diff --git a/tailbone_corepos/views/people.py b/tailbone_corepos/views/people.py
index de6c9d0..6108c1a 100644
--- a/tailbone_corepos/views/people.py
+++ b/tailbone_corepos/views/people.py
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ class PersonView(base.PeopleView):
         model = self.rattail_config.get_model()
         g.set_filter('corepos_customer_id', model.CorePerson.corepos_customer_id)
 
+    def configure_form(self, f):
+        super(PersonView, self).configure_form(f)
+
+        # corepos_customer_id
+        if self.creating:
+            f.remove('corepos_customer_id')
+        elif self.editing:
+            f.set_required('corepos_customer_id', False)
+
     def get_version_child_classes(self):
         model = self.rattail_config.get_model()
         return super(PersonView, self).get_version_child_classes() + [