diff --git a/projects/admin.py b/projects/admin.py
index 19c116693..54c87cb35 100644
--- a/projects/admin.py
+++ b/projects/admin.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from projects.models import Project, File
 
 
 class ProjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    pass
+    prepopulated_fields = {'slug': ('name',)}
 
 
 class FileAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
diff --git a/projects/models.py b/projects/models.py
index 5fd0e8048..bb99b344f 100644
--- a/projects/models.py
+++ b/projects/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import models
+from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
 
 from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
 
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ class Project(models.Model):
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.name
 
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not self.slug:
+            self.slug = slugify(self.name)
+        super(Project, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class File(models.Model):
     project = models.ForeignKey(Project, related_name='files')