diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/group.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/group.json
index 1ae88c9cf5..fe3e39915b 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/group.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/group.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	"private-groups.warning": "<strong>Beware!</strong> If this option is disabled and you have private groups, they automatically become public.",
 	"allow-creation": "Allow Group Creation",
 	"allow-creation-help": "If enabled, users can create groups <em>(Default: disabled)</em>",
+	"allow-multiple-badges-help": "This flag can be used to allow users to select multiple group badges, requires theme support.",
 	"max-name-length": "Maximum Group Name Length",
 	"cover-image": "Group Cover Image",
 	"default-cover": "Default Cover Images",
diff --git a/public/src/client/account/edit.js b/public/src/client/account/edit.js
index 8b270a8fd2..9956c659c6 100644
--- a/public/src/client/account/edit.js
+++ b/public/src/client/account/edit.js
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ define('forum/account/edit', ['forum/account/header', 'translator', 'components'
 			aboutme: $('#inputAboutMe').val(),
 		};
 
+		userData.groupTitle = JSON.stringify(Array.isArray(userData.groupTitle) ? userData.groupTitle : [userData.groupTitle]);
+
 		$(window).trigger('action:profile.update', userData);
 
 		socket.emit('user.updateProfile', userData, function (err, data) {
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/edit.js b/src/controllers/accounts/edit.js
index 3402c3052a..af92cdc7bc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/edit.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/edit.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ editController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 			userData.maximumAboutMeLength = parseInt(meta.config.maximumAboutMeLength, 10) || 1000;
 			userData.maximumProfileImageSize = parseInt(meta.config.maximumProfileImageSize, 10);
 			userData.allowProfileImageUploads = parseInt(meta.config.allowProfileImageUploads, 10) === 1;
+			userData.allowMultipleBadges = parseInt(meta.config.allowMultipleBadges, 10) === 1;
 			userData.allowAccountDelete = parseInt(meta.config.allowAccountDelete, 10) === 1;
 			userData.allowWebsite = !userData.isSelf || parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) >= (parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:website'], 10) || 0);
 			userData.allowAboutMe = !userData.isSelf || parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) >= (parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:aboutme'], 10) || 0);
@@ -45,8 +46,12 @@ editController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 			userData.groups = userData.groups.filter(function (group) {
 				return group && group.userTitleEnabled && !groups.isPrivilegeGroup(group.name) && group.name !== 'registered-users';
 			});
+
+			if (!userData.allowMultipleBadges) {
+				userData.groupTitle = userData.groupTitleArray[0];
+			}
 			userData.groups.forEach(function (group) {
-				group.selected = group.name === userData.groupTitle;
+				group.selected = userData.groupTitleArray.includes(group.name);
 			});
 
 			userData.title = '[[pages:account/edit, ' + userData.username + ']]';
diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index 9e89a1e929..40299ceb9b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ topicsController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 			topicData.postEditDuration = parseInt(meta.config.postEditDuration, 10) || 0;
 			topicData.postDeleteDuration = parseInt(meta.config.postDeleteDuration, 10) || 0;
 			topicData.scrollToMyPost = settings.scrollToMyPost;
+			topicData.allowMultipleBadges = parseInt(meta.config.allowMultipleBadges, 10) === 1;
 			topicData.rssFeedUrl = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + topicData.tid + '.rss';
 			if (req.loggedIn) {
 				topicData.rssFeedUrl += '?uid=' + req.uid + '&token=' + rssToken;
diff --git a/src/posts/user.js b/src/posts/user.js
index 8fd1e08bb0..e0df76c2a3 100644
--- a/src/posts/user.js
+++ b/src/posts/user.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var async = require('async');
 var validator = require('validator');
+var _ = require('lodash');
 
 var user = require('../user');
 var groups = require('../groups');
@@ -15,11 +16,16 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 		var userData;
 		var userSettings;
 		var canUseSignature;
+		var allowMultipleBadges = parseInt(meta.config.allowMultipleBadges, 10) === 1;
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
 				async.parallel({
 					userData: function (next) {
-						user.getUsersFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'fullname', 'userslug', 'reputation', 'postcount', 'picture', 'signature', 'banned', 'status', 'lastonline', 'groupTitle'], next);
+						user.getUsersFields(uids, [
+							'uid', 'username', 'fullname', 'userslug',
+							'reputation', 'postcount', 'picture', 'signature',
+							'banned', 'status', 'lastonline', 'groupTitle',
+						], next);
 					},
 					userSettings: function (next) {
 						user.getMultipleUserSettings(uids, next);
@@ -34,10 +40,10 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 				userSettings = results.userSettings;
 				canUseSignature = results.canUseSignature;
 				var groupTitles = userData.map(function (userData) {
-					return userData && userData.groupTitle;
-				}).filter(function (groupTitle, index, array) {
-					return groupTitle && array.indexOf(groupTitle) === index;
+					return userData && userData.groupTitleArray;
 				});
+				groupTitles = _.uniq(_.flatten(groupTitles));
+
 				groups.getGroupsData(groupTitles, next);
 			},
 			function (groupsData, next) {
@@ -64,6 +70,8 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 					userData.status = user.getStatus(userData);
 					userData.signature = validator.escape(String(userData.signature || ''));
 					userData.fullname = userSettings[index].showfullname ? validator.escape(String(userData.fullname || '')) : undefined;
+					userData.selectedGroups = [];
+
 					if (parseInt(meta.config.hideFullname, 10) === 1) {
 						userData.fullname = undefined;
 					}
@@ -73,11 +81,11 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 					async.waterfall([
 						function (next) {
 							async.parallel({
-								isMemberOfGroup: function (next) {
-									if (!userData.groupTitle || !groupsMap[userData.groupTitle]) {
+								isMemberOfGroups: function (next) {
+									if (!Array.isArray(userData.groupTitleArray) || !userData.groupTitleArray.length) {
 										return next();
 									}
-									groups.isMember(userData.uid, userData.groupTitle, next);
+									groups.isMemberOfGroups(userData.uid, userData.groupTitleArray, next);
 								},
 								signature: function (next) {
 									if (!userData.signature || !canUseSignature || parseInt(meta.config.disableSignatures, 10) === 1) {
@@ -92,8 +100,12 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 							}, next);
 						},
 						function (results, next) {
-							if (results.isMemberOfGroup && userData.groupTitle && groupsMap[userData.groupTitle]) {
-								userData.selectedGroup = groupsMap[userData.groupTitle];
+							if (results.isMemberOfGroups && userData.groupTitleArray) {
+								userData.groupTitleArray.forEach(function (userGroup, index) {
+									if (results.isMemberOfGroups[index] && groupsMap[userGroup]) {
+										userData.selectedGroups.push(groupsMap[userGroup]);
+									}
+								});
 							}
 
 							userData.custom_profile_info = results.customProfileInfo.profile;
diff --git a/src/user/data.js b/src/user/data.js
index db41509aa0..bec2f2a216 100644
--- a/src/user/data.js
+++ b/src/user/data.js
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 			if (!user) {
 				return;
 			}
-
+			if (user.hasOwnProperty('groupTitle')) {
+				parseGroupTitle(user);
+			}
 			if (user.hasOwnProperty('username')) {
 				user.username = validator.escape(user.username ? user.username.toString() : '');
 			}
@@ -192,6 +194,20 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		plugins.fireHook('filter:users.get', users, callback);
 	}
 
+	function parseGroupTitle(user) {
+		try {
+			user.groupTitleArray = JSON.parse(user.groupTitle);
+		} catch (err) {
+			user.groupTitleArray = [user.groupTitle];
+		}
+		if (!Array.isArray(user.groupTitleArray)) {
+			user.groupTitleArray = [user.groupTitleArray];
+		}
+		if (parseInt(meta.config.allowMultipleBadges, 10) !== 1) {
+			user.groupTitleArray = [user.groupTitleArray[0]];
+		}
+	}
+
 	User.getDefaultAvatar = function () {
 		if (!meta.config.defaultAvatar) {
 			return '';
diff --git a/src/views/admin/settings/group.tpl b/src/views/admin/settings/group.tpl
index fd696cb5ad..6f267baf57 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/settings/group.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/settings/group.tpl
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@
 				[[admin/settings/group:allow-creation-help]]
 			</p>
 
+			<div class="checkbox">
+				<label class="mdl-switch mdl-js-switch mdl-js-ripple-effect">
+					<input class="mdl-switch__input" type="checkbox" data-field="allowMultipleBadges">
+					<span class="mdl-switch__label"><strong>Allow Multiple Badges</strong></span>
+				</label>
+			</div>
+
+			<p class="help-block">
+				[[admin/settings/group:allow-multiple-badges-help]]
+			</p>
+
 			<label>[[admin/settings/group:max-name-length]]</label>
 			<input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="255" data-field="maximumGroupNameLength" />
 		</form>