diff --git a/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.json b/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.json
index 35a28078d0..c53e497f2e 100644
--- a/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.json
+++ b/erpnext/hr/doctype/employee/employee.json
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
    "no_copy": 0, 
    "oldfieldname": "gender", 
    "oldfieldtype": "Select", 
-   "options": "\nMale\nFemale", 
+   "options": "\nMale\nFemale\nOther", 
    "permlevel": 0, 
    "print_hide": 0, 
    "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
@@ -2431,4 +2431,4 @@
  "title_field": "employee_name", 
  "track_changes": 1, 
  "track_seen": 0
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}