diff --git a/www/index.php b/www/index.php
index 362b57df1d6560e46c0d7a3d2a259eb6917f855b..beb073bdc333ee4fc2d21d8047d4a86edbb9e132 100644
--- a/www/index.php
+++ b/www/index.php
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ $funcmatrix[] = array(
 	'enabled' => $password_ok
 );
 
+$funcmatrix[] = array(
+	'required' => 'required',
+	'descr' => 'Magic Quotes should be turned off',
+	'enabled' => (get_magic_quotes_runtime() === 0)
+);
+
+
 $t = new SimpleSAML_XHTML_Template($config, 'frontpage.php', 'frontpage');
 $t->data['isadmin'] = $isadmin;
 $t->data['loginurl'] = $loginurl;