diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index ec37811fa..77d118312 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
   
   has_many :addresses
 
+  validates_presence_of :code, :name, :phone, :email, :ident
+
   validate :ident_must_be_valid 
   validates :phone, format: { with: /\+\d{3}\.\d+/, message: "bad format" }
 
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 76909cf82..8092cad4c 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@
 # available at http://guides.rubyonrails.org/i18n.html.
 
 en:
+  activerecord:
+    errors:
+      models:
+        contact:
+          attributes:
+            code:
+              blank: "Required parameter missing - code"
+            name:
+              blank: "Required parameter missing - name"
+            phone:
+              blank: "Required parameter missing - phone"
+            email:
+              blank: "Required parameter missing - email"
+            ident:
+              blank: "Required parameter missing - ident"
+
   errors:
     messages:
       epp_domain_reserved: 'Domain name is reserved or restricted'
diff --git a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
index a3136ce5e..f782e5ff7 100644
--- a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ describe Contact do
       @contact.ident = "123abc"
       expect(@contact.valid?).to be false
     end
+
+    it 'should return missing parameter error messages' do
+      @contact = Contact.new
+      expect(@contact.valid?).to eq false
+
+      expect(@contact.errors.messages).to match_array({
+         :code=>["Required parameter missing - code"],
+         :name=>["Required parameter missing - name"],
+         :phone=>["Required parameter missing - phone", "bad format"],
+         :email=>["Required parameter missing - email"],
+         :ident=>["Required parameter missing - ident"]
+      })
+    end
   end
 
   context 'with valid attributes' do