diff --git a/src/@episerver/forms-sdk/src/form-validator/formValidator.ts b/src/@episerver/forms-sdk/src/form-validator/formValidator.ts
index 002130b..64c6f0f 100644
--- a/src/@episerver/forms-sdk/src/form-validator/formValidator.ts
+++ b/src/@episerver/forms-sdk/src/form-validator/formValidator.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ export class FormValidator {
      * @returns True or false
      */
     validateRequired(value: any): boolean{
-        if (isNullOrEmpty(value)
+        if (isNull(value)
+                //for text, textarea
+                || (typeof value === "string" && isNullOrEmpty(value.trim()))
                 // for FileUpload element
                 || (value instanceof Array && value.length === 0)) {
                 return false;