diff --git a/dspace/CHANGES b/dspace/CHANGES
index e7a77a45ae..bd7a2dea13 100644
--- a/dspace/CHANGES
+++ b/dspace/CHANGES
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 1.5 alpha 1
 ===========
-(K. Nakagami)
-- SF Patch #1621889 ] for SF Bug #1606789 - When collection is deleted, mapped item remains in community
+(Christophe Destin)
+- SF Patch #1582754 CreateAdministrator for dummies
+  Creation of admin via [dspace]/bin/create-administrator for a given email, irrespective of the email
+  belonging to an allready registered user.
 
+(K. Nakagami)
+- SF Patch #1621889 for SF Bug #1606789 When collection is deleted, mapped item remains in community
+   
 1.4.1 final
 ===========
 (Tim Donohue)
diff --git a/dspace/src/org/dspace/administer/CreateAdministrator.java b/dspace/src/org/dspace/administer/CreateAdministrator.java
index 5418ee4b29..ff6ce5c096 100644
--- a/dspace/src/org/dspace/administer/CreateAdministrator.java
+++ b/dspace/src/org/dspace/administer/CreateAdministrator.java
@@ -148,15 +148,21 @@ public class CreateAdministrator
             }
 
             // Create the administrator e-person
-            EPerson eperson = EPerson.create(context);
-
-            eperson.setEmail(email);
+            EPerson eperson = EPerson.findByEmail(context,email);
+            
+            // check if the email belongs to a registered user,
+            // if not create a new user with this email
+            if (eperson == null)
+            {
+                eperson = EPerson.create(context);
+                eperson.setEmail(email);
+                eperson.setCanLogIn(true);
+                eperson.setRequireCertificate(false);
+                eperson.setSelfRegistered(false);
+            }
             eperson.setLastName(lastName);
             eperson.setFirstName(firstName);
             eperson.setPassword(password1);
-            eperson.setCanLogIn(true);
-            eperson.setRequireCertificate(false);
-            eperson.setSelfRegistered(false);
             eperson.update();
 
             admins.addMember(eperson);