diff --git a/pybb/signals.py b/pybb/signals.py
index a650b7ab..114fe25c 100644
--- a/pybb/signals.py
+++ b/pybb/signals.py
@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ def post_saved(instance, **kwargs):
 
 
 def post_deleted(instance, **kwargs):
-    profile = util.get_pybb_profile(instance.user)
-    profile.post_count = instance.user.posts.count()
-    profile.save()
+    Profile = util.get_pybb_profile_model()
+    User = compat.get_user_model()
+    try:
+        profile = util.get_pybb_profile(instance.user)
+    except (Profile.DoesNotExist, User.DoesNotExist) as e:
+        #When we cascade delete an user, profile and posts are also deleted
+        pass
+    else:
+        profile.post_count = instance.user.posts.count()
+        profile.save()
 
 
 def user_saved(instance, created, **kwargs):
diff --git a/pybb/tests.py b/pybb/tests.py
index cbd0cb4f..9dd969c5 100644
--- a/pybb/tests.py
+++ b/pybb/tests.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
     raise Exception('PyBB requires lxml for self testing')
 
 from pybb import defaults
-from pybb.models import Topic, TopicReadTracker, Forum, ForumReadTracker, Post, Category, PollAnswer, Profile
+from pybb.models import Topic, TopicReadTracker, Forum, ForumReadTracker, Post, Category, PollAnswer
+
+
+Profile = util.get_pybb_profile_model()
 
 __author__ = 'zeus'
 
@@ -1854,3 +1857,18 @@ def test_profile_autocreation_middleware(self):
         self.assertIsNotNone(profile)
         self.assertEqual(type(profile), util.get_pybb_profile_model())
         user.delete()
+
+    def test_user_delete_cascade(self):
+        user = User.objects.create_user('cronos', 'cronos@localhost', 'cronos')
+        profile = getattr(user, defaults.PYBB_PROFILE_RELATED_NAME, None)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(profile)
+        post = Post(topic=self.topic, user=user, body='I \'ll be back')
+        post.save()
+        user_pk = user.pk
+        profile_pk = profile.pk
+        post_pk = post.pk
+
+        user.delete()
+        self.assertFalse(User.objects.filter(pk=user_pk).exists())
+        self.assertFalse(Profile.objects.filter(pk=profile_pk).exists())
+        self.assertFalse(Post.objects.filter(pk=post_pk).exists())
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 44cec74a..287bc253 100644
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
         STATIC_URL='/static/',
         TEMPLATE_DIRS=(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'test/test_project/templates'), ),
         PYBB_ATTACHMENT_ENABLE=True,
+        PYBB_PROFILE_RELATED_NAME='pybb_customprofile',
         MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES=MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES,
         TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS=TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS,
         AUTH_USER_MODEL='test_project.CustomUser',
diff --git a/test/test_project/models.py b/test/test_project/models.py
index 2350115f..f9ef14c2 100644
--- a/test/test_project/models.py
+++ b/test/test_project/models.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import django
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.db import models
+
+from pybb.compat import get_user_model_path, get_username_field
+from pybb.profiles import PybbProfile
 
 if django.VERSION[:2] >= (1, 5):
-    from django.db import models
     from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin, BaseUserManager
     from django.utils import timezone
 
@@ -30,4 +35,21 @@ class CustomUser(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
         objects = CustomUserManager()
 
         class Meta:
-            abstract = False
\ No newline at end of file
+            abstract = False
+
+
+class CustomProfile(PybbProfile):
+    user = models.OneToOneField(get_user_model_path(),
+        verbose_name='linked account',
+        related_name='pybb_customprofile',
+        blank=False, null=False,)
+
+    class Meta(object):
+        verbose_name = 'Profile'
+        verbose_name_plural = 'Profiles'
+
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return reverse('pybb:user', kwargs={'username': getattr(self.user, get_username_field())})
+
+    def get_display_name(self):
+        return self.user.get_username()