diff --git a/src/usermanager.cpp b/src/usermanager.cpp
index d8c8e69574217121923c3448468514ca4dc17a20..42bb26858c069b4ee64b534d81815903a7539926 100644
--- a/src/usermanager.cpp
+++ b/src/usermanager.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ void UserManager::handlePresence(Swift::Presence::ref presence) {
 
 	User *user = getUser(userkey);
 	if (!user) {
+		if (CONFIG_STRING(m_component->getConfig(), "service.admin_username") == presence->getFrom().getNode()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// No user and unavailable presence -> answer with unavailable
 		if (presence->getType() == Swift::Presence::Unavailable) {
 			Swift::Presence::ref response = Swift::Presence::create();