diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 1407748c..49f462f1 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     :timeoutable
   ]
 
+  ransacker :username do
+    Arel.sql('unaccent(users.username)')
+  end
+
   GENDERS = %w(
     female
     male
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index a9ce2263..a677d6d1 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@
 
         expect(assigns(:members)).to include(member)
       end
+
+      it 'allows to search a member ignoring accents of user\'s username' do
+        user = Fabricate(:user, username: 'fôô', email: 'test@email.com')
+        member = Fabricate(:member, user: user, organization: test_organization)
+
+        get :index, params: { q: { member_search_cont: "foo" } }
+
+        expect(assigns(:members)).to include(member)
+      end
     end
   end