diff --git a/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectCreate.php b/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectCreate.php
index e2414e9..d297f14 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectCreate.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectCreate.php
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ class IDF_Form_Admin_ProjectCreate extends Pluf_Form
                                             'help_text' => __('It must be unique for each project and composed only of letters, digits and dash (-) like "my-project".'),
                                             ));
 
+        $this->fields['shortdesc'] = new Pluf_Form_Field_Varchar(
+                                      array('required' => true,
+                                            'label' => __('short description'),
+                                            'help_text' => __('A one line description of the project.'),
+                                            'initial' => '',
+                                            'widget_attrs' => array('size' => '35'),
+                                            ));
+
         $this->fields['scm'] = new Pluf_Form_Field_Varchar(
                     array('required' => true,
                           'label' => __('Repository type'),
@@ -272,6 +280,7 @@ class IDF_Form_Admin_ProjectCreate extends Pluf_Form
         $project = new IDF_Project();
         $project->name = $this->cleaned_data['name'];
         $project->shortname = $this->cleaned_data['shortname'];
+        $project->shortdesc = $this->cleaned_data['shortdesc'];
 
         if ($this->cleaned_data['template'] != '--') {
             // Find the template project
diff --git a/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectUpdate.php b/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectUpdate.php
index cd9995e..4157851 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectUpdate.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectUpdate.php
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ class IDF_Form_Admin_ProjectUpdate extends Pluf_Form
                                             'initial' => $this->project->name,
                                             ));
 
+        $this->fields['shortdesc'] = new Pluf_Form_Field_Varchar(
+                                      array('required' => true,
+                                            'label' => __('short description'),
+                                            'help_text' => __('A one line description of the project.'),
+                                            'initial' => $this->project->shortdesc,
+                                            'widget_attrs' => array('size' => '35'),
+                                            ));
+
         $this->fields['owners'] = new Pluf_Form_Field_Varchar(
                                       array('required' => false,
                                             'label' => __('Project owners'),
@@ -80,6 +88,7 @@ class IDF_Form_Admin_ProjectUpdate extends Pluf_Form
                                                 $this->cleaned_data);
         $this->project->membershipsUpdated();
         $this->project->name = $this->cleaned_data['name'];
+        $this->project->shortdesc = $this->cleaned_data['shortdesc'];
         $this->project->update();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/gadmin/projects/create.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/gadmin/projects/create.html
index 1c1cddf..a2f70b8 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/gadmin/projects/create.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/gadmin/projects/create.html
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
+<th><strong>{$form.f.shortdesc.labelTag}:</strong></th>
+<td>
+{if $form.f.shortdesc.errors}{$form.f.shortdesc.fieldErrors}{/if}
+{$form.f.shortdesc|unsafe}<br />
+<span class="helptext">{$form.f.shortdesc.help_text}</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 <th><strong>{$form.f.scm.labelTag}:</strong></th>
 <td>{if $form.f.scm.errors}{$form.f.scm.fieldErrors}{/if}
 {$form.f.scm|unsafe}
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/gadmin/projects/update.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/gadmin/projects/update.html
index 5442e72..e6a40eb 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/gadmin/projects/update.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/gadmin/projects/update.html
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
+<th><strong>{$form.f.shortdesc.labelTag}:</strong></th>
+<td>
+{if $form.f.shortdesc.errors}{$form.f.shortdesc.fieldErrors}{/if}
+{$form.f.shortdesc|unsafe}<br />
+<span class="helptext">{$form.f.shortdesc.help_text}</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 <th><strong>{$form.f.owners.labelTag}:</strong></th>
 <td>
 {if $form.f.owners.errors}{$form.f.owners.fieldErrors}{/if}