diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index abd835e5e9..be516c105d 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -1872,6 +1872,18 @@ Cookie authentication options
         bypass regular expression by the suffix, while connecting to another
         server.
 
+.. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaMethod']
+
+    :type: string
+    :default: ``'invisible'``
+
+    Valid values are:
+
+    * ``'invisible'`` Use an invisible captcha checking method;
+    * ``'checkbox'`` Use a checkbox to confirm the user is not a robot.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 5.0.3
+
 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaLoginPublicKey']
 
     :type: string
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Auth/AuthenticationCookie.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Auth/AuthenticationCookie.php
index a4835819f2..2e57ca4e53 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Auth/AuthenticationCookie.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Auth/AuthenticationCookie.php
@@ -250,9 +250,15 @@ class AuthenticationCookie extends AuthenticationPlugin
         } else {
             echo '<script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?hl='
             , $GLOBALS['lang'] , '" async defer></script>';
-            echo '<input class="btn btn-primary g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="'
-            , htmlspecialchars($GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPublicKey']),'"'
-                . ' data-callback="Functions_recaptchaCallback" value="' , __('Go') , '" type="submit" id="input_go">';
+            if (isset($GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaMethod']) && $GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaMethod'] === 'checkbox') {
+                echo '<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="'
+                    . htmlspecialchars($GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPublicKey']) . '"></div>';
+                echo '<input class="btn btn-primary" value="' , __('Go') , '" type="submit" id="input_go">';
+            } else {
+                echo '<input class="btn btn-primary g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="'
+                , htmlspecialchars($GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPublicKey']),'"'
+                    . ' data-callback="Functions_recaptchaCallback" value="' , __('Go') , '" type="submit" id="input_go">';
+            }
         }
         $_form_params = [];
         if (! empty($GLOBALS['target'])) {
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index 50401d7afd..7eef0e0711 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -835,6 +835,13 @@ $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] = false;
  */
 $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] = '';
 
+/**
+ * To enable reCaptcha v2 checkbox mode if necessary
+ *
+ * @global string $cfg['CaptchaMethod']
+ */
+$cfg['CaptchaMethod'] = 'invisible';
+
 /**
  * if reCaptcha is enabled it needs public key to connect with the service
  *
diff --git a/test/classes/Plugins/Auth/AuthenticationCookieTest.php b/test/classes/Plugins/Auth/AuthenticationCookieTest.php
index 5291d44a1c..0af2e45cb1 100644
--- a/test/classes/Plugins/Auth/AuthenticationCookieTest.php
+++ b/test/classes/Plugins/Auth/AuthenticationCookieTest.php
@@ -351,6 +351,91 @@ class AuthenticationCookieTest extends PmaTestCase
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test for PhpMyAdmin\Plugins\Auth\AuthenticationConfig::showLoginForm
+     *
+     * @return void
+     * @group medium
+     */
+    public function testAuthCaptchaCheckbox()
+    {
+        $mockResponse = $this->mockResponse();
+
+        $mockResponse->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('isAjax')
+            ->with()
+            ->will($this->returnValue(false));
+
+        $mockResponse->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getFooter')
+            ->with()
+            ->will($this->returnValue(new Footer()));
+
+        $mockResponse->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getHeader')
+            ->with()
+            ->will($this->returnValue(new Header()));
+
+        $_REQUEST['old_usr'] = '';
+        $GLOBALS['cfg']['LoginCookieRecall'] = false;
+
+        $GLOBALS['pmaThemeImage'] = 'test';
+        $GLOBALS['cfg']['Lang'] = '';
+        $GLOBALS['cfg']['AllowArbitraryServer'] = false;
+        $GLOBALS['cfg']['Servers'] = [1];
+        $GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey'] = 'testprivkey';
+        $GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaLoginPublicKey'] = 'testpubkey';
+        $GLOBALS['cfg']['CaptchaMethod'] = 'checkbox';
+        $GLOBALS['server'] = 0;
+
+        $GLOBALS['error_handler'] = new ErrorHandler();
+
+        ob_start();
+        $this->object->showLoginForm();
+        $result = ob_get_clean();
+
+        // assertions
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('id="imLogo"', $result);
+
+        // Check for language selection if locales are there
+        $loc = LOCALE_PATH . '/cs/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo';
+        if (is_readable($loc)) {
+            $this->assertStringContainsString(
+                '<select name="lang" class="autosubmit" lang="en" dir="ltr" ' .
+                'id="sel-lang">',
+                $result
+            );
+        }
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(
+            '<form method="post" id="login_form" action="index.php" name="login_form" ' .
+            'autocomplete="off" class="disableAjax hide login js-show">',
+            $result
+        );
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(
+            '<input type="hidden" name="server" value="0">',
+            $result
+        );
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(
+            '<script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?hl=en"'
+            . ' async defer></script>',
+            $result
+        );
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(
+            '<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="testpubkey"></div>',
+            $result
+        );
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(
+            '<input class="btn btn-primary" value="Go" type="submit" id="input_go">',
+            $result
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test for PhpMyAdmin\Plugins\Auth\AuthenticationConfig::showLoginForm with headers
      *