diff --git a/app/controllers/register.py b/app/controllers/register.py
index 7e99617..413e56b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/register.py
+++ b/app/controllers/register.py
@@ -52,13 +52,19 @@ def register_post():
     name = request.form.get('name', '')
     email = request.form.get('email', '').lower()
     password = request.form.get('password', '')
+    password_verify = request.form.get('password_verify', '')
 
     # Validate required fields
-    if not name or not email or not password:
-        missing = 'name' if not name else ('email' if not email else 'password')
+    if not name or not email or not password or not password_verify:
+        missing = ('name' if not name else 'email' if not email else
+                   'password' if not password else 'password_verify')
         flash(f'Field missing: {missing}', FLASH_ERROR)
         return render_template('register/register.html', name=name, email=email)
 
+    if password != password_verify:
+        flash('Passwords do not match', FLASH_ERROR)
+        return render_template('register/register.html', name=name, email=email)
+
     # Validate reCAPTCHA
     if not verify_recaptcha(request):
         flash('reCAPTCHA invalid!', FLASH_ERROR)
diff --git a/templates/register/register.html b/templates/register/register.html
index c65140e..88e4dd1 100644
--- a/templates/register/register.html
+++ b/templates/register/register.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                         <label class="form-label" for="name">Username</label>
                     </div>
                     <div class="col-9 col-sm-12">
-                        <input class="form-input" type="text" name="name" id="name" placeholder="Name">
+                        <input class="form-input" type="text" name="name" id="name" placeholder="Name" required>
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                         <label class="form-label" for="email">Email</label>
                     </div>
                     <div class="col-9 col-sm-12">
-                        <input class="form-input" type="email" id="email" name="email" placeholder="email">
+                        <input class="form-input" type="email" id="email" name="email" placeholder="email" required>
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                         <label class="form-label" for="password">Password</label>
                     </div>
                     <div class="col-9 col-sm-12">
-                        <input class="form-input" type="password" id="password" name="password" placeholder="password">
+                        <input class="form-input" type="password" id="password" name="password" placeholder="password" required>
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                         <label class="form-label" for="password_verify">Verify Password</label>
                     </div>
                     <div class="col-9 col-sm-12">
-                        <input class="form-input" type="password" id="password_verify" name="password_verify" placeholder="password">
+                        <input class="form-input" type="password" id="password_verify" name="password_verify" placeholder="password" required>
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 {% if RECAPTCHA_SITEKEY %}
diff --git a/tests/test_controller_edge_cases.py b/tests/test_controller_edge_cases.py
index 5702954..3154c95 100644
--- a/tests/test_controller_edge_cases.py
+++ b/tests/test_controller_edge_cases.py
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ def test_login_database_failure_is_generic(client):
 def test_registration_rejects_duplicate_email_and_username(client, alice):
     duplicate_email = client.post('/register', data={
         'name': 'different', 'email': 'alice@example.test', 'password': 'password123',
+        'password_verify': 'password123',
     })
     duplicate_name = client.post('/register', data={
         'name': 'alice', 'email': 'different@example.test', 'password': 'password123',
+        'password_verify': 'password123',
     })
     assert b'Account already exists' in duplicate_email.data
     assert b'Account already exists' in duplicate_name.data
@@ -56,11 +58,11 @@ def test_registration_cross_field_conflicts(client, db):
     })
     username_is_email = client.post('/register', data={
         'name': 'existing-email@example.test', 'email': 'new@example.test',
-        'password': 'password123',
+        'password': 'password123', 'password_verify': 'password123',
     })
     email_is_username = client.post('/register', data={
         'name': 'new-user', 'email': 'existing@example.test',
-        'password': 'password123',
+        'password': 'password123', 'password_verify': 'password123',
     })
     assert b'username is not available' in username_is_email.data
     assert b'email is not available' in email_is_username.data
@@ -69,17 +71,22 @@ def test_registration_cross_field_conflicts(client, db):
 def test_registration_rejects_invalid_chars_and_recaptcha(client):
     invalid = client.post('/register', data={
         'name': 'bad name', 'email': 'valid@example.test', 'password': 'password123',
+        'password_verify': 'password123',
     })
     with patch('app.controllers.register.verify_recaptcha', return_value=False):
         captcha = client.post('/register', data={
             'name': 'valid', 'email': 'valid@example.test', 'password': 'password123',
+            'password_verify': 'password123',
         })
     assert b'Non allowed chars' in invalid.data
     assert b'reCAPTCHA invalid' in captcha.data
 
 
 def test_registration_hash_and_create_failures(client):
-    data = {'name': 'newuser', 'email': 'new@example.test', 'password': 'password123'}
+    data = {
+        'name': 'newuser', 'email': 'new@example.test',
+        'password': 'password123', 'password_verify': 'password123',
+    }
     with patch('app.controllers.register.hash_string', side_effect=RuntimeError):
         hashing = client.post('/register', data=data)
     with patch('app.controllers.register.user_create', side_effect=RuntimeError):
diff --git a/tests/test_routes.py b/tests/test_routes.py
index 852eabc..e39b553 100644
--- a/tests/test_routes.py
+++ b/tests/test_routes.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def test_registration_creates_a_user(client, db):
         'name': 'charlie',
         'email': 'CHARLIE@example.test',
         'password': 'charlie-password',
+        'password_verify': 'charlie-password',
     })
 
     assert response.status_code == 302
@@ -75,6 +76,27 @@ def test_registration_creates_a_user(client, db):
     assert match_string(user['password'], 'charlie-password') is True
 
 
+def test_registration_requires_matching_password_confirmation(client, db):
+    registration = {
+        'name': 'charlie',
+        'email': 'charlie@example.test',
+        'password': 'charlie-password',
+    }
+
+    missing = client.post('/register', data=registration)
+    assert missing.status_code == 200
+    assert b'Field missing: password_verify' in missing.data
+    assert db.user.find_one({'name': 'charlie'}) is None
+
+    mismatch = client.post('/register', data={
+        **registration,
+        'password_verify': 'different-password',
+    })
+    assert mismatch.status_code == 200
+    assert b'Passwords do not match' in mismatch.data
+    assert db.user.find_one({'name': 'charlie'}) is None
+
+
 def test_logout_clears_only_main_auth(alice_client):
     with alice_client.session_transaction() as session:
         session['unrelated'] = 'preserved'