diff --git a/warehouse/templates/item/add.html b/warehouse/templates/item/add.html
index 2cc21cc0700241f10d11f21091542269c59d20ae..a29719e0dd0d1d8a29059dc4877646cc3e7371de 100644
--- a/warehouse/templates/item/add.html
+++ b/warehouse/templates/item/add.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {% block body %}
 <form method="POST" class="form">
 	<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ request.csrf_token }}">
-	<input name="name" placeholder="Name" class="form-control">
+	<input name="name" placeholder="Name" class="form-control" required>
 	<textarea name="description" placeholder="Description" class="form-control mt-2" rows=10></textarea>
 	<div class="form-check my-2">
 		<input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" name="print_label" value="1" id="printLabelCheckbox">
diff --git a/warehouse/templates/item/edit.html b/warehouse/templates/item/edit.html
index 15035a2aa7c460a230696fab76ceb140b0e65354..58af240f24e22c4c9d618e3fe7d34e1af2b0d042 100644
--- a/warehouse/templates/item/edit.html
+++ b/warehouse/templates/item/edit.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {% block body %}
 <form method="POST" class="form">
 	<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ request.csrf_token }}">
-	<input name="name" placeholder="Name" class="form-control" value="{{ item.name }}">
+	<input name="name" placeholder="Name" class="form-control" value="{{ item.name }}" required>
 	<textarea name="description" placeholder="Description" class="form-control mt-2" rows=10>{{ item.description }}</textarea>
 	<div class="mt-2 clearfix">
 		<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary float-end">Save</button>