diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/identity.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/identity.ftl
index 512f78ab0..f9aff4bc3 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/identity.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/identity.ftl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
             
             <form id="search-form" action="${urls.search}" name="search" role="search"> 
                 <div id="search-field">
-                    <input type="text" name="querytext" class="search-vitro" value="${querytext!}" />
+                    <input type="text" name="querytext" class="search-vitro" value="${querytext!}" autocapitalize="off" />
                     <input type="submit" value="Search" class="submit">
                 </div>
             </form>
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/search.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/search.ftl
index 206ae3e26..8dc71ceaf 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/search.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/search.ftl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <div id="searchBlock">
     <form id="searchForm" action="${urls.search}" >                    
         <label for="search">Search </label>
-        <input type="text" name="querytext" id="search" class="search-form-item" value="${querytext!}" size="20" />
+        <input type="text" name="querytext" id="search" class="search-form-item" value="${querytext!}" size="20" autocapitalize="off" />
         <input class="search-form-submit" name="submit" type="submit"  value="Search" />
     </form>
 </div> <!-- end searchBlock -->
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/widgets/widget-login.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/widgets/widget-login.ftl
index 51aa3c741..34dd80d25 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/widgets/widget-login.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/widgets/widget-login.ftl
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
             </#if>
 
             <label for="loginName">Email</label>
-            <input id="loginName" name="loginName" class="text-field focus" type="text" value="${loginName!}" required autofocus />
+            <input id="loginName" name="loginName" class="text-field focus" type="text" value="${loginName!}" autocapitalize="off" required autofocus />
 
             <label for="loginPassword">Password</label>
             <input id="loginPassword" name="loginPassword" class="text-field" type="password" required />
diff --git a/webapp/web/themes/vitro/templates/identity.ftl b/webapp/web/themes/vitro/templates/identity.ftl
index 9c97f49c5..c31c6a53c 100644
--- a/webapp/web/themes/vitro/templates/identity.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/themes/vitro/templates/identity.ftl
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             
             <form id="search-form" action="${urls.search}" name="search" role="search"> 
                 <div id="search-field">
-                    <input type="text" name="querytext" class="search-vitro" value="${querytext!}" />
+                    <input type="text" name="querytext" class="search-vitro" value="${querytext!}" autocapitalize="off" />
                     <input type="submit" value="Search" class="search">
                 </div>
             </form>