diff --git a/accounts/forms.py b/accounts/forms.py
index f9ed733d..f458a03a 100644
--- a/accounts/forms.py
+++ b/accounts/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from appsettings.settings import app_settings
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
+from django.core.validators import MaxLengthValidator
 from django.forms import EmailField, Form, ModelForm, ValidationError
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -74,3 +76,18 @@ class UserSSHKeyForm(ModelForm):
 
 class EmailOTPForm(Form):
     email = EmailField(label=_("Email"))
+
+
+class BoundedUsernameMixin:
+    """Django's login form gives the username its max_length after the field
+    is built, so a longer one is not refused and reaches authentication;
+    django-axes then cannot store it (PostgreSQL refuses it: 500)."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        username = self.fields["username"]
+        username.validators.append(MaxLengthValidator(username.max_length))
+
+
+class LoginForm(BoundedUsernameMixin, AuthenticationForm):
+    pass
diff --git a/accounts/otp.py b/accounts/otp.py
index 34ae3f35..fc95da79 100644
--- a/accounts/otp.py
+++ b/accounts/otp.py
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django_otp.forms import OTPAuthenticationForm
 from django_otp.plugins.otp_totp.models import TOTPDevice
 
+from accounts.forms import BoundedUsernameMixin
 
-class SingleDeviceOTPForm(OTPAuthenticationForm):
+
+class SingleDeviceOTPForm(BoundedUsernameMixin, OTPAuthenticationForm):
     def _confirmed_totp(self, user, for_verify=False):
         """The user's oldest confirmed TOTP device, or None. With for_verify
         the row is locked (select_for_update) so the token's replay and
diff --git a/accounts/tests/test_otp_login.py b/accounts/tests/test_otp_login.py
index 7ec48bf9..540c5f59 100644
--- a/accounts/tests/test_otp_login.py
+++ b/accounts/tests/test_otp_login.py
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ class OTPLoginHTTPTestCase(TestCase):
         self._post(otp_token=token_for(device))
         self.assertEqual(self.messages(), ["Login"])
 
+    def test_an_oversized_username_is_refused_by_the_form(self):
+        response = self._post(username="x" * 300, otp_token="")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIn("username", response.context["form"].errors)
+        self.assertEqual(self.messages(), [])
+
     def test_a_signed_in_user_is_sent_on_from_the_login_page(self):
         from django.urls import reverse
         self.client.force_login(self.user)
diff --git a/accounts/urls.py b/accounts/urls.py
index 55024737..59d04163 100644
--- a/accounts/urls.py
+++ b/accounts/urls.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.views import LoginView, LogoutView
 from django.urls import path
 
 from . import views
+from .forms import LoginForm
 from .otp import SingleDeviceOTPForm
 
 app_name = "accounts"
@@ -51,5 +52,6 @@ if settings.OTP_ENABLED:
     ]
 else:
     urlpatterns += (
-        path("login/", LoginView.as_view(template_name="login.html", redirect_authenticated_user=True), name="login"),
+        path("login/", LoginView.as_view(template_name="login.html", authentication_form=LoginForm,
+                                           redirect_authenticated_user=True), name="login"),
     )
diff --git a/logs/tests/test_login_rows.py b/logs/tests/test_login_rows.py
index 7958c387..91c9c8df 100644
--- a/logs/tests/test_login_rows.py
+++ b/logs/tests/test_login_rows.py
@@ -58,9 +58,13 @@ class LoginRowInputTests(TestCase):
     def login(self, username):
         return self.client.post(reverse("accounts:login"), {"username": username, "password": "wrong"})
 
-    def test_an_oversized_username_is_cut_to_the_field(self):
-        self.assertEqual(self.login("x" * 300).status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(rows(), [("x" * 150, "-", "Login failed", False, "127.0.0.1")])
+    def test_an_oversized_username_is_refused_by_the_form(self):
+        # longer than the username field: no login attempt, so nothing for
+        # django-axes to store (its 255-character column refused it on PostgreSQL)
+        response = self.login("x" * 300)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIn("username", response.context["form"].errors)
+        self.assertFalse(Logs.objects.exists())
 
     def test_a_crlf_username_stays_in_its_row(self):
         forged = "bob\r\nadmin - Login"