diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-card.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-card.js.es6
index 90cfd460139..1557cc195b5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-card.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user-card.js.es6
@@ -13,23 +13,20 @@ export default ObjectController.extend({
   postStream: Em.computed.alias('controllers.topic.postStream'),
   enoughPostsForFiltering: Em.computed.gte('participant.post_count', 2),
   viewingTopic: Em.computed.match('controllers.application.currentPath', /^topic\./),
+  viewingAdmin: Em.computed.match('controllers.application.currentPath', /^admin\./),
   showFilter: Em.computed.and('viewingTopic', 'postStream.hasNoFilters', 'enoughPostsForFiltering'),
-
-  // showFilter: Em.computed.and('postStream.hasNoFilters', 'enoughPostsForFiltering'),
   showName: Discourse.computed.propertyNotEqual('user.name', 'user.username'),
-
   hasUserFilters: Em.computed.gt('postStream.userFilters.length', 0),
-
   isSuspended: Em.computed.notEmpty('user.suspend_reason'),
-
   showBadges: Discourse.computed.setting('enable_badges'),
+  showMoreBadges: Em.computed.gt('moreBadgesCount', 0),
+  canDelete: Em.computed.not("user.deleteForbidden"),
+  showDelete: Em.computed.and("viewingAdmin", "showName", "canDelete"),
 
   moreBadgesCount: function() {
     return this.get('user.badge_count') - this.get('user.featured_user_badges.length');
   }.property('user.badge_count', 'user.featured_user_badges.@each'),
 
-  showMoreBadges: Em.computed.gt('moreBadgesCount', 0),
-
   hasCardBadgeImage: function() {
     var img = this.get('user.card_badge.image');
     return img && img.indexOf('fa-') !== 0;
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ export default ObjectController.extend({
     self.set('cardTarget', target);
 
     Discourse.User.findByUsername(username).then(function (user) {
-      self.setProperties({ user: user, avatar: user, visible: true});
+      self.setProperties({ user: Discourse.AdminUser.create(user), avatar: user, visible: true});
       self.appEvents.trigger('usercard:shown');
     }).finally(function(){
       self.set('userLoading', null);
@@ -101,6 +98,10 @@ export default ObjectController.extend({
       postStream.cancelFilter();
       postStream.refresh();
       this.close();
+    },
+
+    deleteUser: function(user) {
+      user.destroy({ deletePosts: true });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
index b5dc6f39c5b..c4326652fa8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@
     {{/if}}
 
     {{#if showFilter}}
-    <li><a class='btn' {{action "togglePosts" user}}>{{fa-icon "filter"}}{{i18n topic.filter_to username="username" post_count="participant.post_count"}}</a></li>
+      <li><a class='btn' {{action "togglePosts" user}}>{{fa-icon "filter"}}{{i18n topic.filter_to username="username" post_count="participant.post_count"}}</a></li>
     {{/if}}
 
     {{#if hasUserFilters}}
-    <li><a class='btn' {{action "cancelFilter"}}>{{fa-icon "times"}}{{i18n topic.filters.cancel}}</a></li>
+      <li><a class='btn' {{action "cancelFilter"}}>{{fa-icon "times"}}{{i18n topic.filters.cancel}}</a></li>
+    {{/if}}
+
+    {{#if showDelete}}
+      <li><a class='btn btn-danger' {{action "deleteUser" user}}>{{fa-icon "exclamation-triangle"}}{{i18n admin.user.delete}}</a></li>
     {{/if}}
   </ul>
 
@@ -52,10 +56,10 @@
   {{/if}}
 
   {{#if user}}
-  <div class="metadata">
-    <h3><span class='desc'>{{i18n last_post}}</span> {{format-date path="user.last_posted_at" leaveAgo="true"}} </h3>
-    <h3><span class='desc'>{{i18n joined}}</span> {{format-date path="user.created_at" leaveAgo="true"}}</h3>
-  </div>
+    <div class="metadata">
+      <h3><span class='desc'>{{i18n last_post}}</span> {{format-date path="user.last_posted_at" leaveAgo="true"}}</h3>
+      <h3><span class='desc'>{{i18n joined}}</span> {{format-date path="user.created_at" leaveAgo="true"}}</h3>
+    </div>
   {{/if}}
 
   {{#if showBadges}}
diff --git a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
index 1313db0b76b..0e1badaba93 100644
--- a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
   has_many :featured_user_badges, embed: :ids, serializer: UserBadgeSerializer, root: :user_badges
   has_one  :card_badge, embed: :object, serializer: BadgeSerializer
 
-  staff_attributes :number_of_deleted_posts,
+  staff_attributes :post_count,
+                   :number_of_deleted_posts,
                    :number_of_flagged_posts,
                    :number_of_flags_given,
                    :number_of_suspensions,
@@ -207,6 +208,10 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
   ### STAFF ATTRIBUTES
   ###
 
+  def post_count
+    object.user_stat.try(:post_count)
+  end
+
   def number_of_deleted_posts
     Post.with_deleted
         .where(user_id: object.id)