diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
index 2da411210..97723ce40 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
@@ -94,14 +94,17 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension
             new \Twig_simpleFunction('authorize', [$this, 'authorize']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('debug', [$this, 'dump'], ['needs_context' => true, 'needs_environment' => true]),
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('dump', [$this, 'dump'], ['needs_context' => true, 'needs_environment' => true]),
+            new \Twig_SimpleFunction('evaluate', [$this, 'evaluateFunc']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('gist', [$this, 'gistFunc']),
+            new \Twig_SimpleFunction('nonce_field', [$this, 'nonceFieldFunc']),
             new \Twig_simpleFunction('random_string', [$this, 'randomStringFunc']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('repeat', [$this, 'repeatFunc']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('string', [$this, 'stringFunc']),
             new \Twig_simpleFunction('t', [$this, 'translate']),
             new \Twig_simpleFunction('ta', [$this, 'translateArray']),
             new \Twig_SimpleFunction('url', [$this, 'urlFunc']),
-            new \Twig_SimpleFunction('evaluate', [$this, 'evaluateFunc']),
+
+
         ];
     }
 
@@ -595,4 +598,24 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension
 
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Used to add a nonce to a form. Call {{ nonce_field('action') }} specifying a string representing the action.
+     *
+     * For maximum protection, ensure that the string representing the action is as specific as possible.
+     *
+     * @todo evaluate if adding referrer or not
+     *
+     * @param string action         the action
+     * @param string nonceParamName a custom nonce param name
+     *
+     * @return string the nonce input field
+     */
+    public function nonceFieldFunc($action, $nonceParamName = 'nonce')
+    {
+        $string = '<input type="hidden" id="' . $nonceParamName . '" name="' . $nonceParamName . '" value="' . Utils::getNonce($action) .'" />';
+        // $string += '<input type="hidden" name="_grav_http_referer" value="/admin/pages/test-page" />';
+        return $string;
+
+    }
 }
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
index 0473d3938..cf9ec4793 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
@@ -572,4 +572,20 @@ class Uri
             return $normalized_url;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds the nonce to a URL for a specific action
+     *
+     * @param string $url the url
+     * @param string $action the action
+     * @param string $nonceParamName the param name to use
+     *
+     * @return string the url with the nonce
+     */
+    public static function addNonce($url, $action, $nonceParamName = 'nonce')
+    {
+        $nonce = Utils::getNonce($action);
+        $urlWithNonce = $url . '/' . $nonceParamName . self::getGrav()['config']->get('system.param_sep', ':') . $nonce;
+        return $urlWithNonce;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
index 8c55669a2..ae4479903 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
@@ -384,7 +384,101 @@ abstract class Utils
      *
      * @return boolean
      */
-    public static function isPositive($value) {
+    public static function isPositive($value)
+    {
         return in_array($value, [true, 1, '1', 'yes', 'on', 'true'], true);
     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Generates a nonce string to be hashed. Called by self::getNonce()
+     *
+     * @param string $action
+     * @param bool $plusOneTick if true, generates the token for the next tick (the next 12 hours)
+     *
+     * @return string the nonce string
+     */
+    private static function generateNonceString($action, $plusOneTick)
+    {
+        $user = self::getGrav()['user'];
+        $username = $user->username;
+
+        if ( ! $username ) {
+            $username = isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) ? $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : '';
+        }
+
+        $token = session_id();
+        $i = self::nonceTick();
+
+        if ($plusOneTick) {
+            $i++;
+        }
+
+        return ( $i . '|' . $action . '|' . $username . '|' . $token );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the time-dependent variable for nonce creation.
+     *
+     * @todo now a tick lasts a day. Once the day is passed, the nonce is not valid any more. Find a better way
+     *       to ensure nonces issued near the end of the day do not expire in that small amount of time
+     *
+     * @return int the time part of the nonce. Changes once every 24 hours
+     */
+    private static function nonceTick()
+    {
+        $secondsInHalfADay = 60 * 60 * 12;
+        return (int)ceil(time() / ( $secondsInHalfADay ));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get hash of given string. Uses BCrypt. The salt is taken from system.security.default_hash
+     *
+     * @param string $data string to hash
+     *
+     * @return string hashed value of $data, cut to 10 characters
+     */
+    private static function hash($data)
+    {
+        $hash = password_hash($data, PASSWORD_BCRYPT, ['salt' => self::getGrav()['config']->get('system.security.default_hash')]);
+        $hash = substr($hash, -12, 10);
+        return $hash;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a hashed nonce tied to the passed action. Tied to the current user and time. The nonce for a given
+     * action is the same for 12 hours.
+     *
+     * @param string $action the action the nonce is tied to (e.g. save-user-admin or move-page-homepage)
+     * @param bool $plusOneTick if true, generates the token for the next tick (the next 12 hours)
+     *
+     * @return string the nonce, a 10 characters string
+     */
+    public static function getNonce($action, $plusOneTick = false)
+    {
+        $nonce = self::hash(self::generateNonceString($action, $plusOneTick));
+        return $nonce;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify the passed nonce for the give action
+     *
+     * @param string $nonce the nonce to verify
+     * @param string $action the action to verify the nonce to
+     *
+     * @return boolean verified or not
+     */
+    public static function verifyNonce($nonce, $action)
+    {
+        if ($nonce == self::getNonce($action)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $plusOneTick = true;
+        if ($nonce == self::getNonce($action, $plusOneTick)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }