diff --git a/erpnext/schools/doctype/student/student.json b/erpnext/schools/doctype/student/student.json
index c685fcb1b69..1654c3bbaf5 100644
--- a/erpnext/schools/doctype/student/student.json
+++ b/erpnext/schools/doctype/student/student.json
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
    "label": "Gender", 
    "length": 0, 
    "no_copy": 0, 
-   "options": "\nMale\nFemale", 
+   "options": "\nMale\nFemale\nOther", 
    "permlevel": 0, 
    "precision": "", 
    "print_hide": 0, 
@@ -1135,4 +1135,4 @@
  "title_field": "title", 
  "track_changes": 0, 
  "track_seen": 0
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}