diff --git a/ckan/lib/app_globals.py b/ckan/lib/app_globals.py
index 0739274c671..1b95264ad1e 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/app_globals.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/app_globals.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         # has been setup in load_environment():
     'ckan.site_id': {},
     'ckan.recaptcha.publickey': {'name': 'recaptcha_publickey'},
-    'ckan.recaptcha.privatekey': {'name': 'recaptcha_publickey'},
+    'ckan.recaptcha.privatekey': {'name': 'recaptcha_privatekey'},
     'ckan.template_title_deliminater': {'default': '-'},
     'ckan.template_head_end': {},
     'ckan.template_footer_end': {},
diff --git a/ckan/public/base/less/forms.less b/ckan/public/base/less/forms.less
index 289439c291a..c9de5810ee4 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/less/forms.less
+++ b/ckan/public/base/less/forms.less
@@ -670,3 +670,8 @@ textarea {
     .box-shadow(none);
   }
 }
+
+#recaptcha_table {
+  table-layout: inherit;
+  line-height: 1;
+}
diff --git a/ckan/templates/user/new_user_form.html b/ckan/templates/user/new_user_form.html
index 3879f2dde6c..57a0f1d85e0 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/user/new_user_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/user/new_user_form.html
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
   {{ form.input("email", id="field-email", label=_("Email"), type="email", placeholder="joe@example.com", value=data.email, error=errors.email, classes=["control-medium"]) }}
   {{ form.input("password1", id="field-password", label=_("Password"), type="password", placeholder="••••••••", value=data.password1, error=errors.password1, classes=["control-medium"]) }}
   {{ form.input("password2", id="field-confirm-password", label=_("Confirm"), type="password", placeholder="••••••••", value=data.password2, error=errors.password1, classes=["control-medium"]) }}
+
+  {% if g.recaptcha_publickey %}
+    {% snippet "user/snippets/recaptcha.html", public_key=g.recaptcha_publickey %}
+  {% endif %}
+
   <div class="form-actions">
     <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" name="save">{{ _("Create Account") }}</button>
   </div>
diff --git a/ckan/templates/user/snippets/recaptcha.html b/ckan/templates/user/snippets/recaptcha.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..994867dc97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ckan/templates/user/snippets/recaptcha.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<div class="control-group">
+  <div class="controls">
+
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/challenge?k={{ public_key }}"></script>
+    <noscript>
+      <iframe src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/noscript?k={{ public_key }}" height="300" width="500" frameborder="0"></iframe><br>
+      <textarea name="recaptcha_challenge_field" rows="3" cols="40"></textarea>
+      <input type="hidden" name="recaptcha_response_field" value="manual_challenge">
+    </noscript>
+
+  </div>
+</div>