diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index f76b26ad5..ecc22d452 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   "use_sentry": "n",
   "use_whitenoise": "n",
   "use_heroku": "n",
+  "username_type": ["email"],
   "ci_tool": ["None", "Travis", "Gitlab", "Github", "Drone"],
   "keep_local_envs_in_vcs": "y",
   "debug": "n"
diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index b1236b62b..8357615a9 100755
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def context():
 
 
 SUPPORTED_COMBINATIONS = [
+    {"username_type": "email"},
     {"open_source_license": "MIT"},
     {"open_source_license": "BSD"},
     {"open_source_license": "GPLv3"},