diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67d24136..8a8e68d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Still In Development
 Mail:
 
 * Updated Roundcube to version 1.1.3.
+* Auto-create RFC2142 aliases for abuse@.
 
 Control panel:
 
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ v0.02 (September 21, 2014)
 * Better logic for determining when to take a full backup.
 * Reduce DNS TTL, not that it seems to really matter.
 * Add SSHFP DNS records.
-* Add an API for setting custom DNS records 
+* Add an API for setting custom DNS records
 * Update to ownCloud 7.0.2.
 * Some things were broken if the machine had an IPv6 address.
 * Use a dialogs library to ask users questions during setup.
diff --git a/management/mailconfig.py b/management/mailconfig.py
index 17fa9499..d9ffdf65 100755
--- a/management/mailconfig.py
+++ b/management/mailconfig.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def prettify_idn_email_address(email):
 
 def is_dcv_address(email):
 	email = email.lower()
-	for localpart in ("admin", "administrator", "postmaster", "hostmaster", "webmaster"):
+	for localpart in ("admin", "administrator", "postmaster", "hostmaster", "webmaster", "abuse"):
 		if email.startswith(localpart+"@") or email.startswith(localpart+"+"):
 			return True
 	return False
@@ -520,17 +520,21 @@ def get_required_aliases(env):
 	# email on that domain are the required aliases or a catch-all/domain-forwarder.
 	real_mail_domains = get_mail_domains(env,
 		filter_aliases = lambda alias :
-			not alias.startswith("postmaster@") and not alias.startswith("admin@")
+			not alias.startswith("postmaster@")
+			and not alias.startswith("admin@")
+			and not alias.startswith("abuse@")
 			and not alias.startswith("@")
 			)
 
-	# Create postmaster@ and admin@ for all domains we serve mail on.
-	# postmaster@ is assumed to exist by our Postfix configuration. admin@
-	# isn't anything, but it might save the user some trouble e.g. when
+	# Create postmaster@, admin@ and abuse@ for all domains we serve
+	# mail on. postmaster@ is assumed to exist by our Postfix configuration.
+	# admin@isn't anything, but it might save the user some trouble e.g. when
 	# buying an SSL certificate.
+	# abuse@ is part of RFC2142: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt
 	for domain in real_mail_domains:
 		aliases.add("postmaster@" + domain)
 		aliases.add("admin@" + domain)
+		aliases.add("abuse@" + domain)
 
 	return aliases
 
@@ -572,7 +576,7 @@ def kick(env, mail_result=None):
 	# longer have any other email addresses for.
 	for address, forwards_to, *_ in existing_alias_records:
 		user, domain = address.split("@")
-		if user in ("postmaster", "admin") \
+		if user in ("postmaster", "admin", "abuse") \
 			and address not in required_aliases \
 			and forwards_to == get_system_administrator(env):
 			remove_mail_alias(address, env, do_kick=False)
diff --git a/management/templates/aliases.html b/management/templates/aliases.html
index 215e728c..dc916f95 100644
--- a/management/templates/aliases.html
+++ b/management/templates/aliases.html
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   </tbody>
 </table>
 
-<p style="margin-top: 1.5em"><small>hostmaster@, postmaster@, and admin@ email addresses are required on some domains.</small></p>
+<p style="margin-top: 1.5em"><small>hostmaster@, postmaster@, admin@ and abuse@ email addresses are required on some domains.</small></p>
 
 <div style="display: none">
   <table>