diff --git a/app/templates/views/register.html b/app/templates/views/register.html
index bc7130c38..43d07bb14 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/register.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/register.html
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Create an account
       </div>
       <input class="visually-hidden" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" id="defeat-chrome-autocomplete">
       {{ textbox(form.password, hint="At least 8 characters", width='3-4') }}
+      {{form.auth_type}}
       {{ page_footer("Continue") }}
     </form>
   </div>
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_register.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_register.py
index ca83de216..ba5cc3b9e 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_register.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_register.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def test_render_register_returns_template_with_form(client):
     response = client.get('/register')
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
+    page = BeautifulSoup(response.data.decode('utf-8'), 'html.parser')
+    assert page.find('input', attrs={'name': 'auth_type'}).attrs['value'] == 'sms_auth'
     assert 'Create an account' in response.get_data(as_text=True)