diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0ac3886..0229e29 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ before_script:
   - php ~/travis-support/travis_setup.php --source `pwd` --target ~/builds/ss
   - cd ~/builds/ss
   - composer install
+  - composer require silverstripe/userforms
 
 script:
   - vendor/bin/phpunit spamprotection/tests
diff --git a/code/EditableSpamProtectionField.php b/code/EditableSpamProtectionField.php
index 131de2a..6d9f64c 100644
--- a/code/EditableSpamProtectionField.php
+++ b/code/EditableSpamProtectionField.php
@@ -24,8 +24,17 @@ if (class_exists('EditableFormField')) {
             'EditableNumericField'
         );
 
+        /**
+         * @var FormField
+         */
+        protected $formField = null;
+
         public function getFormField()
         {
+            if ($this->formField) {
+                return $this->formField;
+            }
+
             // Get protector
             $protector = FormSpamProtectionExtension::get_protector();
             if (!$protector) {
@@ -45,6 +54,17 @@ if (class_exists('EditableFormField')) {
             return $protector->getFormField($this->Name, $this->Title, null);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * @param FormField $field
+         * @return self
+         */
+        public function setFormField(FormField $field)
+        {
+            $this->formField = $field;
+
+            return $this;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Gets the list of all candidate spam detectable fields on this field's form
          *
@@ -110,11 +130,46 @@ if (class_exists('EditableFormField')) {
             return $fields;
         }
 
-        public function validateField($data, $form)
+        /**
+         * Using custom validateField method
+         * as Spam Protection Field implementations may have their own error messages
+         * and may not be based on the field being required, e.g. Honeypot Field
+         * 
+         * @param array $data
+         * @param Form $form
+         * @return void
+         */
+        public function validateField($data, $form) 
         {
             $formField = $this->getFormField();
-            if (!$formField->validate($form->getValidator())) {
-                $form->addErrorMessage($this->Name, $this->getErrorMessage()->HTML(), 'error', false);
+            
+            if (isset($data[$this->Name])) {
+                $formField->setValue($data[$this->Name]);
+            }
+
+            $validator = $form->getValidator();
+            if (!$formField->validate($validator)) {
+                $errors = $validator->getErrors();
+                $foundError = false;
+
+                // field validate implementation may not add error to validator
+                if (count($errors) > 0) {
+                    // check if error already added from fields' validate method
+                    foreach ($errors as $error) {
+                        if ($error['fieldName'] == $this->Name) {
+                            $foundError = $error;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if ($foundError !== false) {
+                    // use error messaging already set from validate method
+                    $form->addErrorMessage($this->Name, $foundError['message'], $foundError['messageType'], false);
+                } else {
+                    // fallback to custom message set in CMS or default message if none set
+                    $form->addErrorMessage($this->Name, $this->getErrorMessage()->HTML(), 'error', false);
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest.php b/tests/EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb227ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+<?php
+
+class EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest extends SapphireTest 
+{
+    
+    protected $usesDatabase = true;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        Config::inst()->update(
+            'FormSpamProtectionExtension', 'default_spam_protector',
+            'EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest_Protector'
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testValidateFieldDoesntAddErrorOnSuccess()
+    {
+        if (!class_exists('EditableSpamProtectionField')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('"userforms" module not installed');
+        }
+
+        $formMock = $this->getFormMock();
+        $formFieldMock = $this->getEditableFormFieldMock();
+
+        $formFieldMock
+            ->getFormField() // mock
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('validate')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(true));
+
+        $formMock
+            ->expects($this->never())
+            ->method('addErrorMessage');
+
+        $formFieldMock->validateField(array('MyField' => null), $formMock);
+    }
+
+    public function testValidateFieldAddsErrorFromField()
+    {
+        if (!class_exists('EditableSpamProtectionField')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('"userforms" module not installed');
+        }
+
+        $formMock = $this->getFormMock();
+        $formFieldMock = $this->getEditableFormFieldMock();
+
+        $formFieldMock
+            ->getFormField() // mock
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('validate')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(false));
+
+        $formMock->getValidator()->validationError('MyField', 'some field message', 'required');
+
+        $formMock
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('addErrorMessage')
+            ->with($this->anything(), $this->stringContains('some field message'), $this->anything(), $this->anything());;
+
+        $formFieldMock->validateField(array('MyField' => null), $formMock);
+    }
+
+    public function testValidateFieldAddsDefaultError()
+    {
+        if (!class_exists('EditableSpamProtectionField')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('"userforms" module not installed');
+        }
+
+        $formMock = $this->getFormMock();
+        $formFieldMock = $this->getEditableFormFieldMock();
+
+        $formFieldMock
+            ->getFormField() // mock
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('validate')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(false));
+
+        // field doesn't set any validation errors here
+
+        $formMock
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('addErrorMessage')
+            ->with($this->anything(), $this->stringContains('default error message'), $this->anything(), $this->anything());
+
+        $formFieldMock->validateField(array('MyField' => null), $formMock);
+    }
+
+    protected function getFormMock()
+    {
+        $formMock = $this->getMockBuilder('Form', array('addErrorMessage'))
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+        $formMock
+            ->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getValidator')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(new RequiredFields()));
+
+        return $formMock;
+    }
+
+    protected function getEditableFormFieldMock()
+    {
+        $page = new UserDefinedForm();
+        $page->write();
+
+        $formFieldMock = $this->getMockBuilder('TextField')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $editableFormFieldMock = new EditableSpamProtectionField(array(
+            'ParentID' => $page->ID,
+            'Name' => 'MyField',
+            'CustomErrorMessage' => 'default error message'
+        ));
+        $editableFormFieldMock->write();
+        $editableFormFieldMock->setFormField($formFieldMock);
+
+        return $editableFormFieldMock;
+    }
+
+}
+
+class EditableSpamProtectionFieldTest_Protector implements SpamProtector, TestOnly
+{
+    public function getFormField($name = null, $title = null, $value = null)
+    {
+        return new TextField($name, 'Foo', $value);
+    }
+
+    public function setFieldMapping($fieldMapping)
+    {
+    }
+}