diff --git a/views/layout.jade b/views/layout.jade
index 918b925ec8..4ebcd04ae2 100644
--- a/views/layout.jade
+++ b/views/layout.jade
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ html
   .container
     block content
   script(src='/js/lib/jquery.js')
+  script(src='/js/lib/jquery.validate.js')
diff --git a/views/signup.jade b/views/signup.jade
index 8d74b21912..14aacfe10e 100644
--- a/views/signup.jade
+++ b/views/signup.jade
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ block content
       .alert.alert-danger
         for message in messages
           div= message
+    script
+      $('form').validate();