diff --git a/ckan/templates-bs2/user/new_user_form.html b/ckan/templates-bs2/user/new_user_form.html
index a49c51d9186..34b2b042215 100644
--- a/ckan/templates-bs2/user/new_user_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates-bs2/user/new_user_form.html
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 
 <form id="user-register-form" class="form-horizontal" action="" method="post">
   {{ form.errors(error_summary) }}
-  {{ form.input("name", id="field-username", label=_("Username"), placeholder=_("username"), value=data.name, error=errors.name, classes=["control-medium"]) }}
+  {{ form.input("name", id="field-username", label=_("Username"), placeholder=_("username"), value=data.name, error=errors.name, classes=["control-medium"], is_required=True) }}
   {{ form.input("fullname", id="field-fullname", label=_("Full Name"), placeholder=_("Joe Bloggs"), value=data.fullname, error=errors.fullname, classes=["control-medium"]) }}
-  {{ 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"]) }}
+  {{ form.input("email", id="field-email", label=_("Email"), type="email", placeholder=_("joe@example.com"), value=data.email, error=errors.email, classes=["control-medium"], is_required=True) }}
+  {{ form.input("password1", id="field-password", label=_("Password"), type="password", placeholder="••••••••", value=data.password1, error=errors.password1, classes=["control-medium"], is_required=True) }}
+  {{ form.input("password2", id="field-confirm-password", label=_("Confirm"), type="password", placeholder="••••••••", value=data.password2, error=errors.password1, classes=["control-medium"], is_required=True) }}
 
   {% if g.recaptcha_publickey %}
     {% snippet "user/snippets/recaptcha.html", public_key=g.recaptcha_publickey %}
   {% endif %}
 
+  {{ form.required_message() }}
+
   <div class="form-actions">
     {% block form_actions %}
     <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" name="save">{{ _("Create Account") }}</button>