diff --git a/app/Access/Controllers/RegisterController.php b/app/Access/Controllers/RegisterController.php
index 13b97f03c..e9812aa5d 100644
--- a/app/Access/Controllers/RegisterController.php
+++ b/app/Access/Controllers/RegisterController.php
@@ -15,24 +15,13 @@ use Illuminate\Validation\Rules\Password;
 
 class RegisterController extends Controller
 {
-    protected SocialDriverManager $socialDriverManager;
-    protected RegistrationService $registrationService;
-    protected LoginService $loginService;
-
-    /**
-     * Create a new controller instance.
-     */
     public function __construct(
-        SocialDriverManager $socialDriverManager,
-        RegistrationService $registrationService,
-        LoginService $loginService
+        protected SocialDriverManager $socialDriverManager,
+        protected RegistrationService $registrationService,
+        protected LoginService $loginService
     ) {
         $this->middleware('guest');
         $this->middleware('guard:standard');
-
-        $this->socialDriverManager = $socialDriverManager;
-        $this->registrationService = $registrationService;
-        $this->loginService = $loginService;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -87,6 +76,8 @@ class RegisterController extends Controller
             'name'     => ['required', 'min:2', 'max:100'],
             'email'    => ['required', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
             'password' => ['required', Password::default()],
+            // Basic honey for bots that must not be filled in
+            'username' => ['prohibited'],
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/resources/sass/_forms.scss b/resources/sass/_forms.scss
index e480531fc..e6d062ce8 100644
--- a/resources/sass/_forms.scss
+++ b/resources/sass/_forms.scss
@@ -389,6 +389,20 @@ input[type=color] {
   }
 }
 
+.form-group.ambrosia-container, .form-group.ambrosia-container * {
+    position:absolute !important;
+    height:1px !important;
+    width:1px !important;
+    margin:-1px !important;
+    padding:0 !important;
+    background:transparent !important;
+    color:transparent !important;
+    border:none !important;
+    overflow: hidden !important;
+    clip: rect(0,0,0,0) !important;
+    white-space: nowrap !important;
+}
+
 .title-input input[type="text"] {
   display: block;
   width: 100%;
@@ -538,4 +552,4 @@ input.shortcut-input {
   width: auto;
   max-width: 120px;
   height: auto;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/auth/register.blade.php b/resources/views/auth/register.blade.php
index d345b037a..1ea712e1d 100644
--- a/resources/views/auth/register.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/auth/register.blade.php
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@
             <form action="{{ url("/register") }}" method="POST" class="mt-l stretch-inputs">
                 {!! csrf_field() !!}
 
+                {{-- Simple honeypot field --}}
+                <div class="form-group ambrosia-container" aria-hidden="true">
+                    <label for="username">{{ trans('auth.name') }}</label>
+                    @include('form.text', ['name' => 'username'])
+                </div>
+
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <label for="email">{{ trans('auth.name') }}</label>
+                    <label for="name">{{ trans('auth.name') }}</label>
                     @include('form.text', ['name' => 'name'])
                 </div>
 
diff --git a/tests/Auth/RegistrationTest.php b/tests/Auth/RegistrationTest.php
index ff1a9d66b..60ae17573 100644
--- a/tests/Auth/RegistrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Auth/RegistrationTest.php
@@ -184,4 +184,23 @@ class RegistrationTest extends TestCase
         $resp->assertSee('The email must be a valid email address.');
         $resp->assertSee('The password must be at least 8 characters.');
     }
+
+    public function test_registration_simple_honeypot_active()
+    {
+        $this->setSettings(['registration-enabled' => 'true']);
+
+        $resp = $this->get('/register');
+        $this->withHtml($resp)->assertElementExists('form input[name="username"]');
+
+        $resp = $this->post('/register', [
+            'name' => 'Barry',
+            'email' => 'barrybot@example.com',
+            'password' => 'barryIsTheBestBot',
+            'username' => 'MyUsername'
+        ]);
+        $resp->assertRedirect('/register');
+
+        $resp = $this->followRedirects($resp);
+        $this->withHtml($resp)->assertElementExists('form input[name="username"].text-neg');
+    }
 }