diff --git a/packages/accounts-twitter/twitter_server.js b/packages/accounts-twitter/twitter_server.js
index 7ba252cca3..2904e7b17f 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-twitter/twitter_server.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-twitter/twitter_server.js
@@ -3,13 +3,22 @@
   Accounts.oauth.registerService('twitter', 1, function(oauthBinding) {
     var identity = oauthBinding.get('https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/verify_credentials.json').data;
 
-    return {
-      serviceData: {
+    var serviceData = {
         id: identity.id_str,
         screenName: identity.screen_name,
         accessToken: oauthBinding.accessToken,
         accessTokenSecret: oauthBinding.accessTokenSecret
-      },
+    };
+
+    // include helpful fields from twitter
+    // https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/account/verify_credentials
+    var whitelisted = ['profile_image_url', 'profile_image_url_https', 'lang'];
+
+    var fields = _.pick(identity, whitelisted);
+    _.extend(serviceData, fields);
+
+    return {
+      serviceData: serviceData,
       options: {
         profile: {
           name: identity.name