UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                     PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


             Massachusetts                            (See Below)
(State of Incorporation or Organization)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)




855 West Prairie Avenue, Wheaton, Illinois                  60187
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

        Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:





Title of Each Class                                 Name of Each Exchange on Which        I.R.S. Employer
to be so Registered:                                Each Class is to be so Registered:    Identification No.:
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Shares of beneficial interest,
par value $0.01 per share, of
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio             New York Stock Exchange               74-3154348



If this form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section  12(b)  of  the  Exchange  Act  and is  effective  pursuant  to  General
Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. [X]

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. [ ]

Securities  Act  registration  statement file number to which this form relates:
333-102228; 811-21265.

        Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                      NONE





Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

A  description  of the  shares  of  beneficial  interest,  $.01  par  value,  of
PowerShares   FTSE  RAFI  US  1000  Portfolio,   a  series  of  the  PowerShares
Exchange-Traded  Fund Trust (the  "Trust"),  to be  registered  hereunder is set
forth in Post-Effective  Amendment No. 61 to the Trust's Registration  Statement
on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos.  333-102228;  811-21265) filed on December 2,
2005,  which  description is incorporated  herein by reference as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 2.  Exhibits

1. The Trust's Amended and Restated  Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit
(a)(1) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Trust's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A (File Nos.  333-102228;  811-21265),  as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 16, 2003.

2. The Trust's By-Laws is included as Exhibit (b) to Pre-Effective Amendment No.
2 to the  Trust's  Registration  Statement  on Form N-1A (File Nos.  333-102228;
811-21265),  as filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on April 16,
2003.

3. A form of specimen  certificate  of  beneficial  interest,  $.01 par value is
included  as Exhibit  (d)(1) to  Pre-Effective  Amendment  No. 2 to the  Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-102228;  811-21265), as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2003.







                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


                                          POWERSHARES EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST

Date:  December 14, 2005                  By: /s/ H. Bruce Bond
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                                              H. Bruce Bond
                                              Chief Executive Officer