diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb9e535263..348ca26a4c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ A [live playground](https://mozilla-services.github.io/react-jsonschema-form/) i
      - [Custom descriptions](#custom-descriptions)
   - [Form data validation](#form-data-validation)
      - [Live validation](#live-validation)
+     - [HTML5 validation](#html5-validation)
      - [Custom validation](#custom-validation)
      - [Error List Display](#error-list-display)
   - [Styling your forms](#styling-your-forms)
@@ -1137,6 +1138,10 @@ Be warned that this is an expensive strategy, with possibly strong impact on per
 
 To disable validation entirely, you can set Form's `noValidate` prop to `true`.
 
+### HTML5 Validation
+
+By default, required field errors will cause the browser to display its standard HTML5 `required` attribute error messages and prevent form submission. If you would like to turn this off, you can set Form's `noHtml5Validate` prop to `true`, which will set `noValidate` on the `form` element.
+
 ### Custom validation
 
 Form data is always validated against the JSON schema.
diff --git a/src/components/Form.js b/src/components/Form.js
index 89b83cd4fb..bd10420111 100644
--- a/src/components/Form.js
+++ b/src/components/Form.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export default class Form extends Component {
     noValidate: false,
     liveValidate: false,
     safeRenderCompletion: false,
+    noHtml5Validate: false
   }
 
   constructor(props) {
@@ -138,7 +139,8 @@ export default class Form extends Component {
       action,
       autocomplete,
       enctype,
-      acceptcharset
+      acceptcharset,
+      noHtml5Validate
     } = this.props;
 
     const {schema, uiSchema, formData, errorSchema, idSchema} = this.state;
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ export default class Form extends Component {
         autoComplete={autocomplete}
         encType={enctype}
         acceptCharset={acceptcharset}
+        noValidate={noHtml5Validate}
         onSubmit={this.onSubmit}>
         {this.renderErrors()}
         <_SchemaField
@@ -201,6 +204,7 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
     enctype: PropTypes.string,
     acceptcharset: PropTypes.string,
     noValidate: PropTypes.bool,
+    noHtml5Validate: PropTypes.bool,
     liveValidate: PropTypes.bool,
     safeRenderCompletion: PropTypes.bool,
     formContext: PropTypes.object,
diff --git a/test/Form_test.js b/test/Form_test.js
index be0c0ce024..7b088e4188 100644
--- a/test/Form_test.js
+++ b/test/Form_test.js
@@ -1131,7 +1131,8 @@ describe("Form", () => {
       action: "/users/list",
       autocomplete: "off",
       enctype: "multipart/form-data",
-      acceptcharset: "ISO-8859-1"
+      acceptcharset: "ISO-8859-1",
+      noHtml5Validate: true
     };
 
     let node;
@@ -1175,5 +1176,9 @@ describe("Form", () => {
     it("should set attr acceptcharset of form", () => {
       expect(node.getAttribute("accept-charset")).eql(formProps.acceptcharset);
     });
+
+    it("should set attr novalidate of form", () => {
+      expect(node.getAttribute("novalidate")).not.to.be.null;
+    });
   });
 });