diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/Internet.php b/src/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/Internet.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b42ae129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/Internet.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Provider\pt_PT;
+
+class Internet extends \Faker\Provider\Internet
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Convert accent chars to their canonical
+     *
+     * @link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1017599/how-do-i-remove-accents-from-characters-in-a-php-string
+     * @param string $string
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private static function toAscii($string)
+    {
+        $a = array(
+            'À', 'Á', 'Â', 'Ã', 'Ç', 'ç', 'È', 'É', 'Ê', 'Ì', 'Í', 'Ò', 'Ó', 'Ô', 'Õ', 'Ù', 'Ú', 'Û', 'à', 'á', 'â', 'ã', 'è', 'é', 'ê', 'ì', 'í', 'î', 'ò', 'ó', 'ô', 'õ', 'ù', 'ú', 'û',
+        );
+        $b = array(
+            'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'C', 'c', 'E', 'E', 'E', 'I', 'I', 'O', 'O', 'O', 'O', 'U', 'U', 'U', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'e', 'e', 'e', 'i', 'i', 'i', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'u', 'u', 'u',
+        );
+        
+        return str_replace($a, $b, $string);
+    }
+
+    public function email()
+    {
+        return static::toAscii(parent::email());
+    }
+    public function username()
+    {
+        return static::toAscii(parent::username());
+    }
+    public function domainWord()
+    {
+        return static::toAscii(parent::domainWord());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/Person.php b/src/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/Person.php
index e3cefc39..fea63bde 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/Person.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/Person.php
@@ -71,4 +71,50 @@ class Person extends \Faker\Provider\Person
 
         return $digit;
     }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @link http://nomesportugueses.blogspot.pt/2012/01/lista-dos-cem-nomes-mais-usados-em.html
+     */
+
+    protected static $firstNameMale = array(
+        'Rodrigo', 'João', 'Martim', 'Afonso', 'Tomás', 'Gonçalo', 'Francisco', 'Tiago',
+        'Diogo', 'Guilherme', 'Pedro', 'Miguel', 'Rafael', 'Gabriel', 'Santiago', 'Dinis',
+        'David', 'Duarte', 'José', 'Simão', 'Daniel', 'Lucas', 'Gustavo', 'André', 'Denis',
+        'Salvador', 'António', 'Vasco', 'Henrique', 'Lourenço', 'Manuel', 'Eduardo', 'Bernardo',
+        'Leandro', 'Luís', 'Diego', 'Leonardo', 'Alexandre', 'Rúben', 'Mateus', 'Ricardo',
+        'Vicente', 'Filipe', 'Bruno', 'Nuno', 'Carlos', 'Rui', 'Hugo', 'Samuel', 'Álvaro',
+        'Matias', 'Fábio', 'Ivo', 'Paulo', 'Jorge', 'Xavier', 'Marco', 'Isaac', 'Raúl','Benjamim',
+        'Renato', 'Artur', 'Mário', 'Frederico', 'Cristiano', 'Ivan', 'Sérgio', 'Micael',
+        'Vítor', 'Edgar', 'Kevin', 'Joaquim', 'Igor', 'Ângelo', 'Enzo', 'Valentim', 'Flávio',
+        'Joel', 'Fernando', 'Sebastião', 'Tomé', 'César', 'Cláudio', 'Nelson', 'Lisandro', 'Jaime',
+        'Gil', 'Mauro', 'Sandro', 'Hélder', 'Matheus', 'William', 'Gaspar', 'Márcio',
+        'Martinho', 'Emanuel', 'Marcos', 'Telmo', 'Davi', 'Wilson'
+    );
+
+    protected static $firstNameFemale = array(
+        'Maria', 'Leonor', 'Matilde', 'Mariana', 'Ana', 'Beatriz', 'Inês', 'Lara', 'Carolina', 'Margarida',
+        'Joana', 'Sofia', 'Diana', 'Francisca', 'Laura', 'Sara', 'Madalena', 'Rita', 'Mafalda', 'Catarina',
+        'Luana', 'Marta', 'Íris', 'Alice', 'Bianca', 'Constança', 'Gabriela', 'Eva', 'Clara', 'Bruna', 'Daniela',
+        'Iara', 'Filipa', 'Vitória', 'Ariana', 'Letícia', 'Bárbara', 'Camila', 'Rafaela', 'Carlota', 'Yara',
+        'Núria', 'Raquel', 'Ema', 'Helena', 'Benedita', 'Érica', 'Isabel', 'Nicole', 'Lia', 'Alícia', 'Mara',
+        'Jéssica', 'Soraia', 'Júlia', 'Luna', 'Victória', 'Luísa', 'Teresa', 'Miriam', 'Adriana', 'Melissa',
+        'Andreia', 'Juliana', 'Alexandra', 'Yasmin', 'Tatiana', 'Leticia', 'Luciana', 'Eduarda', 'Cláudia',
+        'Débora', 'Fabiana', 'Renata', 'Kyara', 'Kelly', 'Irina', 'Mélanie', 'Nádia', 'Cristiana', 'Liliana',
+        'Patrícia', 'Vera', 'Doriana', 'Ângela', 'Mia', 'Erica', 'Mónica', 'Isabela', 'Salomé', 'Cátia',
+        'Verónica', 'Violeta', 'Lorena', 'Érika', 'Vanessa', 'Iris', 'Anna', 'Viviane', 'Rebeca', 'Neuza',
+    );
+
+    protected static $lastName = array(
+        'Abreu',  'Almeida',  'Alves', 'Amaral', 'Amorim', 'Andrade', 'Anjos', 'Antunes', 'Araújo', 'Assunção',
+        'Azevedo', 'Baptista', 'Barbosa', 'Barros', 'Batista', 'Borges', 'Branco', 'Brito', 'Campos', 'Cardoso',
+        'Carneiro', 'Carvalho', 'Castro', 'Coelho', 'Correia', 'Costa', 'Cruz', 'Cunha', 'Domingues', 'Esteves',
+        'Faria', 'Fernandes', 'Ferreira', 'Figueiredo', 'Fonseca', 'Freitas', 'Garcia', 'Gaspar', 'Gomes',
+        'Gonçalves', 'Guerreiro', 'Henriques', 'Jesus', 'Leal', 'Leite', 'Lima', 'Lopes', 'Loureiro', 'Lourenço',
+        'Macedo', 'Machado', 'Magalhães', 'Maia', 'Marques', 'Martins', 'Matias', 'Matos', 'Melo', 'Mendes',
+        'Miranda', 'Monteiro', 'Morais', 'Moreira', 'Mota', 'Moura', 'Nascimento', 'Neto', 'Neves', 'Nogueira',
+        'Nunes', 'Oliveira', 'Pacheco', 'Paiva', 'Pereira', 'Pinheiro', 'Pinho', 'Pinto', 'Pires', 'Ramos',
+        'Reis', 'Ribeiro', 'Rocha', 'Rodrigues', 'Santos', 'Silva', 'Simões', 'Soares', 'Sousa',
+        'Sá', 'Tavares', 'Teixeira', 'Torres', 'Valente', 'Vaz', 'Vicente', 'Vieira',
+    );
 }
diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/InternetTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/InternetTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efa87dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Faker/Provider/InternetTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Test\Provider;
+
+use Faker\Generator;
+use Faker\Provider\Person;
+use Faker\Provider\Internet;
+use Faker\Provider\Company;
+
+class InternetTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $faker = new Generator();
+        $faker->addProvider(new Person($faker));
+        $faker->addProvider(new Internet($faker));
+        $faker->addProvider(new Company($faker));
+        $this->faker = $faker;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12026842/how-to-validate-an-email-address-in-php
+     */
+    public function testEmailIsValid()
+    {
+        $pattern = '/^(?!(?:(?:\\x22?\\x5C[\\x00-\\x7E]\\x22?)|(?:\\x22?[^\\x5C\\x22]\\x22?)){255,})(?!(?:(?:\\x22?\\x5C[\\x00-\\x7E]\\x22?)|(?:\\x22?[^\\x5C\\x22]\\x22?)){65,}@)(?:(?:[\\x21\\x23-\\x27\\x2A\\x2B\\x2D\\x2F-\\x39\\x3D\\x3F\\x5E-\\x7E]+)|(?:\\x22(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0B\\x0C\\x0E-\\x1F\\x21\\x23-\\x5B\\x5D-\\x7F]|(?:\\x5C[\\x00-\\x7F]))*\\x22))(?:\\.(?:(?:[\\x21\\x23-\\x27\\x2A\\x2B\\x2D\\x2F-\\x39\\x3D\\x3F\\x5E-\\x7E]+)|(?:\\x22(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0B\\x0C\\x0E-\\x1F\\x21\\x23-\\x5B\\x5D-\\x7F]|(?:\\x5C[\\x00-\\x7F]))*\\x22)))*@(?:(?:(?!.*[^.]{64,})(?:(?:(?:xn--)?[a-z0-9]+(?:-+[a-z0-9]+)*\\.){1,126}){1,}(?:(?:[a-z][a-z0-9]*)|(?:(?:xn--)[a-z0-9]+))(?:-+[a-z0-9]+)*)|(?:\\[(?:(?:IPv6:(?:(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){7})|(?:(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9][:\\]]){7,})(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,5})?::(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,5})?)))|(?:(?:IPv6:(?:(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){5}:)|(?:(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9]:){5,})(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,3})?::(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,3}:)?)))?(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4][0-9])|(?:1[0-9]{2})|(?:[1-9]?[0-9]))(?:\\.(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4][0-9])|(?:1[0-9]{2})|(?:[1-9]?[0-9]))){3}))\\]))$/iD';
+        $emailaddress = $this->faker->email();
+        $this->assertSame(preg_match($pattern, $emailaddress), 1, $emailaddress);
+    }
+    public function testUsernameIsValid()
+    {
+        $pattern = '/^[A-Za-z0-9_.]+$/';
+        $emailaddress = $this->faker->username();
+        $this->assertSame(preg_match($pattern, $emailaddress), 1, $emailaddress);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/InternetTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/InternetTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb0707f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Faker/Provider/pt_PT/InternetTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Test\Provider\pt_PT;
+
+use Faker\Generator;
+use Faker\Provider\pt_PT\Person;
+use Faker\Provider\pt_PT\Internet;
+use Faker\Provider\Company;
+
+class InternetTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $faker = new Generator();
+        $faker->addProvider(new Person($faker));
+        $faker->addProvider(new Internet($faker));
+        $faker->addProvider(new Company($faker));
+        $this->faker = $faker;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12026842/how-to-validate-an-email-address-in-php
+     */
+    public function testEmailIsValid()
+    {
+        $pattern = '/^(?!(?:(?:\\x22?\\x5C[\\x00-\\x7E]\\x22?)|(?:\\x22?[^\\x5C\\x22]\\x22?)){255,})(?!(?:(?:\\x22?\\x5C[\\x00-\\x7E]\\x22?)|(?:\\x22?[^\\x5C\\x22]\\x22?)){65,}@)(?:(?:[\\x21\\x23-\\x27\\x2A\\x2B\\x2D\\x2F-\\x39\\x3D\\x3F\\x5E-\\x7E]+)|(?:\\x22(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0B\\x0C\\x0E-\\x1F\\x21\\x23-\\x5B\\x5D-\\x7F]|(?:\\x5C[\\x00-\\x7F]))*\\x22))(?:\\.(?:(?:[\\x21\\x23-\\x27\\x2A\\x2B\\x2D\\x2F-\\x39\\x3D\\x3F\\x5E-\\x7E]+)|(?:\\x22(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0B\\x0C\\x0E-\\x1F\\x21\\x23-\\x5B\\x5D-\\x7F]|(?:\\x5C[\\x00-\\x7F]))*\\x22)))*@(?:(?:(?!.*[^.]{64,})(?:(?:(?:xn--)?[a-z0-9]+(?:-+[a-z0-9]+)*\\.){1,126}){1,}(?:(?:[a-z][a-z0-9]*)|(?:(?:xn--)[a-z0-9]+))(?:-+[a-z0-9]+)*)|(?:\\[(?:(?:IPv6:(?:(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){7})|(?:(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9][:\\]]){7,})(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,5})?::(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,5})?)))|(?:(?:IPv6:(?:(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){5}:)|(?:(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9]:){5,})(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,3})?::(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,3}:)?)))?(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4][0-9])|(?:1[0-9]{2})|(?:[1-9]?[0-9]))(?:\\.(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4][0-9])|(?:1[0-9]{2})|(?:[1-9]?[0-9]))){3}))\\]))$/iD';
+        $emailaddress = $this->faker->email();
+        $this->assertSame(preg_match($pattern, $emailaddress), 1, $emailaddress);
+    }
+    public function testUsernameIsValid()
+    {
+        $pattern = '/^[A-Za-z0-9_.]+$/';
+        $emailaddress = $this->faker->username();
+        $this->assertSame(preg_match($pattern, $emailaddress), 1, $emailaddress);
+    }
+}