diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 456e73436..a54822c93 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Inform user when moving a page from one parent to another where there is an already existing page with the same slug (Casper Timmers)
  * Fix: User add/edit forms now support form widgets with JS/CSS media (Damian Grinwis)
  * Fix: Rich text processing now preserves non-breaking spaces instead of converting them to normal spaces (Wesley van Lee)
+ * Fix: Prevent autocomplete dropdowns from appearing over date choosers on Chrome (Kevin Howbrook)
 
 
 2.4 (19.12.2018)
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.5.rst b/docs/releases/2.5.rst
index fe40e469f..ec0c23426 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.5.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.5.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Bug fixes
  * Inform user when moving a page from one parent to another where there is an already existing page with the same slug (Casper Timmers)
  * User add/edit forms now support form widgets with JS/CSS media (Damian Grinwis)
  * Rich text processing now preserves non-breaking spaces instead of converting them to normal spaces (Wesley van Lee)
+ * Prevent autocomplete dropdowns from appearing over date choosers on Chrome (Kevin Howbrook)
 
 
 Upgrade considerations
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/tests/test_widgets.py b/wagtail/admin/tests/test_widgets.py
index a0d14a7ac..aca71d283 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/tests/test_widgets.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/tests/test_widgets.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class TestAdminDateInput(TestCase):
 
         html = widget.render('test', None, attrs={'id': 'test-id'})
 
-        self.assertInHTML('<input type="text" name="test" autocomplete="off" id="test-id" />', html)
+        self.assertInHTML('<input type="text" name="test" autocomplete="new-date" id="test-id" />', html)
 
         # we should see the JS initialiser code:
         # initDateChooser("test-id", {"dayOfWeekStart": 0, "format": "Y-m-d"});
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class TestAdminDateTimeInput(TestCase):
 
         html = widget.render('test', None, attrs={'id': 'test-id'})
 
-        self.assertInHTML('<input type="text" name="test" autocomplete="off" id="test-id" />', html)
+        self.assertInHTML('<input type="text" name="test" autocomplete="new-date-time" id="test-id" />', html)
 
         # we should see the JS initialiser code:
         # initDateTimeChooser("test-id", {"dayOfWeekStart": 0, "format": "Y-m-d H:i"});
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/widgets.py b/wagtail/admin/widgets.py
index 3b0b8acfa..794cae430 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/widgets.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/widgets.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class AdminDateInput(widgets.DateInput):
     template_name = 'wagtailadmin/widgets/date_input.html'
 
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, format=None):
-        default_attrs = {'autocomplete': 'off'}
+        default_attrs = {'autocomplete': 'new-date'}
         fmt = format
         if attrs:
             default_attrs.update(attrs)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class AdminTimeInput(widgets.TimeInput):
     template_name = 'wagtailadmin/widgets/time_input.html'
 
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, format='%H:%M'):
-        default_attrs = {'autocomplete': 'off'}
+        default_attrs = {'autocomplete': 'new-time'}
         if attrs:
             default_attrs.update(attrs)
         super().__init__(attrs=default_attrs, format=format)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class AdminDateTimeInput(widgets.DateTimeInput):
     template_name = 'wagtailadmin/widgets/datetime_input.html'
 
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, format=None):
-        default_attrs = {'autocomplete': 'off'}
+        default_attrs = {'autocomplete': 'new-date-time'}
         fmt = format
         if attrs:
             default_attrs.update(attrs)
diff --git a/wagtail/core/tests/test_blocks.py b/wagtail/core/tests/test_blocks.py
index 2dafc6086..a708d9065 100644
--- a/wagtail/core/tests/test_blocks.py
+++ b/wagtail/core/tests/test_blocks.py
@@ -2929,7 +2929,7 @@ class TestDateBlock(TestCase):
         self.assertIn('"format": "Y-m-d"', result)
 
         self.assertInHTML(
-            '<input id="dateblock" name="dateblock" placeholder="" type="text" value="2015-08-13" autocomplete="off" />',
+            '<input id="dateblock" name="dateblock" placeholder="" type="text" value="2015-08-13" autocomplete="new-date" />',
             result
         )
 
@@ -2942,7 +2942,7 @@ class TestDateBlock(TestCase):
         self.assertIn('"dayOfWeekStart": 0', result)
         self.assertIn('"format": "d.m.Y"', result)
         self.assertInHTML(
-            '<input id="dateblock" name="dateblock" placeholder="" type="text" value="13.08.2015" autocomplete="off" />',
+            '<input id="dateblock" name="dateblock" placeholder="" type="text" value="13.08.2015" autocomplete="new-date" />',
             result
         )
 
@@ -2958,7 +2958,7 @@ class TestDateTimeBlock(TestCase):
             result
         )
         self.assertInHTML(
-            '<input id="datetimeblock" name="datetimeblock" placeholder="" type="text" value="13.08.2015 10:00" autocomplete="off" />',
+            '<input id="datetimeblock" name="datetimeblock" placeholder="" type="text" value="13.08.2015 10:00" autocomplete="new-date-time" />',
             result
         )