diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/form/checkableelement.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/form/checkableelement.test.php
index a0e4173e860b470efaae56885875c4fb9003c6a7..e1491f6ece59c30fb2f74ea0ed52ab260d646f8a 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/form/checkableelement.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/form/checkableelement.test.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class form_checkableelement_test extends DokuWikiTest {
         $this->assertEquals('second', pq($inputs->elements[1])->val());
         $this->assertEquals('checked', pq($inputs->elements[0])->attr('checked'));
         $this->assertEquals('', pq($inputs->elements[1])->attr('checked'));
+        $this->assertEquals('radio', pq($inputs->elements[0])->attr('type'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ class form_checkableelement_test extends DokuWikiTest {
         $this->assertEquals('second', pq($inputs->elements[1])->val());
         $this->assertEquals('', pq($inputs->elements[0])->attr('checked'));
         $this->assertEquals('checked', pq($inputs->elements[1])->attr('checked'));
+        $this->assertEquals('radio', pq($inputs->elements[0])->attr('type'));
     }
 }
diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/form/inputelement.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/form/inputelement.test.php
index 7a5e6d2ea944f349c702bc1907008972c99e0d31..3257d2a892a0ef700e6eec138c15633f12c01aa4 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/form/inputelement.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/form/inputelement.test.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class form_inputelement_test extends DokuWikiTest {
         $input = $pq->find('input[name=foo]');
         $this->assertTrue($input->length == 1);
         $this->assertEquals('this is text', $input->val());
+        $this->assertEquals('text', $input->attr('type'));
 
         $label = $pq->find('label');
         $this->assertTrue($label->length == 1);
@@ -38,4 +39,20 @@ class form_inputelement_test extends DokuWikiTest {
         $this->assertEquals('a new text', $input->val());
     }
 
+    function test_password() {
+        $form = new Form\Form();
+        $form->addPasswordInput('foo', 'label text')->val('this is text');
+
+        $html = $form->toHTML();
+        $pq = phpQuery::newDocumentXHTML($html);
+
+        $input = $pq->find('input[name=foo]');
+        $this->assertTrue($input->length == 1);
+        $this->assertEquals('this is text', $input->val());
+        $this->assertEquals('password', $input->attr('type'));
+
+        $label = $pq->find('label');
+        $this->assertTrue($label->length == 1);
+        $this->assertEquals('label text', $label->find('span')->text());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/inc/Form/InputElement.php b/inc/Form/InputElement.php
index 5908f7d11821a586316fe62b09ea94a677fc6926..693eeffc533197a087dc13c2042478fdb0fcb6cb 100644
--- a/inc/Form/InputElement.php
+++ b/inc/Form/InputElement.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class InputElement extends Element {
     public function __construct($type, $name, $label = '') {
         parent::__construct($type, array('name' => $name));
         $this->attr('name', $name);
+        $this->attr('type', $type);
         if($label) $this->label = new Label($label);
     }