diff --git a/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/EduStepicConnector.java b/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/EduStepicConnector.java
index 74721f299fd4..f9bac11fbc14 100644
--- a/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/EduStepicConnector.java
+++ b/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/EduStepicConnector.java
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
 import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
 import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.*;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie;
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
@@ -76,6 +73,28 @@ public class EduStepicConnector {
     return postCredentials(user, password);
   }
 
+  public static boolean createUser(@NotNull final String user, @NotNull final String password) {
+    final HttpPost userRequest = new HttpPost(stepicApiUrl + "users");
+    initializeClient();
+    setHeaders(userRequest, "application/json");
+    String requestBody = new Gson().toJson(new UserWrapper(user, password));
+    userRequest.setEntity(new StringEntity(requestBody, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+
+    try {
+      final CloseableHttpResponse response = ourClient.execute(userRequest);
+      final String responseString = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
+      final StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
+      if (statusLine.getStatusCode() != 201) {
+        LOG.error("Failed to create user " + responseString);
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.error(e.getMessage());
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   private static void initializeClient() {
     final HttpGet request = new HttpGet(stepicUrl);
     request.addHeader(new BasicHeader("referer", "https://stepic.org"));
@@ -818,4 +837,26 @@ public class EduStepicConnector {
 
   }
 
+  static class User {
+    String first_name;
+    String last_name;
+    String email;
+    String password;
+
+    public User(String user, String password) {
+      email = user;
+      this.password = password;
+      this.first_name = user;
+      this.last_name = user;
+    }
+  }
+
+  static class UserWrapper {
+    User user;
+
+    public UserWrapper(String user, String password) {
+      this.user = new User(user, password);
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/LoginDialog.java b/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/LoginDialog.java
index 0424f47af716..5b6ac16bc611 100644
--- a/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/LoginDialog.java
+++ b/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/LoginDialog.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.ui.DialogWrapper;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 
 public class LoginDialog extends DialogWrapper {
   private final LoginPanel myLoginPanel;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ public class LoginDialog extends DialogWrapper {
 
   @NotNull
   protected Action[] createActions() {
-    return new Action[]{getOKAction(), getCancelAction()};
+    return new Action[]{getOKAction(), new RegisterAction(), getCancelAction()};
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -63,4 +64,17 @@ public class LoginDialog extends DialogWrapper {
       this.password = password;
     }
   }
+
+  protected class RegisterAction extends DialogWrapperAction {
+    private RegisterAction() {
+      super("Register");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doAction(ActionEvent e) {
+      EduStepicConnector.createUser(myLoginPanel.getAuthData().email, myLoginPanel.getAuthData().password);
+      doOKAction();
+    }
+  }
+
 }
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diff --git a/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/LoginPanel.java b/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/LoginPanel.java
index 3d883a774b24..35b5af8d84d6 100644
--- a/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/LoginPanel.java
+++ b/python/educational/src/com/jetbrains/edu/stepic/LoginPanel.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class LoginPanel {
   }
 
   @NotNull
-  public String getLogin() {
+  private String getLogin() {
     return myLoginTextField.getText().trim();
   }