diff --git a/cms/settings.py b/cms/settings.py
index 79452156d..3847aeb67 100644
--- a/cms/settings.py
+++ b/cms/settings.py
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@
     "djcelery_email",
     "ckeditor",
     "drf_yasg",
+    "captcha",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
diff --git a/cms/urls.py b/cms/urls.py
index bdf038b32..7de26d717 100644
--- a/cms/urls.py
+++ b/cms/urls.py
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@
     re_path(r'^swagger(?P<format>\.json|\.yaml)$', schema_view.without_ui(cache_timeout=0), name='schema-json'),
     re_path(r'^swagger/$', schema_view.with_ui('swagger', cache_timeout=0), name='schema-swagger-ui'),
     path('docs/api/', schema_view.with_ui('redoc', cache_timeout=0), name='schema-redoc'),
+    path('captcha/', include('captcha.urls')),
 ]
diff --git a/files/forms.py b/files/forms.py
index a36c0ca61..2aa4446e8 100644
--- a/files/forms.py
+++ b/files/forms.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from captcha.fields import CaptchaField
 from django import forms
 
 from .methods import get_next_state, is_mediacms_editor
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class ContactForm(forms.Form):
     from_email = forms.EmailField(required=True)
     name = forms.CharField(required=False)
     message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea, required=True)
+    captcha = CaptchaField()
 
     def __init__(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
         super(ContactForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/files/views.py b/files/views.py
index ce90196d0..b401feff7 100644
--- a/files/views.py
+++ b/files/views.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ def contact(request):
             email.send(fail_silently=True)
             success_msg = "Message was sent! Thanks for contacting"
             context["success_msg"] = success_msg
+        else:
+            context["success_msg"] = "The information you entered was invalid.  Please click Back and try again."
 
     return render(request, "cms/contact.html", context)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index acbb677a8..563dc3186 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ m3u8==3.5.0
 django-ckeditor==6.6.1
 django-debug-toolbar==4.1.0
 django-login-required-middleware==0.9.0
+django-simple-captcha==0.5.18