diff --git a/django/newforms/forms.py b/django/newforms/forms.py
index feef889d83..22ca2d0bab 100644
--- a/django/newforms/forms.py
+++ b/django/newforms/forms.py
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ class Form(StrAndUnicode):
     "A collection of Fields, plus their associated data."
     __metaclass__ = DeclarativeFieldsMetaclass
 
-    def __init__(self, data=None, auto_id='id_%s'): # TODO: prefix stuff
+    def __init__(self, data=None, auto_id='id_%s', prefix=None):
         self.ignore_errors = data is None
         self.data = data or {}
         self.auto_id = auto_id
+        self.prefix = prefix
         self.clean_data = None # Stores the data after clean() has been called.
         self.__errors = None # Stores the errors after clean() has been called.
 
@@ -72,6 +73,15 @@ class Form(StrAndUnicode):
         """
         return not self.ignore_errors and not bool(self.errors)
 
+    def add_prefix(self, field_name):
+        """
+        Returns the field name with a prefix appended, if this Form has a
+        prefix set.
+
+        Subclasses may wish to override.
+        """
+        return self.prefix and ('%s-%s' % (self.prefix, field_name)) or field_name
+
     def _html_output(self, normal_row, error_row, row_ender, errors_on_separate_row):
         "Helper function for outputting HTML. Used by as_table(), as_ul(), as_p()."
         top_errors = self.non_field_errors() # Errors that should be displayed above all fields.
@@ -132,7 +142,7 @@ class Form(StrAndUnicode):
             # value_from_datadict() gets the data from the dictionary.
             # Each widget type knows how to retrieve its own data, because some
             # widgets split data over several HTML fields.
-            value = field.widget.value_from_datadict(self.data, name)
+            value = field.widget.value_from_datadict(self.data, self.add_prefix(name))
             try:
                 value = field.clean(value)
                 self.clean_data[name] = value
@@ -163,7 +173,7 @@ class BoundField(StrAndUnicode):
     def __init__(self, form, field, name):
         self.form = form
         self.field = field
-        self.name = name
+        self.name = form.add_prefix(name)
         self.label = self.field.label or pretty_name(name)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
index 8b71bf6adc..825b44862d 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
@@ -1924,6 +1924,91 @@ underscores converted to spaces, and the initial letter capitalized.
 <li>Password1: <input type="password" name="password1" /></li>
 <li>Password (again): <input type="password" name="password2" /></li>
 
+# Forms with prefixes #########################################################
+
+Sometimes it's necessary to have multiple forms display on the same HTML page,
+or multiple copies of the same form. We can accomplish this with form prefixes.
+Pass the keyword argument 'prefix' to the Form constructor to use this feature.
+This value will be prepended to each HTML form field name. One way to think
+about this is "namespaces for HTML forms". Notice that in the data argument,
+each field's key has the prefix, in this case 'person1', prepended to the
+actual field name.
+>>> class Person(Form):
+...     first_name = CharField()
+...     last_name = CharField()
+...     birthday = DateField()
+>>> data = {
+...     'person1-first_name': u'John',
+...     'person1-last_name': u'Lennon',
+...     'person1-birthday': u'1940-10-9'
+... }
+>>> p = Person(data, prefix='person1')
+>>> print p.as_ul()
+<li><label for="id_person1-first_name">First name:</label> <input type="text" name="person1-first_name" value="John" id="id_person1-first_name" /></li>
+<li><label for="id_person1-last_name">Last name:</label> <input type="text" name="person1-last_name" value="Lennon" id="id_person1-last_name" /></li>
+<li><label for="id_person1-birthday">Birthday:</label> <input type="text" name="person1-birthday" value="1940-10-9" id="id_person1-birthday" /></li>
+>>> print p['first_name']
+<input type="text" name="person1-first_name" value="John" id="id_person1-first_name" />
+>>> print p['last_name']
+<input type="text" name="person1-last_name" value="Lennon" id="id_person1-last_name" />
+>>> print p['birthday']
+<input type="text" name="person1-birthday" value="1940-10-9" id="id_person1-birthday" />
+>>> p.errors
+{}
+>>> p.is_valid()
+True
+
+This is pretty unremarkable in and of itself, but let's create some data that
+contains info for two different people.
+>>> data = {
+...     'person1-first_name': u'John',
+...     'person1-last_name': u'Lennon',
+...     'person1-birthday': u'1940-10-9',
+...     'person2-first_name': u'Jim',
+...     'person2-last_name': u'Morrison',
+...     'person2-birthday': u'1943-12-8'
+... }
+
+If we use the correct prefix argument, we can create two different forms that
+will only use and validate the data for fields with a matching prefix.
+>>> p1 = Person(data, prefix='person1')
+>>> p1.is_valid()
+True
+>>> p1.clean_data
+{'first_name': u'John', 'last_name': u'Lennon', 'birthday': datetime.date(1940, 10, 9)}
+
+>>> p2 = Person(data, prefix='person2')
+>>> p2.is_valid()
+True
+>>> p2.clean_data
+{'first_name': u'Jim', 'last_name': u'Morrison', 'birthday': datetime.date(1943, 12, 8)}
+
+By default, forms append a hyphen between the prefix and the field name, but a
+form can alter that behavior by implementing the add_prefix() method. This
+method takes a field name and returns the prefixed field, according to
+self.prefix.
+>>> class Person(Form):
+...     first_name = CharField()
+...     last_name = CharField()
+...     birthday = DateField()
+...     def add_prefix(self, field_name):
+...         return self.prefix and '%s-prefix-%s' % (self.prefix, field_name) or field_name
+>>> p = Person(prefix='foo')
+>>> print p.as_ul()
+<li><label for="id_foo-prefix-first_name">First name:</label> <input type="text" name="foo-prefix-first_name" id="id_foo-prefix-first_name" /></li>
+<li><label for="id_foo-prefix-last_name">Last name:</label> <input type="text" name="foo-prefix-last_name" id="id_foo-prefix-last_name" /></li>
+<li><label for="id_foo-prefix-birthday">Birthday:</label> <input type="text" name="foo-prefix-birthday" id="id_foo-prefix-birthday" /></li>
+>>> data = {
+...     'foo-prefix-first_name': u'John',
+...     'foo-prefix-last_name': u'Lennon',
+...     'foo-prefix-birthday': u'1940-10-9'
+... }
+>>> p = Person(data, prefix='foo')
+>>> p.is_valid()
+True
+>>> p.clean_data
+{'first_name': u'John', 'last_name': u'Lennon', 'birthday': datetime.date(1940, 10, 9)}
+
 # Basic form processing in a view #############################################
 
 >>> from django.template import Template, Context