diff --git a/app/blueprints/admin/admin.py b/app/blueprints/admin/admin.py
index 0d3a129e..fb59fbd3 100644
--- a/app/blueprints/admin/admin.py
+++ b/app/blueprints/admin/admin.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from flask import redirect, render_template, url_for, request, flash
 from flask_login import current_user, login_user
 from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
-from wtforms import StringField, SubmitField
+from wtforms import StringField, SubmitField, BooleanField
 from wtforms.validators import InputRequired, Length, Optional
 from app.utils import rank_required, add_audit_log, add_notification, get_system_user, nonempty_or_none
 from . import bp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class TransferPackageForm(FlaskForm):
 	old_username = StringField("Old Username", [InputRequired()])
 	new_username = StringField("New Username", [InputRequired()])
 	package = StringField("Package", [Optional()])
+	remove_maintainer = BooleanField("Remove current owner from maintainers")
 	submit = SubmitField("Transfer")
 
 
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ def perform_transfer(form: TransferPackageForm):
 		return
 
 	for package in packages:
+		if form.remove_maintainer.data:
+			package.maintainers.remove(package.author)
 		package.author = new_user
 		package.maintainers.append(new_user)
 		package.aliases.append(PackageAlias(form.old_username.data, package.name))
diff --git a/app/templates/admin/transfer.html b/app/templates/admin/transfer.html
index 3ca31064..4d2ef3b4 100644
--- a/app/templates/admin/transfer.html
+++ b/app/templates/admin/transfer.html
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 {% block content %}
 	<h2>Transfer Package(s)</h2>
 
-	{% from "macros/forms.html" import render_field, render_submit_field %}
+	{% from "macros/forms.html" import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_submit_field %}
 	<form method="POST" action="">
 		{{ form.hidden_tag() }}
 
 		{{ render_field(form.old_username) }}
-        {{ render_field(form.new_username) }}
-        {{ render_field(form.package, hint="Leave blank to transfer all packages") }}
+		{{ render_field(form.new_username) }}
+		{{ render_field(form.package, hint="Leave blank to transfer all packages") }}
+		{{ render_checkbox_field(form.remove_maintainer, class_="mb-5") }}
 		{{ render_submit_field(form.submit) }}
 	</form>
 {% endblock %}