diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/preferences-username.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/preferences-username.hbs
index 977933ba97..c16dfddb89 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/preferences-username.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/preferences-username.hbs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <div class="control-group">
-      <label class="control-label">{{i18n "user.username.title"}}</label>
+      <label for="change_username" class="control-label">{{i18n "user.username.title"}}</label>
       <div class="controls">
         {{text-field value=newUsername id="change_username" classNames="input-xxlarge" maxlength=maxLength autofocus="autofocus" insert-newline="changeUsername"}}
       </div>