diff --git a/src/buttons/checkbox.spec.ts b/src/buttons/checkbox.spec.ts
index 7fc49958bf..5f3378258e 100644
--- a/src/buttons/checkbox.spec.ts
+++ b/src/buttons/checkbox.spec.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,22 @@ describe('NgbCheckBox', () => {
        }));
   });
 
+  describe('auto attributes', () => {
+
+    it('should not have autocomplete attribute set to off', () => {
+      const fixture = createTestComponent(`
+        <label ngbButtonLabel>
+          <input type="checkbox" ngbButton>
+        </label>
+      `);
+
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const input = fixture.debugElement.nativeElement.querySelector('input');
+      expect(input.getAttribute('autocomplete')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+  });
+
 });
 
 @Component({selector: 'test-cmp', template: ''})
diff --git a/src/buttons/checkbox.ts b/src/buttons/checkbox.ts
index 227ef98b9b..4e40e108bb 100644
--- a/src/buttons/checkbox.ts
+++ b/src/buttons/checkbox.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ const NGB_CHECKBOX_VALUE_ACCESSOR = {
 @Directive({
   selector: '[ngbButton][type=checkbox]',
   host: {
-    'autocomplete': 'off',
     '[checked]': 'checked',
     '[disabled]': 'disabled',
     '(change)': 'onInputChange($event)',