diff --git a/tailbone/views/users.py b/tailbone/views/users.py
index 86167de5..07d1c254 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/users.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/users.py
@@ -142,20 +142,21 @@ class UsersView(PrincipalMasterView):
         # person
         f.set_renderer('person', self.render_person)
         if self.creating or self.editing:
-            f.replace('person', 'person_uuid')
-            f.set_node('person_uuid', colander.String(), missing=colander.null)
-            person_display = ""
-            if self.request.method == 'POST':
-                if self.request.POST.get('person_uuid'):
-                    person = self.Session.query(model.Person).get(self.request.POST['person_uuid'])
-                    if person:
-                        person_display = six.text_type(person)
-            elif self.editing:
-                person_display = six.text_type(user.person or '')
-            people_url = self.request.route_url('people.autocomplete')
-            f.set_widget('person_uuid', forms.widgets.JQueryAutocompleteWidget(
-                field_display=person_display, service_url=people_url))
-            f.set_label('person_uuid', "Person")
+            if 'person' in f.fields:
+                f.replace('person', 'person_uuid')
+                f.set_node('person_uuid', colander.String(), missing=colander.null)
+                person_display = ""
+                if self.request.method == 'POST':
+                    if self.request.POST.get('person_uuid'):
+                        person = self.Session.query(model.Person).get(self.request.POST['person_uuid'])
+                        if person:
+                            person_display = six.text_type(person)
+                elif self.editing:
+                    person_display = six.text_type(user.person or '')
+                people_url = self.request.route_url('people.autocomplete')
+                f.set_widget('person_uuid', forms.widgets.JQueryAutocompleteWidget(
+                    field_display=person_display, service_url=people_url))
+                f.set_label('person_uuid', "Person")
 
         # password
         f.set_widget('password', dfwidget.CheckedPasswordWidget())