diff --git a/lib/htaccess b/lib/htaccess
index fd5b576dbe0..223396c5f9c 100644
--- a/lib/htaccess
+++ b/lib/htaccess
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
 ### Thirdly, set up some PHP variables that Moodle needs
 
 php_flag magic_quotes_gpc        1
-php_flag magic_quotes_runtime    0   
+php_flag magic_quotes_runtime    0
+php_flag register_globals        0
 php_flag file_uploads            1
 php_flag short_open_tag          1
 php_flag session.auto_start      0