diff --git a/app/templates/application.hbs b/app/templates/application.hbs
index a318801c9db..75f68707b10 100644
--- a/app/templates/application.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/application.hbs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
                 placeholder="Search"
                 value=search
                 autofocus="autofocus"
-                tabindex="1"}}
+                tabindex="1"
+                required=true}}
     </form>
 
     <div class='nav'>
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@
             placeholder="Search"
             value=search
             autocorrect="off"
-            tabindex="1"}}
+            tabindex="1"
+            required=true}}
 </form>
 
 <div id="main" class='inner-content'>
diff --git a/app/templates/catch-all.hbs b/app/templates/catch-all.hbs
index 355d99ad9bb..e86dc64dd16 100644
--- a/app/templates/catch-all.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/catch-all.hbs
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
     {{input type="text" class="search"
             placeholder="Search"
             value=search
-            enter="search"}}
+            enter="search"
+            required=true}}
 </p>