diff --git a/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp b/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
index 46c3d55ab0..480198569e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -1888,10 +1888,12 @@ void Profile::BackupToDir( CString sFromDir, CString sToDir )
 	FileCopy( sFromDir+DONT_SHARE_SIG,				sToDir+DONT_SHARE_SIG );
 }
 
-bool Profile::CreateNewProfile( CString sProfileDir, CString sName )
+bool Profile::CreateNewProfile( CString sProfileDir, CString sName, bool bFillWithRandomCharacter )
 {
 	Profile pro;
 	pro.m_sDisplayName = sName;
+	if( bFillWithRandomCharacter )
+		pro.m_sCharacter = GAMESTATE->GetRandomCharacter()->m_sName;
 	bool bResult = pro.SaveAllToDir( sProfileDir, PREFSMAN->m_bSignProfileData );
 	FlushDirCache();
 	return bResult;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Profile.h b/stepmania/src/Profile.h
index c69613ff57..1740f3da0c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Profile.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/Profile.h
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ public:
 	void SaveStatsWebPageToDir( CString sDir ) const;
 	void SaveMachinePublicKeyToDir( CString sDir ) const;
 
-	static bool CreateNewProfile( CString sProfileDir, CString sName );
+	static bool CreateNewProfile( CString sProfileDir, CString sName, bool bFillWithRandomCharacter );
 	static void BackupToDir( CString sFromDir, CString sToDir );
 
 	// Lua