diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7ea97b5537f08..7bb1408d5f1aa 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
     Andy Gayton <andy-django@thecablelounge.com>
     Idan Gazit
+    geber@datacollect.com
     Baishampayan Ghose
     Dimitris Glezos <dimitris@glezos.com>
     glin@seznam.cz
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Finn Gruwier Larsen <finn@gruwier.dk>
     Lau Bech Lauritzen
     Rune Rønde Laursen <runerl@skjoldhoej.dk>
+    Mark Lavin <markdlavin@gmail.com>
     Eugene Lazutkin <http://lazutkin.com/blog/>
     lcordier@point45.com
     Jeong-Min Lee <falsetru@gmail.com>
diff --git a/django/forms/forms.py b/django/forms/forms.py
index 0b7c2e233834d..705058a6e6c8e 100644
--- a/django/forms/forms.py
+++ b/django/forms/forms.py
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ def __init__(self, form, field, name):
         self.name = name
         self.html_name = form.add_prefix(name)
         self.html_initial_name = form.add_initial_prefix(name)
+        self.html_initial_id = form.add_initial_prefix(self.auto_id)
         if self.field.label is None:
             self.label = pretty_name(name)
         else:
@@ -374,7 +375,10 @@ def as_widget(self, widget=None, attrs=None, only_initial=False):
         attrs = attrs or {}
         auto_id = self.auto_id
         if auto_id and 'id' not in attrs and 'id' not in widget.attrs:
-            attrs['id'] = auto_id
+            if not only_initial:
+                attrs['id'] = auto_id
+            else:
+                attrs['id'] = self.html_initial_id
         if not self.form.is_bound:
             data = self.form.initial.get(self.name, self.field.initial)
             if callable(data):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/forms.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/forms.py
index bf9623fe7713f..b204580131fc6 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/forms.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/forms.py
@@ -1807,4 +1807,11 @@
 >>> [f.name for f in form.visible_fields()]
 ['artist', 'name']
 
+# Hidden initial input gets its own unique id ################################
+
+>>> class MyForm(Form):
+...     field1 = CharField(max_length=50, show_hidden_initial=True)
+>>> print MyForm()
+<tr><th><label for="id_field1">Field1:</label></th><td><input id="id_field1" type="text" name="field1" maxlength="50" /><input type="hidden" name="initial-field1" id="initial-id_field1" /></td></tr>
+
 """