diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff83432b9..33645fcb8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "lbry"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
+    "@segment/load-script": "^1.0.1",
     "amplitude-js": "^4.0.0",
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "electron-dl": "^1.6.0",
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
     "react-markdown": "^2.5.0",
     "react-modal": "^3.1.7",
     "react-paginate": "^5.0.0",
+    "react-recaptcha": "^2.3.5",
     "react-redux": "^5.0.3",
     "react-simplemde-editor": "^3.6.11",
     "redux": "^3.6.0",
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/userEmailVerify/index.js b/src/renderer/component/userEmailVerify/index.js
index e0fa0902b..2566f44b0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/userEmailVerify/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/component/userEmailVerify/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ const select = state => ({
 });
 
 const perform = dispatch => ({
-  verifyUserEmail: code => dispatch(doUserEmailVerify(code)),
+  verifyUserEmail: (code, recaptcha) =>
+    dispatch(doUserEmailVerify(code, recaptcha)),
 });
 
 export default connect(select, perform)(UserEmailVerify);
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/userEmailVerify/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/userEmailVerify/view.jsx
index 2e330acbe..aba6a453a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/userEmailVerify/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/userEmailVerify/view.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ import React from "react";
 import Link from "component/link";
 import { CreditAmount } from "component/common";
 import { Form, FormRow, Submit } from "component/form.js";
+import Recaptcha from "react-recaptcha";
+
+const sitekey =
+  process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"
+    ? "6LeIxAcTAAAAAJcZVRqyHh71UMIEGNQ_MXjiZKhI"
+    : "6LcWvj0UAAAAAGBAEp6-UDoe0_iSAn8IZW0GDcf0";
 
 class UserEmailVerify extends React.PureComponent {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -9,6 +15,7 @@ class UserEmailVerify extends React.PureComponent {
 
     this.state = {
       code: "",
+      recaptcha: "",
     };
   }
 
@@ -19,8 +26,14 @@ class UserEmailVerify extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   handleSubmit() {
-    const { code } = this.state;
-    this.props.verifyUserEmail(code);
+    const { code, recaptcha } = this.state;
+    this.props.verifyUserEmail(code, recaptcha);
+  }
+
+  verifyCallback(response) {
+    this.setState({
+      recaptcha: String(response),
+    });
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -44,6 +57,10 @@ class UserEmailVerify extends React.PureComponent {
           }}
           errorMessage={errorMessage}
         />
+        <Recaptcha
+          sitekey={sitekey}
+          verifyCallback={this.verifyCallback.bind(this)}
+        />
         {/* render help separately so it always shows */}
         <div className="form-field__helper">
           <p>
@@ -54,7 +71,10 @@ class UserEmailVerify extends React.PureComponent {
           </p>
         </div>
         <div className="form-row-submit">
-          <Submit label={__("Verify")} disabled={isPending} />
+          <Submit
+            label={__("Verify")}
+            disabled={isPending || !this.state.code || !this.state.recaptcha}
+          />
           {cancelButton}
         </div>
       </Form>
diff --git a/src/renderer/index.js b/src/renderer/index.js
index e3ed7836b..9d85c0831 100644
--- a/src/renderer/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const env = process.env.NODE_ENV || "production";
 const { remote, ipcRenderer, shell } = require("electron");
 const contextMenu = remote.require("./main.js").contextMenu;
 const app = require("./app");
+const load = require("@segment/load-script");
+
+load("//www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=explicit");
 
 // Workaround for https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-webpack/issues/52
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/user.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/user.js
index 7111369e8..9b1afdd55 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/user.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/user.js
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ export function doUserEmailNew(email) {
         data: { email },
       });
       dispatch(doUserFetch());
-    }
+    };
 
     const failure = error => {
       dispatch({
         type: types.USER_EMAIL_NEW_FAILURE,
         data: { error },
       });
-    }
+    };
 
     lbryio
       .call(
@@ -86,12 +86,14 @@ export function doUserEmailNew(email) {
       )
       .catch(error => {
         if (error.response && error.response.status == 409) {
-          return lbryio.call(
-            "user_email",
-            "resend_token",
-            { email: email, only_if_expired: true },
-            "post"
-          ).then(success, failure);
+          return lbryio
+            .call(
+              "user_email",
+              "resend_token",
+              { email: email, only_if_expired: true },
+              "post"
+            )
+            .then(success, failure);
         }
         throw error;
       })
@@ -99,10 +101,11 @@ export function doUserEmailNew(email) {
   };
 }
 
-export function doUserEmailVerify(verificationToken) {
+export function doUserEmailVerify(verificationToken, recaptcha) {
   return function(dispatch, getState) {
     const email = selectEmailToVerify(getState());
     verificationToken = verificationToken.toString().trim();
+    recaptcha = recaptcha.toString();
 
     dispatch({
       type: types.USER_EMAIL_VERIFY_STARTED,
@@ -113,7 +116,11 @@ export function doUserEmailVerify(verificationToken) {
       .call(
         "user_email",
         "confirm",
-        { verification_token: verificationToken, email: email },
+        {
+          verification_token: verificationToken,
+          email: email,
+          recaptcha: recaptcha,
+        },
         "post"
       )
       .then(userEmail => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 65aa0ebaf..e3ef9f10a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/7zip/-/7zip-0.0.6.tgz#9cafb171af82329490353b4816f03347aa150a30"
 
+"@segment/load-script@^1.0.1":
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@segment/load-script/-/load-script-1.0.1.tgz#adb7a2def2c99ac248cc8e2c154fb4bb03094399"
+  dependencies:
+    component-type "^1.2.0"
+    next-tick "^0.2.2"
+    script-onload "^1.0.2"
+
 "@segment/top-domain@^3.0.0":
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@segment/top-domain/-/top-domain-3.0.0.tgz#02e5a5a4fd42a9f6cf886b05e82f104012a3c3a7"
@@ -1892,6 +1900,10 @@ component-cookie@^1.1.2:
   dependencies:
     debug "*"
 
+component-type@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/component-type/-/component-type-1.2.1.tgz#8a47901700238e4fc32269771230226f24b415a9"
+
 component-url@^0.2.1:
   version "0.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/component-url/-/component-url-0.2.1.tgz#4e4f4799c43ead9fd3ce91b5a305d220208fee47"
@@ -5249,6 +5261,10 @@ next-event@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/next-event/-/next-event-1.0.0.tgz#e7778acde2e55802e0ad1879c39cf6f75eda61d8"
 
+next-tick@^0.2.2:
+  version "0.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/next-tick/-/next-tick-0.2.2.tgz#75da4a927ee5887e39065880065b7336413b310d"
+
 no-case@^2.2.0:
   version "2.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/no-case/-/no-case-2.3.2.tgz#60b813396be39b3f1288a4c1ed5d1e7d28b464ac"
@@ -6619,6 +6635,10 @@ react-paginate@^5.0.0:
     prop-types "^15.6.0"
     react-addons-create-fragment "^15.0.0"
 
+react-recaptcha@^2.3.5:
+  version "2.3.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-recaptcha/-/react-recaptcha-2.3.5.tgz#a5db337125bb00fb13c2fa2e4ebfbe8b0cd06bb7"
+
 react-redux@^5.0.3:
   version "5.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-redux/-/react-redux-5.0.6.tgz#23ed3a4f986359d68b5212eaaa681e60d6574946"
@@ -7194,6 +7214,10 @@ schema-utils@^0.3.0:
   dependencies:
     ajv "^5.0.0"
 
+script-onload@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/script-onload/-/script-onload-1.0.2.tgz#6bdca122875487192ccaf4e6884fcfdd0c7fde32"
+
 scss-tokenizer@^0.2.3:
   version "0.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scss-tokenizer/-/scss-tokenizer-0.2.3.tgz#8eb06db9a9723333824d3f5530641149847ce5d1"