diff --git a/client/src/app/login/login.component.html b/client/src/app/login/login.component.html
index 24807987c..a69acfcb1 100644
--- a/client/src/app/login/login.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/login/login.component.html
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
   <form role="form" (ngSubmit)="login()" [formGroup]="form">
     <div class="form-group">
-      <label for="username">Username</label>
+      <label for="username">Username or email address</label>
       <input
-        type="text" id="username" placeholder="Username" required
+        type="text" id="username" placeholder="Username or email address" required
         formControlName="username" [ngClass]="{ 'input-error': formErrors['username'] }"
       >
       <div *ngIf="formErrors.username" class="form-error">
diff --git a/server/lib/oauth-model.ts b/server/lib/oauth-model.ts
index b3cc75590..3adcce7b0 100644
--- a/server/lib/oauth-model.ts
+++ b/server/lib/oauth-model.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ function getRefreshToken (refreshToken: string) {
   return OAuthTokenModel.getByRefreshTokenAndPopulateClient(refreshToken)
 }
 
-async function getUser (username: string, password: string) {
-  logger.debug('Getting User (username: ' + username + ', password: ******).')
+async function getUser (usernameOrEmail: string, password: string) {
+  logger.debug('Getting User (username/email: ' + usernameOrEmail + ', password: ******).')
 
-  const user = await UserModel.getByUsername(username)
+  const user = await UserModel.loadByUsernameOrEmail(usernameOrEmail)
   if (!user) return null
 
   const passwordMatch = await user.isPasswordMatch(password)
diff --git a/server/models/account/user.ts b/server/models/account/user.ts
index 8eb88062a..809e821bd 100644
--- a/server/models/account/user.ts
+++ b/server/models/account/user.ts
@@ -121,17 +121,6 @@ export class UserModel extends Model<UserModel> {
     return this.count()
   }
 
-  static getByUsername (username: string) {
-    const query = {
-      where: {
-        username: username
-      },
-      include: [ { model: AccountModel, required: true } ]
-    }
-
-    return UserModel.findOne(query)
-  }
-
   static listForApi (start: number, count: number, sort: string) {
     const query = {
       offset: start,
@@ -172,7 +161,9 @@ export class UserModel extends Model<UserModel> {
     return UserModel.scope('withVideoChannel').findOne(query)
   }
 
-  static loadByUsernameOrEmail (username: string, email: string) {
+  static loadByUsernameOrEmail (username: string, email?: string) {
+    if (!email) email = username
+
     const query = {
       where: {
         [ Sequelize.Op.or ]: [ { username }, { email } ]
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
index 9938fe3a2..28fefe79f 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/users.ts
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ describe('Test users API validators', function () {
     })
 
     it('Should fail with a registered user having too many video', async function () {
-      this.timeout(10000)
+      this.timeout(15000)
 
       const user = {
         username: 'user3',