diff --git a/grady/settings/default.py b/grady/settings/default.py
index 10b842cb8dc67f3d8703b685a795ecfd34a76502..e3a6457c0e287dc44f7affda540aa84a6e253823 100644
--- a/grady/settings/default.py
+++ b/grady/settings/default.py
@@ -129,7 +129,13 @@ LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
 LOGIN_URL = '/'
 
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'core.UserAccount'
-AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = []
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator'},
+    {'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator'},
+    {'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator'},
+    {'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator'}
+]
+
 CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
     'http://localhost:8080',
     'http://localhost:8000'