diff --git a/admin/modules/membership/index.php b/admin/modules/membership/index.php
index b725ecb2..f672c486 100755
--- a/admin/modules/membership/index.php
+++ b/admin/modules/membership/index.php
@@ -507,6 +507,11 @@ function getimagesizefromstring($string_data)
 
     $form->addAnything(__('Photo'), $str_input);
 
+    // hidden username and password fields so that the password manager of the browser will not fill in the username in the memberEmail and the password in the memberPasswd field
+    $form->addTextField('text', 'dummyUserField', null, null, '');
+    $form->addTextField('password', 'dummyPasswdField', null, null, '');
+    echo '<style type="text/css">#simbioFormRowdummyPasswdField, #simbioFormRowdummyUserField {display: none}</style>';
+
     // member email
     $form->addTextField('text', 'memberEmail', __('E-mail'), $rec_d['member_email'], 'style="width: 40%;"');
     // member password