diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4d3279a..84c9a9f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -34,10 +34,15 @@ is configured.
 Ensures the bashrc file exists in the users home directory. Set manage_bashrc:
 True in pillar per user. Defaults to False
 
+``users.profile``
+----------------
+
+Ensures the profile file exists in the users home directory. Set manage_profile:
+True in pillar per user. Defaults to False
+
 ``users.vimrc``
 ---------------
 
 Ensures the vimrc file exists in the users home directory. Set manage_vimrc:
 True in pillar per user. Defaults to False
 This depends on the vim-formula to be installed
-
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index ce7763b..c697889 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ users:
     createhome: True
     manage_vimrc: False
     manage_bashrc: False
+    manage_profile: False
     expire: 16426
     sudouser: True
     # sudo_rules doesn't need the username as a prefix for the rule
diff --git a/users/files/profile/profile b/users/files/profile/profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..757ba0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/files/profile/profile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
+# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
+# exists.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
+# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
+
+# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
+# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
+#umask 022
+
+# if running bash
+if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    # include .bashrc if it exists
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+        . "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
diff --git a/users/profile.sls b/users/profile.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b62c096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/profile.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{% from "users/map.jinja" import users with context %}
+include:
+  - users
+
+{% for name, user in pillar.get('users', {}).items() if user.absent is not defined or not user.absent %}
+{%- if user == None -%}
+{%- set user = {} -%}
+{%- endif -%}
+{%- set home = user.get('home', "/home/%s" % name) -%}
+{%- set manage = user.get('manage_profile', False) -%}
+{%- if 'prime_group' in user and 'name' in user['prime_group'] %}
+{%- set user_group = user.prime_group.name -%}
+{%- else -%}
+{%- set user_group = name -%}
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if manage -%}
+users_{{ name }}_user_profile:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: {{ home }}/.profile
+    - user: {{ name }}
+    - group: {{ user_group }}
+    - mode: 644
+    - source:
+      - salt://users/files/profile/{{ name }}/profile
+      - salt://users/files/profile/profile
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}