diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 1cfa8bd..6290ed4 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+* :feature:`-` add template tags for database icons and human readable names in
+  :py:mod:`userdbs.templatetags.userdb`
+
 * :release:`0.5.2 <2015-01-18>`
 * :bug:`-` define proper allauth production settings with https and mandatory
   email verification
diff --git a/docs/code/userdbs.rst b/docs/code/userdbs.rst
index 7856a9d..3ca1778 100644
--- a/docs/code/userdbs.rst
+++ b/docs/code/userdbs.rst
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@
 .. automodule:: userdbs.models
    :members:
 
+:py:mod:`templatetags <userdbs.templatetags>`
+---------------------------------------------
 
-:py:mod:`views <userdbs.views>`
--------------------------------
+.. automodule:: userdbs.templatetags
 
-.. automodule:: userdbs.views
+
+:py:mod:`userdb <userdbs.templatetags.userdb>`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. automodule:: userdbs.templatetags.userdb
+   :members:
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/templates/userdbs/snippets/db_type.html b/gnuviechadmin/templates/userdbs/snippets/db_type.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6df7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/templates/userdbs/snippets/db_type.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{# format database types #}
+{% load userdb %}
+<i class="{% db_type_icon_class %}" title="{% db_type_name %}"></i><span class="sr-only">{% db_type_name %}</span>
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/templatetags/__init__.py b/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/templatetags/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..922a314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/templatetags/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"""
+This module provides custom template tags for user databases.
+
+"""
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/templatetags/userdb.py b/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/templatetags/userdb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8d52d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/templatetags/userdb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""
+This is the template tag library for user databases.
+
+"""
+
+from django import template
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+
+from userdbs.models import DB_TYPES
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+_TYPE_NAME_MAP = {
+    DB_TYPES.mysql: 'mysql',
+    DB_TYPES.pgsql: 'postgres',
+}
+
+
+def db_type_icon_class(context):
+    """
+    This template tag derives the matching icon name for the numeric database
+    type stored in the context variable db_type.
+
+    The icon names used are those of `Font Mfizz
+    <http://mfizz.com/oss/font-mfizz>`_.
+
+    :param context: the template context
+    :return: icon name
+    :rtype: str
+
+    """
+    db_type = context['db_type']
+    if db_type in _TYPE_NAME_MAP:
+        return 'icon-' + _TYPE_NAME_MAP[db_type]
+    return 'icon-database'
+
+
+register.simple_tag(db_type_icon_class, takes_context=True)
+
+
+def db_type_name(context):
+    """
+    This template tag gets the human readable database type for the numeric
+    database type stored in the context variable db_type.
+
+    :param context: the template context
+    :return: human readable database type name
+    :rtype: str
+
+    """
+    db_type = context['db_type']
+    return _(DB_TYPES[db_type])
+
+
+register.simple_tag(db_type_name, takes_context=True)
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/views.py b/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 91ea44a..0000000
--- a/gnuviechadmin/userdbs/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
-
-# Create your views here.