This code works fine: class UsuariosCadastrarForm extends SGCI_Form { function __construct($options = null) { parent::__construct($options); $this->setMethod('post') ->setAttrib('id', 'login'); $div = new Zend_Form_Element('div', array('disableLoadDefaultDecorators' => true)); $div->addPrefixPath('CBr_Form_Decorator', 'CBr/Form/Decorator/', 'decorator'); $div->addDecorator('Div', array('id' => 'dv')); $this->addElements( array ( $div, )); } }