_post?(post) || same_category?(post.topic.category, source_topic)
diff --git a/lib/onebox/templates/discourse_user_onebox.hbs b/lib/onebox/templates/discourse_user_onebox.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..079e3268ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/onebox/templates/discourse_user_onebox.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<aside class="onebox">
+  <article class="onebox-body user-onebox">
+    {{{avatar}}}
+    <h3><a href="{{original_url}}">{{{username}}}</a></h3>
+    <div>
+      {{#name}}
+        <span class="full-name">{{name}}</span>
+      {{/name}}
+      {{#location}}
+        <span class="location"><i class="fa fa-map-marker d-icon d-icon-map-marker"></i>{{{location}}}</span>
+      {{/location}}
+      {{#website}}
+        <span>
+          <i class="fa fa-globe d-icon d-icon-globe"></i><a href="{{website}}">{{{website_name}}}</a>
+        </span>
+      {{/website}}
+    </div>
+    {{#bio}}
+      <p>{{{bio}}}</p>
+    {{/bio}}
+    <span>{{joined}} {{created_at}}</span>
+  </article>
+  <div style="clear: both"></div>
+</aside>
diff --git a/spec/components/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox_spec.rb b/spec/components/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox_spec.rb
index 911ef40b312..efc60b97501 100644
--- a/spec/components/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox_spec.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,23 @@ describe Onebox::Engine::DiscourseLocalOnebox do
     end
   end
 
+  context "for a link to a user profile" do
+    let(:user)   { Fabricate(:user) }
+
+    it "returns a link if user isn't found" do
+      url = "#{Discourse.base_url}/u/none"
+      expect(Onebox.preview(url).to_s).to eq(build_link(url))
+    end
+
+    it "returns some onebox goodness if user exists" do
+      html = Onebox.preview("#{Discourse.base_url}/u/#{user.username}").to_s
+      expect(html).to include(user.username)
+      expect(html).to include(user.name)
+      expect(html).to include(user.created_at.strftime("%B %-d, %Y"))
+      expect(html).to include('<aside class="onebox">')
+    end
+  end
+
   context "for a link to an internal audio or video file" do
 
     let(:sha) { Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("discourse") }