diff --git a/contact/tasks.py b/contact/tasks.py
index 60dd55cf..76253980 100644
--- a/contact/tasks.py
+++ b/contact/tasks.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 @shared_task
-def send_contact_form_inquiry(email, name, content, source, organization=None):
+def send_contact_form_inquiry(email, name, content, source, organization=None, g_recaptcha_response=None):
     context = {
         "email": email,
         "name": name,
diff --git a/contact/views.py b/contact/views.py
index c6d9228b..995f9c0f 100644
--- a/contact/views.py
+++ b/contact/views.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from django import http
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from .tasks import send_contact_form_inquiry
 
+import requests
 
 # Serializers define the API representation.
 class ContactSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ class ContactSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     content = serializers.CharField()
     source = serializers.CharField(max_length=255)
     organization = serializers.CharField(max_length=255, required=False)
+    organization = serializers.CharField(max_length=255, required=False)
+    g_recaptcha_response = serializers.CharField(max_length=2048, required=False)
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
         return validated_data
@@ -26,6 +30,20 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         serializer = ContactSerializer(data=request.data, context={'request': request})
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
         # call async task to send email
+
+        recaptcha_response = serializer.data.get('g_recaptcha_response')
+        print(recaptcha_response)
+        data = {
+            'secret': settings.RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY,
+            'response': recaptcha_response
+        }
+        r = requests.post('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify', data=data)
+        captcha_result = r.json()
+        if not captcha_result.get('success'):
+            # TODO track metric somewhere?
+            print(captcha_result)
+            return Response({"status": "error", "errors": '1011010010010010111'})
+
         send_contact_form_inquiry.delay(**serializer.data)
 
         if request.GET.get('next') and not request.headers.get('Content-Type') == 'application/json':