diff --git a/frappe/utils/password_strength.py b/frappe/utils/password_strength.py
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+++ b/frappe/utils/password_strength.py
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015, Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Contributors
+# MIT License. See license.txt
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from frappe import _
+import zxcvbn
+
+def test_password_strength(password, user_inputs=None):
+	'''Wrapper around zxcvbn.password_strength'''
+	result = zxcvbn.password_strength(password, user_inputs)
+	result['feedback'] = get_feedback(result['score'], result['match_sequence'])
+	return result
+
+# NOTE: code modified for frappe translations
+# -------------------------------------------
+# feedback functionality code from https://github.com/sans-serif/python-zxcvbn/blob/master/zxcvbn/feedback.py
+# see license for feedback code at https://github.com/sans-serif/python-zxcvbn/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
+
+# Used for regex matching capitalization
+import re
+# Used to get the regex patterns for capitalization
+# (Used the same way in the original zxcvbn)
+from zxcvbn import scoring
+
+# Default feedback value
+feedback = {
+	"warning": "",
+	"suggestions":[
+		_("Use a few words, avoid common phrases."),
+		_("No need for symbols, digits, or uppercase letters."),
+	],
+}
+
+def get_feedback (score, sequence):
+	"""
+	Returns the feedback dictionary consisting of ("warning","suggestions") for the given sequences.
+	"""
+	# Starting feedback
+	if len(sequence) == 0:
+		return feedback
+	# No feedback if score is good or great
+	if score > 2:
+		return dict({"warning": "","suggestions": []})
+	# Tie feedback to the longest match for longer sequences
+	longest_match = max(sequence, key=lambda x: len(x['token']))
+	# Get feedback for this match
+	feedback = get_match_feedback(longest_match, len(sequence) == 1)
+	# If no concrete feedback returned, give more general feedback
+	if not feedback:
+		feedback = {
+			"warning": "",
+			"suggestions":[
+				_("Add another word or two. Uncommon words are better.")
+			],
+		}
+	return feedback
+
+def get_match_feedback(match, is_sole_match):
+	"""
+	Returns feedback as a dictionary for a certain match
+	"""
+	# Define a number of functions that are used in a look up dictionary
+	def fun_bruteforce():
+		return None
+	def fun_dictionary():
+		# If the match is of type dictionary, call specific function
+		return get_dictionary_match_feedback(match, is_sole_match)
+	def fun_spatial():
+		if match["turns"] == 1:
+			feedback ={
+				"warning": _('Straight rows of keys are easy to guess.'),
+				"suggestions":[
+					 _("Use a longer keyboard pattern with more turns.")
+				],
+			}
+		else:
+			feedback ={
+				"warning": _('Short keyboard patterns are easy to guess.'),
+				"suggestions":[
+					 _("Use a longer keyboard pattern with more turns.")
+				],
+			}
+		return feedback
+	def fun_repeat():
+		if len(match["repeated_char"]) == 1:
+			feedback ={
+				"warning": _('Repeats like "aaa" are easy to guess.'),
+				"suggestions":[
+					_("Avoid repeated words and characters.")
+				],
+			}
+		else:
+			feedback ={
+					"warning": _('Repeats like "abcabcabc" are only slightly harder to guess than "abc"'),
+					"suggestions":[
+						_("Avoid repeated words and characters.")
+						],
+					}
+		return feedback
+	def fun_sequence():
+		return {
+			"warning": _("Sequences like abc or 6543 are easy to guess."),
+			"suggestions":[
+				_("Avoid sequences.")
+			],
+		}
+	def fun_regex():
+		if match["regex_name"] == "recent_year":
+			return {
+				"warning": _("Recent years are easy to guess."),
+				"suggestions":[
+					_("Avoid recent years."),
+					_("Avoid years that are associated with you.")
+				],
+			}
+	def fun_date():
+		return {
+			"warning": _("Dates are often easy to guess."),
+			"suggestions":[
+				_("Avoid dates and years that are associated with you.")
+			],
+		}
+	# Dictionary that maps pattern names to funtions that return feedback
+	patterns = {
+		"bruteforce": fun_bruteforce,
+		"dictionary": fun_dictionary,
+		"spatial": fun_spatial,
+		"repeat": fun_repeat,
+		"sequence": fun_sequence,
+		"regex": fun_regex,
+		"date": fun_date,
+	}
+	return(patterns[match['pattern']]())
+
+def get_dictionary_match_feedback(match, is_sole_match):
+	"""
+	Returns feedback for a match that is found in a dictionary
+	"""
+	warning = ""
+	suggestions = []
+	# If the match is a common password
+	if match["dictionary_name"] == "passwords":
+		if is_sole_match and not match["l33t_entropy"]:
+			if match["rank"] <= 10:
+				warning = _("This is a top-10 common password.")
+			elif match["rank"] <= 100:
+				warning = _("This is a top-100 common password.")
+			else:
+				warning = _("This is a very common password.")
+		else:
+			warning = _("This is similar to a commonly used password.")
+	# If the match is a common english word
+	elif match["dictionary_name"] == "english":
+		if is_sole_match:
+			warning = _("A word by itself is easy to guess.")
+	# If the match is a common surname/name
+	elif match["dictionary_name"] in ["surnames", "male_names", "female_names"]:
+		if is_sole_match:
+			warning = _("Names and surnames by themselves are easy to guess.")
+		else:
+			warning = _("Common names and surnames are easy to guess.")
+	word = match["token"]
+	# Variations of the match like UPPERCASES
+	if re.match(scoring.START_UPPER, word):
+		suggestions.append(_("Capitalization doesn't help very much."))
+	elif re.match(scoring.ALL_UPPER, word):
+		suggestions.append(_("All-uppercase is almost as easy to guess as all-lowercase."))
+	# Match contains l33t speak substitutions
+	if match["l33t_entropy"]:
+		suggestions.append(_("Predictable substitutions like '@' instead of 'a' don't help very much."))
+	return {"warning": warning, "suggestions": suggestions}
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 47155bcfcc..6a40605d48 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ beautifulsoup4
 rq
 schedule
 cryptography
+zxcvbn