diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 78a912f46..1c5932a79 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Features
    creation of the default rc file and data directory, which allows for
    programmatic initialization without keystroke synthesis (thanks to Nicholas
    Rabenau).
+ + Feature #1033 allows UDAs to contribute to urgency (thanks to Max Muller).
  + Color error messages with a specific configuration variable 'color.error'.
 
 Bugs
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5079f51e8..589ef17e3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ New commands in taskwarrior 2.1.0
 New configuration options in taskwarrior 2.1.0
 
   - urgency.scheduled.coefficient
+  - urgency.uda.<name>.coefficient
   - color.scheduled
   - color.blocking
 
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index cfbea5a1e..749670b5c 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -1017,6 +1017,9 @@ Specific tag coefficient.
 .B urgency.user.project.<project>.coefficient=...
 .RS
 Specific project coefficient.
+.B urgency.uda.<name>.coefficient=...
+.RS
+Presence/absence of UDA data.
 .RE
 
 The coefficients reflect the relative importance of the various terms in the
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 09239c938..05849df2c 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ std::string Config::_defaults =
   "\n"
   "#urgency.user.project.foo.coefficient=5.0      # Urgency coefficients for 'foo' project\n"
   "#urgency.user.tag.foo.coefficient=5.0          # Urgency coefficients for 'foo' tag\n"
+  "#urgency.uda.foo.coefficient=5.0               # Urgency coefficients for UDA 'foo'\n"
   "\n"
   "# Color controls.\n"
   "color=on                                       # Enable color\n"
diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index 9d6c73a97..0c50e7920 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -92,8 +92,11 @@ void initializeUrgencyCoefficients ()
 
   std::vector <std::string>::iterator var;
   for (var = all.begin (); var != all.end (); ++var)
-    if (var->substr (0, 13) == "urgency.user.")
+  {
+    if (var->substr (0, 13) == "urgency.user." ||
+        var->substr (0, 12) == "urgency.uda.")
       coefficients[*var] = context.config.getReal (*var);
+  }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1365,6 +1368,14 @@ float Task::urgency_c () const
             value += var->second;
         }
       }
+      else if (var->first.substr (0, 12) == "urgency.uda.")
+      {
+        // urgency.uda.<name>.coefficient
+        std::string::size_type end = var->first.find (".coefficient");
+        if (end != std::string::npos)
+          if (has (var->first.substr (12, end - 12)))
+            value += var->second;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
index 096c18cfb..e75ddab7d 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
           i->substr (0,  6) != "merge."                &&
           i->substr (0,  4) != "uda."                  &&
           i->substr (0, 21) != "urgency.user.project." &&
-          i->substr (0, 17) != "urgency.user.tag.")
+          i->substr (0, 17) != "urgency.user.tag."     &&
+          i->substr (0, 12) != "urgency.uda.")
       {
         unrecognized.push_back (*i);
       }