diff --git a/alliance_auth/settings.py.example b/alliance_auth/settings.py.example
index 2aa364b2..cfc68fce 100644
--- a/alliance_auth/settings.py.example
+++ b/alliance_auth/settings.py.example
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'permissions_tool',
     'geelweb.django.navhelper',
     'bootstrap_pagination',
+    'captcha',
 
     # Services
     'services.modules.mumble',
@@ -221,6 +222,15 @@ CACHES = {
     }
 }
 
+# Google Recaptcha
+
+CAPTCHA_ENABLED = False
+
+RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY = 'MyRecaptchaKey'
+RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = 'MyRecaptchaPrivateKey'
+
+NOCAPTCHA = True
+
 #####################################################
 ##
 ## Auth configuration starts here
diff --git a/authentication/forms.py b/authentication/forms.py
index 76aa3771..7374ac03 100644
--- a/authentication/forms.py
+++ b/authentication/forms.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django import forms
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.conf import settings
 import re
 
 
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ class LoginForm(forms.Form):
     username = forms.CharField(label=_('Username'), max_length=32, required=True)
     password = forms.CharField(label=_('Password'), widget=forms.PasswordInput())
 
+    if getattr(settings, 'CAPTCHA_ENABLED', False):
+        from captcha.fields import ReCaptchaField
+        captcha = ReCaptchaField()
+
 
 class RegistrationForm(forms.Form):
     username = forms.CharField(label=_('Username'), max_length=30, required=True)
@@ -17,6 +22,10 @@ class RegistrationForm(forms.Form):
     email = forms.CharField(label=_('Email'), max_length=254, required=True)
     email_again = forms.CharField(label=_('Email Again'), max_length=254, required=True)
 
+    if getattr(settings, 'CAPTCHA_ENABLED', False):
+        from captcha.fields import ReCaptchaField
+        captcha = ReCaptchaField()
+
     def clean(self):
         if ' ' in self.cleaned_data['username']:
             raise forms.ValidationError('Username cannot contain a space')
diff --git a/docs/installation/auth/settings.md b/docs/installation/auth/settings.md
index 8347660f..8fa74d05 100644
--- a/docs/installation/auth/settings.md
+++ b/docs/installation/auth/settings.md
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ Fittings and operations can be imported from Fleet-Up. Define the following to d
  - [FLEETUP_API_ID](#fleetup-api-id)
  - [FLEETUP_GROUP_ID](#fleetup-group-id)
 
+### Captcha
+To help prevent bots from registering and brute forcing the login. Get the reCaptcha keys from (here)[https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html]
+ - [CAPTCHA_ENABLED](#captcha_enabled)
+ - [RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY](#recaptcha_public_key)
+ - [RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY](#recaptcha_private_key)
+ - [NOCAPTCHA](#nocaptcha)
+
 # Description of Settings
 ## Django
 ### SECRET_KEY
@@ -150,6 +157,14 @@ List of databases available. Contains the Django database, and may include servi
 Friendly name of the local language.
 ### TIME_ZONE
 Friendly name of the local timezone.
+### CAPTCHA_ENABLED
+Enable Google reCaptcha
+### RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY
+Google reCaptcha public key
+### RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY
+Google reCaptcha private key
+### NOCAPTCHA
+Enable New No Captcha reCaptcha
 ### STATIC_URL
 Absolute URL to serve static files from.
 ### STATIC_ROOT
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5ccdd5a0..a704a314 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ django-bootstrap-form
 django-navhelper
 django-bootstrap-pagination
 django-redis>=4.4
+django-recaptcha
 
 # awating release for fix to celery/django-celery#447
 # django-celery