diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
index 34e5da4b4d..f769652493 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ class AuthTestCase(ContentStoreTestCase):
         # Now login should work
         self.login(self.email, self.pw)
 
+    def test_login_link_on_activation_age(self):
+        self.create_account(self.username, self.email, self.pw)
+        # we want to test the rendering of the activation page when the user isn't logged in
+        self.client.logout()
+        resp = self._activate_user(self.email)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+        # check the the HTML has links to the right login page. Note that this is merely a content
+        # check and thus could be fragile should the wording change on this page
+        expected = 'You can now <a href="' + reverse('login') + '">login</a>.'
+        self.assertIn(expected, resp.content)
+
     def test_private_pages_auth(self):
         """Make sure pages that do require login work."""
         auth_pages = (
diff --git a/cms/templates/registration/activation_complete.html b/cms/templates/registration/activation_complete.html
index 8cc3dc8c56..a4d028ef5b 100644
--- a/cms/templates/registration/activation_complete.html
+++ b/cms/templates/registration/activation_complete.html
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 <%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
 
+%if not user_logged_in: 
+<%block name="bodyclass">
+  not-signedin 
+</%block>
+%endif
+
 <%block name="content">
 <section class="container activation">
 
@@ -18,7 +24,7 @@
       %if user_logged_in:
         Visit your <a href="/">dashboard</a> to see your courses.
       %else:
-        You can now <a href="#login-modal" rel="leanModal">login</a>.
+        You can now <a href="${reverse('login')}">login</a>.
       %endif
     </p>
   </section>