diff --git a/app/owlca/forms.py b/app/owlca/forms.py
index cdf0708d0ab96588e52a471b57df5e7ea1215015..0b5759ca2c3fdf19aac3b441e3ad80658eb51305 100644
--- a/app/owlca/forms.py
+++ b/app/owlca/forms.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class CaCreateForm(forms.Form):
     )
     common_name = forms.CharField(
         max_length=128,
-        required=False,
+        required=True,
     )
 
     public = forms.BooleanField(required=False)