diff --git a/includes/MagicWord.php b/includes/MagicWord.php
index 5b5b77f0ffb..f53fdda051e 100644
--- a/includes/MagicWord.php
+++ b/includes/MagicWord.php
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class MagicWord {
 		'subjectpagename',
 		'subjectpagenamee',
 		'numberofusers',
+		'activeusers',
 		'newsectionlink',
 		'numberofpages',
 		'currentversion',
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ class MagicWord {
 		'localweek' => 3600,
 		'localdow' => 3600,
 		'numberofusers' => 3600,
+		'activeusers' => 3600,
 		'numberofpages' => 3600,
 		'currentversion' => 86400,
 		'currenttimestamp' => 3600,
diff --git a/includes/parser/CoreParserFunctions.php b/includes/parser/CoreParserFunctions.php
index e12930b7eb4..5a0c1b440dd 100644
--- a/includes/parser/CoreParserFunctions.php
+++ b/includes/parser/CoreParserFunctions.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class CoreParserFunctions {
 		$parser->setFunctionHook( 'plural',           array( __CLASS__, 'plural'           ), SFH_NO_HASH );
 		$parser->setFunctionHook( 'numberofpages',    array( __CLASS__, 'numberofpages'    ), SFH_NO_HASH );
 		$parser->setFunctionHook( 'numberofusers',    array( __CLASS__, 'numberofusers'    ), SFH_NO_HASH );
+		$parser->setFunctionHook( 'activeusers',      array( __CLASS__, 'activeusers'      ), SFH_NO_HASH );
 		$parser->setFunctionHook( 'numberofarticles', array( __CLASS__, 'numberofarticles' ), SFH_NO_HASH );
 		$parser->setFunctionHook( 'numberoffiles',    array( __CLASS__, 'numberoffiles'    ), SFH_NO_HASH );
 		$parser->setFunctionHook( 'numberofadmins',   array( __CLASS__, 'numberofadmins'   ), SFH_NO_HASH );
@@ -244,6 +245,9 @@ class CoreParserFunctions {
 	static function numberofusers( $parser, $raw = null ) {
 		return self::formatRaw( SiteStats::users(), $raw );
 	}
+	static function activeusers( $parser, $raw = null ) {
+		return self::formatRaw( SiteStats::activeUsers(), $raw );
+	}
 	static function numberofarticles( $parser, $raw = null ) {
 		return self::formatRaw( SiteStats::articles(), $raw );
 	}
diff --git a/includes/parser/Parser.php b/includes/parser/Parser.php
index da41348ae29..b662cdc27f6 100644
--- a/includes/parser/Parser.php
+++ b/includes/parser/Parser.php
@@ -2492,6 +2492,8 @@ class Parser
 				return $this->mVarCache[$index] = $wgContLang->formatNum( SiteStats::images() );
 			case 'numberofusers':
 				return $this->mVarCache[$index] = $wgContLang->formatNum( SiteStats::users() );
+			case 'activeusers':
+				return $this->mVarCache[$index] = $wgContLang->formatNum( SiteStats::activeUsers() );
 			case 'numberofpages':
 				return $this->mVarCache[$index] = $wgContLang->formatNum( SiteStats::pages() );
 			case 'numberofadmins':
diff --git a/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php b/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
index f7ad2039b5f..fdc0bf884d2 100644
--- a/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
+++ b/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ $magicWords = array(
 	'numberofarticles'       => array( 1,    'NUMBEROFARTICLES'       ),
 	'numberoffiles'          => array( 1,    'NUMBEROFFILES'          ),
 	'numberofusers'          => array( 1,    'NUMBEROFUSERS'          ),
+	'activeusers'		 => array( 1,    'ACTIVEUSERS'            ),
 	'numberofedits'          => array( 1,    'NUMBEROFEDITS'          ),
 	'numberofviews'          => array( 1,    'NUMBEROFVIEWS'          ),
 	'pagename'               => array( 1,    'PAGENAME'               ),