diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index e48b8bf074..fac4e69e47 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -626,6 +626,8 @@ class User extends SnipeModel implements AuthenticatableContract, AuthorizableCo
                 $username = str_slug(substr($first_name, 0, 1).'.'.str_slug($last_name));
             } elseif ($format == 'lastname_firstinitial') {
                 $username = str_slug($last_name).'_'.str_slug(substr($first_name, 0, 1));
+            } elseif ($format == 'lastname.firstinitial') {
+                $username = str_slug($last_name).'.'.str_slug(substr($first_name, 0, 1));
             } elseif ($format == 'firstnamelastname') {
                 $username = str_slug($first_name).str_slug($last_name);
             } elseif ($format == 'firstnamelastinitial') {
diff --git a/resources/lang/en-US/general.php b/resources/lang/en-US/general.php
index cf344273be..dcab105a09 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en-US/general.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en-US/general.php
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ return [
     'firstname_lastname_underscore_format' => 'First Name Last Name (jane_smith@example.com)',
     'lastnamefirstinitial_format' =>  'Last Name First Initial (smithj@example.com)',
     'firstintial_dot_lastname_format' => 'First Initial Last Name (j.smith@example.com)',
+    'lastname_dot_firstinitial_format' => 'Last Name First Initial (smith.j@example.com)',
     'firstname_lastname_display'	=> 'First Name Last Name (Jane Smith)',
     'lastname_firstname_display'	=> 'Last Name First Name (Smith Jane)',
     'name_display_format'	=> 'Name Display Format',
diff --git a/resources/macros/macros.php b/resources/macros/macros.php
index db7b1d08b4..debf3241c5 100644
--- a/resources/macros/macros.php
+++ b/resources/macros/macros.php
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Form::macro('username_format', function ($name = 'username_format', $selected =
         'firstname_lastname' => trans('general.firstname_lastname_underscore_format'),
         'firstinitial.lastname' => trans('general.firstinitial.lastname'),
         'lastname_firstinitial' => trans('general.lastname_firstinitial'),
+        'lastname.firstinitial' => trans('general.lastname_dot_firstinitial_format'),
         'firstnamelastname' => trans('general.firstnamelastname'),
         'firstnamelastinitial' => trans('general.firstnamelastinitial'),
         'lastname.firstname' => trans('general.lastnamefirstname'),
diff --git a/tests/Unit/UserTest.php b/tests/Unit/UserTest.php
index e089fc4023..ade6a4c692 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/UserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/UserTest.php
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ class UserTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($expected_username, $user['username']);
     }
 
+    public function testLastNameDotFirstInitial()
+    {
+        $fullname = "Natalia Allanovna Romanova-O'Shostakova";
+        $expected_username = 'allanovna-romanova-oshostakova.n';
+        $user = User::generateFormattedNameFromFullName($fullname, 'lastname.firstinitial');
+        $this->assertEquals($expected_username, $user['username']);
+    }
+
     public function lastNameUnderscoreFirstInitial()
     {
         $fullname = "Natalia Allanovna Romanova-O'Shostakova";