diff --git a/evennia/accounts/admin.py b/evennia/accounts/admin.py
index 7dbe34f93a..327d2b4eb2 100644
--- a/evennia/accounts/admin.py
+++ b/evennia/accounts/admin.py
@@ -4,13 +4,26 @@
 #
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib import admin, messages
+from django.contrib.admin.options import IS_POPUP_VAR
 from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin as BaseUserAdmin
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserChangeForm, UserCreationForm
+from django.contrib.admin.utils import unquote
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
+from django.views.decorators.debug import sensitive_post_parameters
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
+from django.utils.html import escape
+from django.urls import path, reverse
+from django.contrib.auth import update_session_auth_hash
+
 from evennia.accounts.models import AccountDB
 from evennia.typeclasses.admin import AttributeInline, TagInline
 from evennia.utils import create
 
+sensitive_post_parameters_m = method_decorator(sensitive_post_parameters())
+
 
 # handle the custom User editor
 class AccountDBChangeForm(UserChangeForm):
@@ -260,6 +273,71 @@ class AccountDBAdmin(BaseUserAdmin):
         ),
     )
 
+    @sensitive_post_parameters_m
+    def user_change_password(self, request, id, form_url=''):
+        user = self.get_object(request, unquote(id))
+        if not self.has_change_permission(request, user):
+            raise PermissionDenied
+        if user is None:
+            raise Http404('%(name)s object with primary key %(key)r does not exist.') % {
+                'name': self.model._meta.verbose_name,
+                'key': escape(id),
+            }
+        if request.method == 'POST':
+            form = self.change_password_form(user, request.POST)
+            if form.is_valid():
+                form.save()
+                change_message = self.construct_change_message(request, form, None)
+                self.log_change(request, user, change_message)
+                msg = 'Password changed successfully.'
+                messages.success(request, msg)
+                update_session_auth_hash(request, form.user)
+                return HttpResponseRedirect(
+                    reverse(
+                        '%s:%s_%s_change' % (
+                            self.admin_site.name,
+                            user._meta.app_label,
+                            # the model_name is something we need to hardcode
+                            # since our accountdb is a proxy:
+                            "accountdb",
+                        ),
+                        args=(user.pk,),
+                    )
+                )
+        else:
+            form = self.change_password_form(user)
+
+        fieldsets = [(None, {'fields': list(form.base_fields)})]
+        adminForm = admin.helpers.AdminForm(form, fieldsets, {})
+
+        context = {
+            'title': 'Change password: %s' % escape(user.get_username()),
+            'adminForm': adminForm,
+            'form_url': form_url,
+            'form': form,
+            'is_popup': (IS_POPUP_VAR in request.POST or
+                         IS_POPUP_VAR in request.GET),
+            'add': True,
+            'change': False,
+            'has_delete_permission': False,
+            'has_change_permission': True,
+            'has_absolute_url': False,
+            'opts': self.model._meta,
+            'original': user,
+            'save_as': False,
+            'show_save': True,
+            **self.admin_site.each_context(request),
+        }
+
+        request.current_app = self.admin_site.name
+
+        return TemplateResponse(
+            request,
+            self.change_user_password_template or
+            'admin/auth/user/change_password.html',
+            context,
+        )
+
     def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
         """
         Custom save actions.
diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/models.py b/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
index ef7ec2918b..b0e96a33d5 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
@@ -104,18 +104,24 @@ class TypeclassBase(SharedMemoryModelBase):
         attrs["typename"] = name
         attrs["path"] = "%s.%s" % (attrs["__module__"], name)
 
-        # typeclass proxy setup
-        app_label = None
-        # first check explicit __applabel__ on the typeclass
-        if "__applabel__" not in attrs:
-            # find the app-label in one of the bases, usually the dbmodel
+        def _get_dbmodel(bases):
+            """Recursively get the dbmodel"""
+            if not hasattr(bases, "__iter__"):
+                bases = [bases]
             for base in bases:
-                try:
-                    attrs["__applabel__"] = base.__applabel__
-                except AttributeError:
-                    pass
-                else:
-                    break
+                if base._meta.proxy or base._meta.abstract:
+                    for kls in base._meta.parents:
+                        return _get_dbmodel(kls)
+                return base
+
+        dbmodel = _get_dbmodel(bases)
+
+        # typeclass proxy setup
+        # first check explicit __applabel__ on the typeclass, then figure
+        # it out from the dbmodel
+        if dbmodel and "__applabel__" not in attrs:
+            # find the app-label in one of the bases, usually the dbmodel
+            attrs["__applabel__"] = dbmodel._meta.app_label
 
         if "Meta" not in attrs:
             class Meta:
@@ -127,9 +133,20 @@ class TypeclassBase(SharedMemoryModelBase):
 
         new_class = ModelBase.__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)
 
+        # django doesn't support inheriting proxy models so we hack support for
+        # it here by injecting `proxy_for_model` to the actual dbmodel.
+        # Unfortunately we cannot also set the correct model_name, because this
+        # would block multiple-inheritance of typeclasses (Django doesn't allow
+        # multiple bases of the same model).
+        if dbmodel:
+            new_class._meta.proxy_for_model = dbmodel
+            # Maybe Django will eventually handle this in the future:
+            # new_class._meta.model_name = dbmodel._meta.model_name
+
         # attach signals
         signals.post_save.connect(call_at_first_save, sender=new_class)
-        signals.pre_delete.connect(remove_attributes_on_delete, sender=new_class)
+        signals.pre_delete.connect(
+            remove_attributes_on_delete, sender=new_class)
         return new_class