diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/OurUmbraco.Site.csproj b/OurUmbraco.Site/OurUmbraco.Site.csproj
index 391ad4ee..85cec26f 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/OurUmbraco.Site.csproj
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/OurUmbraco.Site.csproj
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\Owin.1.0\lib\net40\Owin.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="reCAPTCHA.MVC, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\reCAPTCH.MVC.1.0.1\lib\net45\reCAPTCHA.MVC.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="RestSharp, Version=104.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\RestSharp.104.1\lib\net4\RestSharp.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/Partials/Members/Register.cshtml b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/Partials/Members/Register.cshtml
index fa8a9c52..869eae93 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/Partials/Members/Register.cshtml
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/Partials/Members/Register.cshtml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @using OurUmbraco.Our.Controllers
+@using reCAPTCHA.MVC
 @inherits UmbracoViewPage<OurUmbraco.Our.Models.RegisterModel>
 @{
     Html.EnableClientValidation(true);
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@
                 @Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.AgreeTerms) <label for="AgreeTerms"><em>I agree to the <a href="/terms-and-conditions" target="_blank">terms and conditions</a> of using the Our Umbraco website.</em></label>
                 @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.AgreeTerms)
             </div>
+            
+            <div class="profile-input" id="recaptcha">
+                @Html.Recaptcha()
+                @Html.ValidationMessage("ReCaptcha")
+            </div>
 
             <input class="button green" type="submit" value="Sign up">
         }
diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/packages.config b/OurUmbraco.Site/packages.config
index 282b9097..99848471 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/packages.config
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/packages.config
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.8" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.8" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net452" />
+  <package id="reCAPTCH.MVC" version="1.0.1" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="RestSharp" version="104.1" targetFramework="net4" />
   <package id="semver" version="1.1.2" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net452" />
diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/web.template.config b/OurUmbraco.Site/web.template.config
index f74d72d9..e2163d41 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/web.template.config
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/web.template.config
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
     <add key="GoogleOAuthClientID" value="it's a secret.. and no, this is not the secret, this key will transformed on the build server" />
     <add key="GoogleOAuthSecret" value="it's a secret.. and no, this is not the secret, this key will transformed on the build server" />
     <add key="HangFireEnabled" value="false" />
+
+    <!-- this reCaptcha key pair ONLY works on localhost and will be transformed on the build server -->
+    <add key="reCaptchaPublicKey" value="6LdwJQ4UAAAAAL9hZdbodu7UHh9t6rV1reGyj2nX" />
+    <add key="reCaptchaPrivateKey" value="6LdwJQ4UAAAAAISU06nHKXMx10WLnerO6jDEEDUD" />
   </appSettings>
   <connectionStrings>
     <remove name="umbracoDbDSN" />
diff --git a/OurUmbraco/Our/Controllers/RegisterController.cs b/OurUmbraco/Our/Controllers/RegisterController.cs
index f6e73c74..aa0be5bd 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco/Our/Controllers/RegisterController.cs
+++ b/OurUmbraco/Our/Controllers/RegisterController.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Web.Hosting;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 using OurUmbraco.Our.Models;
 using OurUmbraco.Our.usercontrols;
+using reCAPTCHA.MVC;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ namespace OurUmbraco.Our.Controllers
 
         [HttpPost]
         [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
+        [CaptchaValidator]
         public ActionResult HandleSubmit(RegisterModel model)
         {
             var locationInvalid = string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.Latitude) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.Longitude);
diff --git a/OurUmbraco/OurUmbraco.csproj b/OurUmbraco/OurUmbraco.csproj
index f705b92e..0f1ff6de 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco/OurUmbraco.csproj
+++ b/OurUmbraco/OurUmbraco.csproj
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\Owin.1.0\lib\net40\Owin.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="reCAPTCHA.MVC, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\reCAPTCH.MVC.1.0.1\lib\net45\reCAPTCHA.MVC.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="RestSharp, Version=104.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\RestSharp.104.1\lib\net4\RestSharp.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
diff --git a/OurUmbraco/packages.config b/OurUmbraco/packages.config
index 04e814aa..57626817 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco/packages.config
+++ b/OurUmbraco/packages.config
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.8" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.8" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net452" />
+  <package id="reCAPTCH.MVC" version="1.0.1" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="RestSharp" version="104.1" targetFramework="net451" />
   <package id="semver" version="1.1.2" targetFramework="net452" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net452" />