diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/Cert.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/Cert.xml
index 57e8b12c8..db1634bb5 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/Cert.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Trust/Cert.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
             <country type="CountryField" volatile="true">
                 <Mask>/^[^\x00-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\n]*$/</Mask>
                 <Default>NL</Default>
+                <required>Y</required>
             </country>
             <email type="EmailField"/>
             <commonname type="TextField" volatile="true">