diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/views/ir_ui_view_views.xml b/odoo/addons/base/views/ir_ui_view_views.xml
index d100abf3584..57272c67db2 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/views/ir_ui_view_views.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/views/ir_ui_view_views.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                         <page string="Architecture" name="architecture">
                             <button type="object" name="open_translations"
                                 string="Edit Translations" class="oe_link oe_right"/>
-                            <field name="arch_base" string="View Architecture" widget="ace" options="{'mode': 'xml'}"/>
+                            <field name="arch_base" string="View Architecture" widget="ace" options="{'mode': 'xml'}" required="1"/>
                         </page>
                         <page string="Access Rights" name="access_rights">
                             <field name="groups_id"/>