diff --git a/powerdnsadmin/routes/index.py b/powerdnsadmin/routes/index.py
index 72305a6..79768c7 100644
--- a/powerdnsadmin/routes/index.py
+++ b/powerdnsadmin/routes/index.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import traceback
 import datetime
 import ipaddress
 import base64
+import string
+from zxcvbn import zxcvbn
 from distutils.util import strtobool
 from yaml import Loader, load
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template, make_response, url_for, current_app, g, session, request, redirect, abort
@@ -649,6 +651,92 @@ def logout():
     return redirect(redirect_uri)
 
 
+def password_policy_check(user, password):
+
+    def check_policy(chars, user_password, setting):
+        lenreq = int(Setting().get(setting))
+        test_string = user_password
+        for c in chars:
+            test_string = test_string.replace(c, '')
+        return (lenreq, len(user_password) - len(test_string))
+
+    def matches_policy(item, policy_fails):
+        return "*" if item in policy_fails else ""
+
+    policy = []
+    policy_fails = {}
+
+    # If either policy is enabled check basics first ... this is obvious!
+    if Setting().get('pwd_enforce_characters') or Setting().get('pwd_enforce_complexity'):
+        # Cannot contain username
+        if user.username in password:
+            policy_fails["username"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('username', policy_fails)}cannot contain username")
+
+        # Cannot contain password
+        if user.firstname in password:
+            policy_fails["firstname"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('firstname', policy_fails)}cannot contain firstname")
+
+        # Cannot contain lastname
+        if user.lastname in password:
+            policy_fails["lastname"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('lastname', policy_fails)}cannot contain lastname")
+
+        # Cannot contain email
+        if user.email in password:
+            policy_fails["email"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('email', policy_fails)}cannot contain email")
+
+    # Check if we're enforcing character requirements
+    if Setting().get('pwd_enforce_characters'):
+        # Length
+        pwd_min_len_setting = int(Setting().get('pwd_min_len'))
+        pwd_len = len(password)
+        if pwd_len < pwd_min_len_setting:
+            policy_fails["length"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('length', policy_fails)}length={pwd_len}/{pwd_min_len_setting}")
+        # Digits
+        (pwd_min_digits_setting, pwd_digits) = check_policy(string.digits, password, 'pwd_min_digits')
+        if pwd_digits < pwd_min_digits_setting:
+            policy_fails["digits"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('digits', policy_fails)}digits={pwd_digits}/{pwd_min_digits_setting}")
+        # Lowercase
+        (pwd_min_lowercase_setting, pwd_lowercase) = check_policy(string.digits, password, 'pwd_min_lowercase')
+        if pwd_lowercase < pwd_min_lowercase_setting:
+            policy_fails["lowercase"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('lowercase', policy_fails)}lowercase={pwd_lowercase}/{pwd_min_lowercase_setting}")
+        # Uppercase
+        (pwd_min_uppercase_setting, pwd_uppercase) = check_policy(string.digits, password, 'pwd_min_uppercase')
+        if pwd_uppercase < pwd_min_uppercase_setting:
+            policy_fails["uppercase"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('uppercase', policy_fails)}uppercase={pwd_uppercase}/{pwd_min_uppercase_setting}")
+        # Special
+        (pwd_min_special_setting, pwd_special) = check_policy(string.digits, password, 'pwd_min_special')
+        if pwd_special < pwd_min_special_setting:
+            policy_fails["special"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('special', policy_fails)}special={pwd_special}/{pwd_min_special_setting}")
+
+    if Setting().get('pwd_enforce_complexity'):
+        # Complexity checking
+        zxcvbn_inputs = []
+        for input in (user.firstname, user.lastname, user.username, user.email):
+            if len(input):
+                zxcvbn_inputs.append(input)
+
+        result = zxcvbn(password, user_inputs=zxcvbn_inputs)
+        pwd_min_complexity_setting = int(Setting().get('pwd_min_complexity'))
+        pwd_complexity = result['guesses_log10']
+        if pwd_complexity < pwd_min_complexity_setting:
+            policy_fails["complexity"] = True
+        policy.append(f"{matches_policy('complexity', policy_fails)}complexity={pwd_complexity:.0f}/{pwd_min_complexity_setting}")
+
+    policy_str = {"password": f"Fails policy: {', '.join(policy)}. Items prefixed with '*' failed."}
+
+    # NK: the first item in the tuple indicates a PASS, so, we check for any True's and negate that
+    return (not any(policy_fails.values()), policy_str)
+
+
 @index_bp.route('/register', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def register():
   CAPTCHA_ENABLE = current_app.config.get('CAPTCHA_ENABLE')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 83d1011..b8256b2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ webcolors==1.12
 werkzeug==2.1.2
 zipp==3.11.0
 rcssmin==1.1.1
+zxcvbn==4.4.28
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