diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
index d29905b140..098190e30d 100644
--- a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
     dateDisplayFormat: string = this.defaultDateFormat;
     selectionType: 'single' | 'multiple' = null;
     rule?: FormFieldRule;
+    selectLoggedUser: boolean;
 
     // container model members
     numberOfColumns: number = 1;
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
             this.tooltip = json.tooltip;
             this.selectionType = json.selectionType;
             this.rule = json.rule;
+            this.selectLoggedUser = json.selectLoggedUser;
 
             if (json.placeholder && json.placeholder !== '' && json.placeholder !== 'null') {
                 this.placeholder = json.placeholder;
diff --git a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/people/people-cloud.widget.spec.ts b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/people/people-cloud.widget.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52d04a9b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/people/people-cloud.widget.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2019 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { CoreTestingModule, FormFieldModel, FormModel, IdentityUserService, setupTestBed } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { PeopleCloudWidgetComponent } from './people-cloud.widget';
+import { CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+
+describe('PeopleCloudWidgetComponent', () => {
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<PeopleCloudWidgetComponent>;
+    let widget: PeopleCloudWidgetComponent;
+    let identityUserService: IdentityUserService;
+    const currentUser = { id: 'id', username: 'user' };
+    const fakeUser = { id: 'fake-id', username: 'fake' };
+
+    setupTestBed({
+        imports: [
+            TranslateModule.forRoot(),
+            CoreTestingModule
+        ],
+        declarations: [
+            PeopleCloudWidgetComponent
+        ],
+        schemas: [
+            CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA
+        ]
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        identityUserService = TestBed.inject(IdentityUserService);
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(PeopleCloudWidgetComponent);
+        widget = fixture.componentInstance;
+        spyOn(identityUserService, 'getCurrentUserInfo').and.returnValue(fakeUser);
+    });
+
+    it('should preselect the current user', () => {
+        widget.field = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), { value: null, selectLoggedUser: true });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        expect(widget.preSelectUsers).toEqual([fakeUser]);
+        expect(identityUserService.getCurrentUserInfo).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should not preselect the current user if value exist', () => {
+        widget.field = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), { value: [currentUser], selectLoggedUser: true });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        expect(widget.preSelectUsers).toEqual([currentUser]);
+        expect(identityUserService.getCurrentUserInfo).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/people/people-cloud.widget.ts b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/people/people-cloud.widget.ts
index d13e574fa0..25e171f70f 100644
--- a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/people/people-cloud.widget.ts
+++ b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/people/people-cloud.widget.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Component, OnInit, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';
-import { WidgetComponent, IdentityUserModel, FormService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
+import { WidgetComponent, IdentityUserModel, FormService, IdentityUserService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
 import { FormControl } from '@angular/forms';
 import { filter, takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class PeopleCloudWidgetComponent extends WidgetComponent implements OnIni
     preSelectUsers: IdentityUserModel[];
     search: FormControl;
 
-    constructor(formService: FormService) {
+    constructor(formService: FormService, private identityUserService: IdentityUserService) {
         super(formService);
     }
 
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ export class PeopleCloudWidgetComponent extends WidgetComponent implements OnIni
                 this.field.validate();
                 this.field.form.validateForm();
             });
+
+        if (this.field.selectLoggedUser && !this.field.value) {
+            const userInfo = this.identityUserService.getCurrentUserInfo();
+            this.preSelectUsers = [ userInfo ];
+            this.onChangedUser(this.preSelectUsers);
+        }
     }
 
     ngOnDestroy() {