diff --git a/demo/demo/settings.py b/demo/demo/settings.py
index 403947cf..71240912 100644
--- a/demo/demo/settings.py
+++ b/demo/demo/settings.py
@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@
 # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
 SECRET_KEY = '_g-js)o8z#8=9pr1&05h^1_#)91sbo-)g^(*=-+epxmt4kc9m#'
 
+
+# example password validation
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+        'OPTIONS': {'min_length': 8}
+    }
+]
+
+
 # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
 TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
     'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
@@ -118,8 +131,8 @@
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.admindocs',
     'guardian',
-    'south',
     'userena',
+    'easy_thumbnails',
     'userena.contrib.umessages',
     'profiles',
 )
diff --git a/demo/demo/static/css/master.css b/demo/demo/static/css/master.css
index b935a8d8..463b4035 100644
--- a/demo/demo/static/css/master.css
+++ b/demo/demo/static/css/master.css
@@ -760,6 +760,13 @@ div#lang_form input[type=submit] {
 }
 
 
+form p + ul {
+    margin-top: 1em;
+    font-size: 0.7em;
+    font-family: 'Droid Sans', helvetica, arial, Geneva, sans-serif;
+    color: #999;
+    text-shadow: #ffffff 1px 1px 0;
+}
 /*	notifications
 ................................... */
 
diff --git a/userena/compat.py b/userena/compat.py
index 0f59a1fe..d73b7214 100644
--- a/userena/compat.py
+++ b/userena/compat.py
@@ -60,3 +60,18 @@ def make_options(options):
 else:
     def make_options(options):
         return ()
+
+
+try:
+    from django.contrib.auth.password_validation import (
+        validate_password,
+        password_validators_help_text_html,
+    )
+
+except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+    # Password validation is not available for Django < 1.9.3
+    def get_password_validators(value):
+        return None
+
+    def password_validators_help_text_html():
+        return None
diff --git a/userena/forms.py b/userena/forms.py
index dff9c0bf..3e7ed926 100644
--- a/userena/forms.py
+++ b/userena/forms.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 #encoding:utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 
 from userena import settings as userena_settings
 from userena.models import UserenaSignup
 from userena.utils import get_profile_model
+from userena.compat import (
+    validate_password,
+    password_validators_help_text_html
+)
 
 from hashlib import sha1
 import random
@@ -40,7 +44,9 @@ class SignupForm(forms.Form):
                              label=_("Email"))
     password1 = forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput(attrs=attrs_dict,
                                                            render_value=False),
-                                label=_("Create password"))
+                                label=_("Create password"),
+                                validators=[validate_password],
+                                help_text=mark_safe(password_validators_help_text_html()))
     password2 = forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput(attrs=attrs_dict,
                                                            render_value=False),
                                 label=_("Repeat password"))
diff --git a/userena/templates/userena/signup_form.html b/userena/templates/userena/signup_form.html
index e41083bc..198b562d 100644
--- a/userena/templates/userena/signup_form.html
+++ b/userena/templates/userena/signup_form.html
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
     </p>
     {% else %}
     <p>
-    {{ field.label_tag }} 
+    {{ field.label_tag }}
     {{ field }}
+    {{ field.help_text }}
     </p>
     {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}