diff --git a/django/forms/fields.py b/django/forms/fields.py
index d16b501baa..8a3dbfeb49 100644
--- a/django/forms/fields.py
+++ b/django/forms/fields.py
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from django.core import validators
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.forms.util import ErrorList, from_current_timezone, to_current_timezone
-from django.forms.widgets import (TextInput, PasswordInput, HiddenInput,
+from django.forms.widgets import (
+    TextInput, PasswordInput, EmailInput, HiddenInput,
     MultipleHiddenInput, ClearableFileInput, CheckboxInput, Select,
     NullBooleanSelect, SelectMultiple, DateInput, DateTimeInput, TimeInput,
-    SplitDateTimeWidget, SplitHiddenDateTimeWidget, FILE_INPUT_CONTRADICTION)
+    SplitDateTimeWidget, SplitHiddenDateTimeWidget, FILE_INPUT_CONTRADICTION
+)
 from django.utils import formats
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_text, force_str, force_text
 from django.utils.ipv6 import clean_ipv6_address
@@ -487,6 +489,7 @@ class RegexField(CharField):
     regex = property(_get_regex, _set_regex)
 
 class EmailField(CharField):
+    widget = EmailInput
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _('Enter a valid email address.'),
     }
diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index 303844d44b..f201e914dd 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils import datetime_safe, formats, six
 
 __all__ = (
-    'Media', 'MediaDefiningClass', 'Widget', 'TextInput', 'PasswordInput',
+    'Media', 'MediaDefiningClass', 'Widget', 'TextInput', 'EmailInput', 'PasswordInput',
     'HiddenInput', 'MultipleHiddenInput', 'ClearableFileInput',
     'FileInput', 'DateInput', 'DateTimeInput', 'TimeInput', 'Textarea', 'CheckboxInput',
     'Select', 'NullBooleanSelect', 'SelectMultiple', 'RadioSelect',
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ class TextInput(Input):
         super(TextInput, self).__init__(attrs)
 
 
+class EmailInput(TextInput):
+    input_type = 'email'
+
+
 class PasswordInput(TextInput):
     input_type = 'password'
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
index d1f877ff65..44e4684c1d 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ simply ``print`` it::
     >>> print(f)
     <tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></td></tr>
-    <tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>
+    <tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></td></tr>
 
 If the form is bound to data, the HTML output will include that data
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ include ``checked="checked"`` if appropriate::
     >>> print(f)
     <tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" value="hello" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" value="Hi there" /></td></tr>
-    <tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" value="foo@example.com" /></td></tr>
+    <tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" value="foo@example.com" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" checked="checked" /></td></tr>
 
 This default output is a two-column HTML table, with a ``<tr>`` for each field.
@@ -297,8 +297,9 @@ Notice the following:
   ``</table>`` tags, nor does it include the ``<form>`` and ``</form>``
   tags or an ``<input type="submit">`` tag. It's your job to do that.
 
-* Each field type has a default HTML representation. ``CharField`` and
-  ``EmailField`` are represented by an ``<input type="text">``.
+* Each field type has a default HTML representation. ``CharField`` is
+  represented by an ``<input type="text">`` and ``EmailField`` by an
+  ``<input type="email">``.
   ``BooleanField`` is represented by an ``<input type="checkbox">``. Note
   these are merely sensible defaults; you can specify which HTML to use for
   a given field by using widgets, which we'll explain shortly.
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a Unicode object.
         >>> print(f.as_p())
         <p><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>
         <p><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></p>
-        <p><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></p>
+        <p><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></p>
         <p><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></p>
 
 ``as_ul()``
@@ -350,11 +351,11 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a Unicode object.
 
         >>> f = ContactForm()
         >>> f.as_ul()
-        u'<li><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></li>'
+        u'<li><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></li>\n<li><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></li>'
         >>> print(f.as_ul())
         <li><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
         <li><label for="id_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></li>
-        <li><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></li>
+        <li><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></li>
         <li><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></li>
 
 ``as_table()``
@@ -368,11 +369,11 @@ a form object, and each rendering method returns a Unicode object.
 
         >>> f = ContactForm()
         >>> f.as_table()
-        u'<tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></td></tr>'
+        u'<tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>\n<tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></td></tr>'
         >>> print(f.as_table())
         <tr><th><label for="id_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
         <tr><th><label for="id_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></td></tr>
-        <tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>
+        <tr><th><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></td></tr>
         <tr><th><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></td></tr>
 
 Styling required or erroneous form rows
@@ -431,17 +432,17 @@ tags nor ``id`` attributes::
     >>> print(f.as_table())
     <tr><th>Subject:</th><td><input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th>Message:</th><td><input type="text" name="message" /></td></tr>
-    <tr><th>Sender:</th><td><input type="text" name="sender" /></td></tr>
+    <tr><th>Sender:</th><td><input type="email" name="sender" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th>Cc myself:</th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></td></tr>
     >>> print(f.as_ul())
     <li>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
     <li>Message: <input type="text" name="message" /></li>
-    <li>Sender: <input type="text" name="sender" /></li>
+    <li>Sender: <input type="email" name="sender" /></li>
     <li>Cc myself: <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></li>
     >>> print(f.as_p())
     <p>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>
     <p>Message: <input type="text" name="message" /></p>
-    <p>Sender: <input type="text" name="sender" /></p>
+    <p>Sender: <input type="email" name="sender" /></p>
     <p>Cc myself: <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></p>
 
 If ``auto_id`` is set to ``True``, then the form output *will* include
@@ -452,17 +453,17 @@ field::
     >>> print(f.as_table())
     <tr><th><label for="subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="message" /></td></tr>
-    <tr><th><label for="sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="sender" /></td></tr>
+    <tr><th><label for="sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="email" name="sender" id="sender" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="cc_myself" /></td></tr>
     >>> print(f.as_ul())
     <li><label for="subject">Subject:</label> <input id="subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
     <li><label for="message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="message" /></li>
-    <li><label for="sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="sender" /></li>
+    <li><label for="sender">Sender:</label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="sender" /></li>
     <li><label for="cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="cc_myself" /></li>
     >>> print(f.as_p())
     <p><label for="subject">Subject:</label> <input id="subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>
     <p><label for="message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="message" /></p>
-    <p><label for="sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="sender" /></p>
+    <p><label for="sender">Sender:</label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="sender" /></p>
     <p><label for="cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="cc_myself" /></p>
 
 If ``auto_id`` is set to a string containing the format character ``'%s'``,
@@ -475,17 +476,17 @@ attributes based on the format string. For example, for a format string
     >>> print(f.as_table())
     <tr><th><label for="id_for_subject">Subject:</label></th><td><input id="id_for_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_for_message">Message:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="message" id="id_for_message" /></td></tr>
-    <tr><th><label for="id_for_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></td></tr>
+    <tr><th><label for="id_for_sender">Sender:</label></th><td><input type="email" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th><label for="id_for_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label></th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_for_cc_myself" /></td></tr>
     >>> print(f.as_ul())
     <li><label for="id_for_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_for_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
     <li><label for="id_for_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_for_message" /></li>
-    <li><label for="id_for_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></li>
+    <li><label for="id_for_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></li>
     <li><label for="id_for_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_for_cc_myself" /></li>
     >>> print(f.as_p())
     <p><label for="id_for_subject">Subject:</label> <input id="id_for_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>
     <p><label for="id_for_message">Message:</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_for_message" /></p>
-    <p><label for="id_for_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></p>
+    <p><label for="id_for_sender">Sender:</label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></p>
     <p><label for="id_for_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_for_cc_myself" /></p>
 
 If ``auto_id`` is set to any other true value -- such as a string that doesn't
@@ -501,13 +502,13 @@ entirely, using the ``label_suffix`` parameter::
     >>> print(f.as_ul())
     <li><label for="id_for_subject">Subject</label> <input id="id_for_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
     <li><label for="id_for_message">Message</label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_for_message" /></li>
-    <li><label for="id_for_sender">Sender</label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></li>
+    <li><label for="id_for_sender">Sender</label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></li>
     <li><label for="id_for_cc_myself">Cc myself</label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_for_cc_myself" /></li>
     >>> f = ContactForm(auto_id='id_for_%s', label_suffix=' ->')
     >>> print(f.as_ul())
     <li><label for="id_for_subject">Subject -></label> <input id="id_for_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
     <li><label for="id_for_message">Message -></label> <input type="text" name="message" id="id_for_message" /></li>
-    <li><label for="id_for_sender">Sender -></label> <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></li>
+    <li><label for="id_for_sender">Sender -></label> <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_for_sender" /></li>
     <li><label for="id_for_cc_myself">Cc myself -></label> <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_for_cc_myself" /></li>
 
 Note that the label suffix is added only if the last character of the
@@ -539,19 +540,19 @@ method you're using::
     >>> print(f.as_table())
     <tr><th>Subject:</th><td><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul><input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th>Message:</th><td><input type="text" name="message" value="Hi there" /></td></tr>
-    <tr><th>Sender:</th><td><ul class="errorlist"><li>Enter a valid email address.</li></ul><input type="text" name="sender" value="invalid email address" /></td></tr>
+    <tr><th>Sender:</th><td><ul class="errorlist"><li>Enter a valid email address.</li></ul><input type="email" name="sender" value="invalid email address" /></td></tr>
     <tr><th>Cc myself:</th><td><input checked="checked" type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></td></tr>
     >>> print(f.as_ul())
     <li><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
     <li>Message: <input type="text" name="message" value="Hi there" /></li>
-    <li><ul class="errorlist"><li>Enter a valid email address.</li></ul>Sender: <input type="text" name="sender" value="invalid email address" /></li>
+    <li><ul class="errorlist"><li>Enter a valid email address.</li></ul>Sender: <input type="email" name="sender" value="invalid email address" /></li>
     <li>Cc myself: <input checked="checked" type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></li>
     >>> print(f.as_p())
     <p><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul></p>
     <p>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>
     <p>Message: <input type="text" name="message" value="Hi there" /></p>
     <p><ul class="errorlist"><li>Enter a valid email address.</li></ul></p>
-    <p>Sender: <input type="text" name="sender" value="invalid email address" /></p>
+    <p>Sender: <input type="email" name="sender" value="invalid email address" /></p>
     <p>Cc myself: <input checked="checked" type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></p>
 
 Customizing the error list format
@@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ pass that in at construction time::
     <p>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></p>
     <p>Message: <input type="text" name="message" value="Hi there" /></p>
     <div class="errorlist"><div class="error">Enter a valid email address.</div></div>
-    <p>Sender: <input type="text" name="sender" value="invalid email address" /></p>
+    <p>Sender: <input type="email" name="sender" value="invalid email address" /></p>
     <p>Cc myself: <input checked="checked" type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></p>
 
 More granular output
@@ -604,7 +605,7 @@ To retrieve all ``BoundField`` objects, iterate the form::
     >>> for boundfield in form: print(boundfield)
     <input id="id_subject" type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" />
     <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" />
-    <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" />
+    <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" />
     <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" />
 
 The field-specific output honors the form object's ``auto_id`` setting::
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ fields are ordered first::
     >>> print(f.as_ul())
     <li>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /></li>
     <li>Message: <input type="text" name="message" /></li>
-    <li>Sender: <input type="text" name="sender" /></li>
+    <li>Sender: <input type="email" name="sender" /></li>
     <li>Cc myself: <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></li>
     <li>Priority: <input type="text" name="priority" /></li>
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
index 28b7e49d2d..8bfe77cc20 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
@@ -212,17 +212,17 @@ fields. We've specified ``auto_id=False`` to simplify the output::
     >>> print(f.as_table())
     <tr><th>Subject:</th><td><input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /><br /><span class="helptext">100 characters max.</span></td></tr>
     <tr><th>Message:</th><td><input type="text" name="message" /></td></tr>
-    <tr><th>Sender:</th><td><input type="text" name="sender" /><br />A valid email address, please.</td></tr>
+    <tr><th>Sender:</th><td><input type="email" name="sender" /><br />A valid email address, please.</td></tr>
     <tr><th>Cc myself:</th><td><input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></td></tr>
     >>> print(f.as_ul()))
     <li>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /> <span class="helptext">100 characters max.</span></li>
     <li>Message: <input type="text" name="message" /></li>
-    <li>Sender: <input type="text" name="sender" /> A valid email address, please.</li>
+    <li>Sender: <input type="email" name="sender" /> A valid email address, please.</li>
     <li>Cc myself: <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></li>
     >>> print(f.as_p())
     <p>Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" /> <span class="helptext">100 characters max.</span></p>
     <p>Message: <input type="text" name="message" /></p>
-    <p>Sender: <input type="text" name="sender" /> A valid email address, please.</p>
+    <p>Sender: <input type="email" name="sender" /> A valid email address, please.</p>
     <p>Cc myself: <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" /></p>
 
 ``error_messages``
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ For each field, we describe the default widget used if you don't specify
 
 .. class:: EmailField(**kwargs)
 
-    * Default widget: :class:`TextInput`
+    * Default widget: :class:`EmailInput`
     * Empty value: ``''`` (an empty string)
     * Normalizes to: A Unicode object.
     * Validates that the given value is a valid email address, using a
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
index bc1270094b..9105a41b25 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
@@ -392,7 +392,16 @@ These widgets make use of the HTML elements ``input`` and ``textarea``.
 
 .. class:: TextInput
 
-    Text input: ``<input type='text' ...>``
+    Text input: ``<input type="text" ...>``
+
+``EmailInput``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. class:: EmailInput
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.6
+
+    Text input: ``<input type="email" ...>``
 
 ``PasswordInput``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.txt b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
index 29ecad3e9f..03341e586b 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Minor features
 * Added :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.earliest` for symmetry with
   :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.latest`.
 
+* The default widgets for :class:`~django.forms.EmailField` use
+  the new type attribute available in HTML5 (type='email').
+
 Backwards incompatible changes in 1.6
 =====================================
 
@@ -39,6 +42,10 @@ Backwards incompatible changes in 1.6
   :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.none` has been called:
   ``isinstance(qs.none(), EmptyQuerySet)``
 
+* If your CSS/Javascript code used to access HTML input widgets by type, you
+  should review it as ``type='text'`` widgets might be now output as
+  ``type='email'`` depending on their corresponding field type.
+
 .. warning::
 
     In addition to the changes outlined in this section, be sure to review the
diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/index.txt b/docs/topics/forms/index.txt
index a3c17e1555..78f51f3fcc 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/index.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/index.txt
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ wrapped in a paragraph. Here's the output for our example template::
    <p><label for="id_message">Message:</label>
        <input type="text" name="message" id="id_message" /></p>
    <p><label for="id_sender">Sender:</label>
-       <input type="text" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></p>
+       <input type="email" name="sender" id="id_sender" /></p>
    <p><label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label>
        <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" /></p>
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/extra.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/extra.py
index 762b774a93..b5f36dc981 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/extra.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/extra.py
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ class FormsExtraTestCase(TestCase, AssertFormErrorsMixin):
         f = CommentForm(data, auto_id=False, error_class=DivErrorList)
         self.assertHTMLEqual(f.as_p(), """<p>Name: <input type="text" name="name" maxlength="50" /></p>
 <div class="errorlist"><div class="error">Enter a valid email address.</div></div>
-<p>Email: <input type="text" name="email" value="invalid" /></p>
+<p>Email: <input type="email" name="email" value="invalid" /></p>
 <div class="errorlist"><div class="error">This field is required.</div></div>
 <p>Comment: <input type="text" name="comment" /></p>""")
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/fields.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/fields.py
index c533370b68..aa03377d44 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/fields.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/fields.py
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ def fix_os_paths(x):
 
 class FieldsTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
+    def assertWidgetRendersTo(self, field, to):
+        class _Form(Form):
+            f = field
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(str(_Form()['f']), to)
+
     def test_field_sets_widget_is_required(self):
         self.assertTrue(Field(required=True).widget.is_required)
         self.assertFalse(Field(required=False).widget.is_required)
@@ -545,6 +550,7 @@ class FieldsTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_emailfield_1(self):
         f = EmailField()
+        self.assertWidgetRendersTo(f, '<input type="email" name="f" id="id_f" />')
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ValidationError, "'This field is required.'", f.clean, '')
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ValidationError, "'This field is required.'", f.clean, None)
         self.assertEqual('person@example.com', f.clean('person@example.com'))
@@ -569,6 +575,7 @@ class FieldsTests(SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_emailfield_min_max_length(self):
         f = EmailField(min_length=10, max_length=15)
+        self.assertWidgetRendersTo(f, '<input id="id_f" type="email" name="f" maxlength="15" />')
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ValidationError, "'Ensure this value has at least 10 characters (it has 9).'", f.clean, 'a@foo.com')
         self.assertEqual('alf@foo.com', f.clean('alf@foo.com'))
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ValidationError, "'Ensure this value has at most 15 characters (it has 20).'", f.clean, 'alf123456788@foo.com')
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
index ade06845f8..f2fa78e229 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ class FormsTestCase(TestCase):
             get_spam = BooleanField()
 
         f = SignupForm(auto_id=False)
-        self.assertHTMLEqual(str(f['email']), '<input type="text" name="email" />')
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(str(f['email']), '<input type="email" name="email" />')
         self.assertHTMLEqual(str(f['get_spam']), '<input type="checkbox" name="get_spam" />')
 
         f = SignupForm({'email': 'test@example.com', 'get_spam': True}, auto_id=False)
-        self.assertHTMLEqual(str(f['email']), '<input type="text" name="email" value="test@example.com" />')
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(str(f['email']), '<input type="email" name="email" value="test@example.com" />')
         self.assertHTMLEqual(str(f['get_spam']), '<input checked="checked" type="checkbox" name="get_spam" />')
 
         # 'True' or 'true' should be rendered without a value attribute
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ class FormsTestCase(TestCase):
 <option value="2">Yes</option>
 <option value="3">No</option>
 </select></li>
-<li><label for="id_email">Email:</label> <input type="text" name="email" id="id_email" /></li>
+<li><label for="id_email">Email:</label> <input type="email" name="email" id="id_email" /></li>
 <li class="required error"><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul><label for="id_age">Age:</label> <input type="text" name="age" id="id_age" /></li>""")
 
         self.assertHTMLEqual(p.as_p(), """<ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ class FormsTestCase(TestCase):
 <option value="2">Yes</option>
 <option value="3">No</option>
 </select></p>
-<p><label for="id_email">Email:</label> <input type="text" name="email" id="id_email" /></p>
+<p><label for="id_email">Email:</label> <input type="email" name="email" id="id_email" /></p>
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
 <p class="required error"><label for="id_age">Age:</label> <input type="text" name="age" id="id_age" /></p>""")
 
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ class FormsTestCase(TestCase):
 <option value="2">Yes</option>
 <option value="3">No</option>
 </select></td></tr>
-<tr><th><label for="id_email">Email:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="email" id="id_email" /></td></tr>
+<tr><th><label for="id_email">Email:</label></th><td><input type="email" name="email" id="id_email" /></td></tr>
 <tr class="required error"><th><label for="id_age">Age:</label></th><td><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul><input type="text" name="age" id="id_age" /></td></tr>""")
 
     def test_label_split_datetime_not_displayed(self):