diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index e364a0f8d..118dabe21 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 ## Features
 * Port admin pages to bootstrap, polish user search results, allow accounts to be closed from the backend [#5046](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5046)
 * Reference Salmon endpoint in Webfinger XRD to aid discovery by alternative implementations [#5062](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5062)
+* Change minimal birth year for the birthday field to 1910 [#5083](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5083)
 
 # 0.4.0.1
 
diff --git a/app/views/profiles/_edit.haml b/app/views/profiles/_edit.haml
index a6d445a54..408344bd3 100644
--- a/app/views/profiles/_edit.haml
+++ b/app/views/profiles/_edit.haml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   %h4
     = t('profiles.edit.your_birthday')
   = select_date profile.birthday, :prompt => true,
-    :default => true, :order => t('date.order'), :start_year => 2000, :end_year => 1930, :prefix => 'profile[date]'
+    :default => true, :order => t('date.order'), :start_year => 2000, :end_year => 1910, :prefix => 'profile[date]'
 
   %br
   %br