diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 11d538f71..c6025156f 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
   # TODO: Foreign contact will get email with activation link/username/temp password
   # TODO: Phone number validation, in first phase very minimam in order to support current registries
-  # TODO: Validate presence of name
 
   include EppErrors
 
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :address, :disclosure
 
-  validates :phone, :email, :ident, :address, :registrar, presence: true
+  validates :name, :phone, :email, :ident, :address, :registrar, presence: true
 
   validate :ident_must_be_valid
 
diff --git a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
index dcba07cd1..2d39fe391 100644
--- a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe Contact do
       expect(@contact.valid?).to eq false
 
       expect(@contact.errors.messages).to match_array({
+         name: ['Required parameter missing - name'],
          phone: ['Required parameter missing - phone', 'Phone nr is invalid'],
          email: ['Required parameter missing - email', 'Email is invalid'],
          ident: ['Required parameter missing - ident'],