diff --git a/Redmine.pm b/Redmine.pm
index a47f8b7..5f23bde 100644
--- a/Redmine.pm
+++ b/Redmine.pm
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ my @directives = (
 		args_how     => TAKE1,
 		errmsg       => 'Indicate the type of Repository (Subversion or Git or None). This is used to properly detected write requests. Defaults to Subversion.',
 	},
+	{
+		name         => 'RedmineSetUserAttributes',
+		req_override => OR_AUTHCFG,
+		args_how     => FLAG,
+		errmsg       => 'Sets firstname, lastname, email address to environment variables. Defaults to no.',
+	},
 );
 
 # Initialize defaults configuration
@@ -263,6 +269,8 @@ sub DIR_CREATE {
 		DenyAnonymous    => 0,
 		DenyNonMember    => 0,
 		SuperAdmin       => 1,
+		SetUserAttributes => 0,
+		AttributesCacheCredsCount  => 0,
 	}, $class;
 }
 
@@ -278,6 +286,7 @@ sub RedmineCacheCredsMaxAge { set_val('CacheCredsMaxAge', @_); }
 sub RedmineDenyAnonymous { set_val('DenyAnonymous', @_); }
 sub RedmineDenyNonMember { set_val('DenyNonMember', @_); }
 sub RedmineSuperAdmin { set_val('SuperAdmin', @_); }
+sub RedmineSetUserAttributes { set_val('SetUserAttributes', @_); }
 
 sub RedmineDbWhereClause {
 	my ($cfg, $parms, $arg) = @_;
@@ -337,9 +346,15 @@ sub authen_handler {
 
 		#	Used cached credentials if possible
 		my $cache_key = get_cache_key($r, $password);
-		if(defined $cache_key && cache_get($r, $cache_key)) {
+		my $cfg = get_config($r);
+		if(defined $cache_key && !$cfg->{SetUserAttributes} && cache_get($r, $cache_key)) {
 			$r->log->debug("reusing cached credentials for user '", $r->user, "'");
 			$r->set_handlers(PerlAuthzHandler => undef);
+			attributes_cache_get($r, $cache_key);
+
+		} elsif(defined $cache_key && $cfg->{SetUserAttributes} && cache_get($r, $cache_key) && attributes_cache_get($r, $cache_key)) {
+			$r->log->debug("reusing cached credentials for user '", $r->user, "' including attributes");
+			$r->set_handlers(PerlAuthzHandler => undef);
 
 		} else {
 			# Else check them
@@ -381,7 +396,7 @@ sub check_login {
 	my ($r, $dbh, $password) = @_;
 	my $user = $r->user;
 
-	my ($hashed_password, $status, $auth_source_id, $salt) = $dbh->selectrow_array('SELECT hashed_password, status, auth_source_id, salt FROM users WHERE login = ?', undef, $user)
+	my ($hashed_password, $status, $auth_source_id, $salt, $id, $firstname, $lastname) = $dbh->selectrow_array('SELECT hashed_password, status, auth_source_id, salt, id, firstname, lastname FROM users WHERE login = ?', undef, $user)
 		or return (AUTH_REQUIRED, "unknown user '$user'");
 
 	# Check password
@@ -424,6 +439,20 @@ sub check_login {
 	# Password is ok, check if account if locked
 	return (FORBIDDEN, "inactive account: '$user'") unless $status == 1;
 
+	my($email_address) = $dbh->selectrow_array(
+		"SELECT address
+		FROM email_addresses
+		WHERE email_addresses.user_id=? and is_default=1",
+		undef, 
+		$id
+	);
+	if (defined $email_address) {
+		$r->subprocess_env->set("REDMINE_DEFAULT_EMAIL_ADDRESS" => $email_address);
+	} else {
+		$r->subprocess_env->set("REDMINE_DEFAULT_EMAIL_ADDRESS" => "");
+	}
+	$r->subprocess_env->set("REDMINE_FIRSTNAME" => $firstname);
+	$r->subprocess_env->set("REDMINE_LASTNAME" => $lastname);
 	$r->log->debug("successfully authenticated as active redmine user '$user'");
 
 	# Everything's ok
@@ -544,6 +573,7 @@ sub authz_handler {
 			# Put successful credentials in cache
 			if(my $cache_key = $r->pnotes("RedmineCacheKey")) {
 				cache_set($r, $cache_key);
+				attributes_cache_set($r, $cache_key);
 			}
 
 		} else {
@@ -617,7 +647,10 @@ sub connect_database {
 	my $r = shift;
 
 	my $cfg = get_config($r);
-	my $dbh = DBI->connect($cfg->{DSN}, $cfg->{DbUser}, $cfg->{DbPass})
+	my $dbh = DBI->connect($cfg->{DSN}, $cfg->{DbUser}, $cfg->{DbPass}, {
+		pg_enable_utf8 => 1,
+		mysql_enable_utf8 => 1,
+	})
 		or $r->log->error("Connection to database failed: $DBI::errstr.");
 
 	return $dbh;
@@ -655,6 +688,30 @@ sub cache_get {
 	return 1;
 }
 
+sub attributes_cache_get {
+	my($r, $key) = @_;
+
+	my $cfg = get_config($r);
+	return unless $cfg->{CacheCredsMax} && $cfg->{AttributesCacheCreds};
+
+	my $cache_text = $cfg->{AttributesCacheCreds}->get($key)
+		or return 0;
+
+	$r->log->error("cache_text:$cache_text");
+	my($time, $email_address, $firstname, $lastname) = split(":", $cache_text);
+	if($cfg->{CacheCredsMaxAge} && ($r->request_time - $time) > $cfg->{CacheCredsMaxAge}) {
+		$cfg->{AttributesCacheCreds}->unset($key);
+		$cfg->{AttributesCacheCredsCount}--;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	$r->subprocess_env->set("REDMINE_DEFAULT_EMAIL_ADDRESS", $email_address . "");
+	$r->subprocess_env->set("REDMINE_FIRSTNAME", $firstname . "");
+	$r->subprocess_env->set("REDMINE_LASTNAME", $lastname . "");
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 # put credentials in cache
 sub cache_set {
 	my($r, $key) = @_;
@@ -675,6 +732,30 @@ sub cache_set {
 	$cfg->{CacheCredsCount}++;
 }
 
+sub attributes_cache_set {
+	my($r, $key) = @_;
+
+	my $cfg = get_config($r);
+	return unless $cfg->{CacheCredsMax};
+
+	unless($cfg->{AttributesCacheCreds}) {
+		$cfg->{AttributesCachePool} = APR::Pool->new;
+		$cfg->{AttributesCacheCreds} = APR::Table::make($cfg->{AttributesCachePool}, $cfg->{CacheCredsMax});
+	}
+
+	if($cfg->{AttributesCacheCredsCount} >= $cfg->{CacheCredsMax}) {
+		$cfg->{AttributesCacheCreds}->clear;
+		$cfg->{AttributesCacheCredsCount} = 0;
+	}
+	my $cache_text = join(":", $r->request_time,
+		$r->subprocess_env->get("REDMINE_DEFAULT_EMAIL_ADDRESS"),
+		$r->subprocess_env->get("REDMINE_FIRSTNAME"),
+		$r->subprocess_env->get("REDMINE_LASTNAME"),
+	);
+	$cfg->{AttributesCacheCreds}->set($key, $cache_text);
+	$cfg->{AttributesCacheCredsCount}++;
+}
+
 1;