diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 15db0a9820ab798fa12fd540f4d6e134266d1308..d53fbd2db9ccdef3c1a0e8180e751e11aaa33a1a 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Role.create(name: 'curator', description: 'This role represents a content Curato
 Role.create(name: 'moderator', description: 'This role represents a content Moderator in Portal MEC, with less privileges than admin.')
 Role.create(name: 'supervisor', description: 'This role represents an user Supervisor in Portal MEC.')
 Role.create(name: 'editor', description: 'This role represents a content Supervisor in Portal MEC, with less privileges than admin.')
+Role.create(name: 'submitter', description: 'This role represents a content submitter in Portal MEC.')
 
 # create the default admin
 User.create(