diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.html
index 0379e071e0..36521d3c6b 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.html
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
     </div>
     <div *ngIf="hasForm()">
         <div class="mdl-card mdl-shadow--2dp activiti-form-container">
-            <div *ngIf="isTitleEnabled()" class="mdl-card__title">
-                <h2 class="mdl-card__title-text">{{form.taskName}}</h2>
+            <div class="mdl-card__title">
+                <i class="material-icons">{{ form.isValid ? 'event_available' : 'event_busy' }}</i>
+                <h2 *ngIf="isTitleEnabled()" class="mdl-card__title-text">{{form.taskName}}</h2>
             </div>
             <div class="mdl-card__media">
                 <div *ngIf="form.hasTabs()">
@@ -19,9 +20,9 @@
             <div *ngIf="form.hasOutcomes()" class="mdl-card__actions mdl-card--border">
                 <button *ngFor="let outcome of form.outcomes"
                         alfresco-mdl-button
-                        [disabled]="readOnly"
+                        [disabled]="!isOutcomeButtonEnabled(outcome)"
                         [class.mdl-button--colored]="!outcome.isSystem"
-                        [class.activiti-form-hide-button]="!isOutcomeButtonEnabled(outcome)"
+                        [class.activiti-form-hide-button]="!isOutcomeButtonVisible(outcome)"
                         (click)="onOutcomeClicked(outcome, $event)">
                     {{outcome.name}}
                 </button>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.spec.ts
index 37204d11d6..3f3497c3ae 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ describe('ActivitiForm', () => {
     });
 
     it('should not enable outcome button when model missing', () => {
-        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonEnabled(null)).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonVisible(null)).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
     it('should enable custom outcome buttons', () => {
         let formModel = new FormModel();
         let outcome = new FormOutcomeModel(formModel, { id: 'action1', name: 'Action 1' });
-        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonEnabled(outcome)).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonVisible(outcome)).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
 
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ describe('ActivitiForm', () => {
         let outcome = new FormOutcomeModel(formModel, { id: '$save', name: FormOutcomeModel.SAVE_ACTION });
 
         formComponent.showSaveButton = true;
-        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonEnabled(outcome)).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonVisible(outcome)).toBeTruthy();
 
         formComponent.showSaveButton = false;
-        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonEnabled(outcome)).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonVisible(outcome)).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
     it('should allow controlling [save] button visibility', () => {
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ describe('ActivitiForm', () => {
         let outcome = new FormOutcomeModel(formModel, { id: '$save', name: FormOutcomeModel.COMPLETE_ACTION });
 
         formComponent.showCompleteButton = true;
-        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonEnabled(outcome)).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonVisible(outcome)).toBeTruthy();
 
         formComponent.showCompleteButton = false;
-        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonEnabled(outcome)).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(formComponent.isOutcomeButtonVisible(outcome)).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
     it('should load form on refresh', () => {
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.ts
index d8d4c61755..721bd0a45b 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/activiti-form.component.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export class ActivitiForm implements OnInit, AfterViewChecked, OnChanges {
     showSaveButton: boolean = true;
 
     @Input()
-    showDebugButton: boolean = false;
+    showDebugButton: boolean = true;
 
     @Input()
     readOnly: boolean = false;
@@ -175,6 +175,21 @@ export class ActivitiForm implements OnInit, AfterViewChecked, OnChanges {
     }
 
     isOutcomeButtonEnabled(outcome: FormOutcomeModel): boolean {
+        if (this.form.readOnly) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (outcome) {
+            // Make 'Save' button always available
+            if (outcome.name === FormOutcomeModel.SAVE_ACTION) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            return this.form.isValid;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    isOutcomeButtonVisible(outcome: FormOutcomeModel): boolean {
         if (outcome && outcome.name) {
             if (outcome.name === FormOutcomeModel.COMPLETE_ACTION) {
                 return this.showCompleteButton;
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
index 365a669dcc..44b0eccad8 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
         return this._readOnly;
     }
 
+    isValid(): boolean {
+
+        if (this.required) {
+            if (this.type === FormFieldTypes.TEXT || this.type === FormFieldTypes.MULTILINE_TEXT) {
+                return this._value ? true : false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     constructor(form: FormModel, json?: any) {
         super(form, json);
 
@@ -129,7 +140,6 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
     }
 
     updateForm() {
-
         switch (this.type) {
             case FormFieldTypes.DROPDOWN:
                 /*
@@ -177,5 +187,7 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
                     this.form.values[this.id] = this.value;
                 }
         }
+
+        this.form.onFormFieldChanged(this);
     }
 }
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form.model.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form.model.ts
index 00f72226f5..4bd7946aba 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form.model.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form.model.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { FormValues } from './form-values';
 import { ContainerModel } from './container.model';
 import { TabModel } from './tab.model';
 import { FormOutcomeModel } from './form-outcome.model';
+import { FormFieldModel } from './form-field.model';
 
 export class FormModel {
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export class FormModel {
     private _name: string;
     private _taskId: string;
     private _taskName: string = FormModel.UNSET_TASK_NAME;
+    private _isValid: boolean = true;
 
     get id(): string {
         return this._id;
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ export class FormModel {
         return this._taskName;
     }
 
+    get isValid(): boolean {
+        return this._isValid;
+    }
+
     readOnly: boolean = false;
     tabs: TabModel[] = [];
     fields: ContainerModel[] = [];
@@ -102,7 +108,8 @@ export class FormModel {
                 if (field.tab) {
                     let tab = tabCache[field.tab];
                     if (tab) {
-                        tab.fields.push(new ContainerModel(this, field.json));
+                        // tab.fields.push(new ContainerModel(this, field.json));
+                        tab.fields.push(field);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -119,6 +126,48 @@ export class FormModel {
         }
     }
 
+    onFormFieldChanged(field: FormFieldModel) {
+        this.validateField(field);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: evaluate and cache once the form is loaded
+    private getFormFields(): FormFieldModel[] {
+        let result: FormFieldModel[] = [];
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.fields.length; i++) {
+            let container = this.fields[i];
+            for (let j = 0; j < container.columns.length; j++) {
+                let column = container.columns[j];
+                for (let k = 0; k < column.fields.length; k++) {
+                    let field = column.fields[k];
+                    result.push(field);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private validateForm() {
+        this._isValid = true;
+        let fields = this.getFormFields();
+        for (let i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+            if (!fields[i].isValid()) {
+                this._isValid = false;
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private validateField(field: FormFieldModel) {
+        if (!field) return;
+        if (!field.isValid()) {
+            this._isValid = false;
+            return;
+        }
+        this.validateForm();
+    }
+
     private parseContainerFields(json: any): ContainerModel[] {
         let fields = [];
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/multiline-text/multiline-text.widget.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/multiline-text/multiline-text.widget.html
index 2511b63434..a79dd93ef9 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/multiline-text/multiline-text.widget.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/multiline-text/multiline-text.widget.html
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
               type="text"
               rows= "3"
               [attr.id]="field.id"
+              [attr.required]="isRequired()"
               [(ngModel)]="field.value"
               (ngModelChange)="checkVisibility(field)"
               [disabled]="field.readOnly">
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/text/text.widget.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/text/text.widget.html
index d74aac765a..67e0a654ce 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/text/text.widget.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/text/text.widget.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     <input class="mdl-textfield__input"
            type="text"
            [attr.id]="field.id"
+           [attr.required]="isRequired()"
            [(ngModel)]="field.value"
            (ngModelChange)="checkVisibility(field)"
            [disabled]="field.readOnly">
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/widget.component.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
index b27efe1214..6bdaa17faa 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ export class WidgetComponent implements AfterViewInit {
         return this.field ? true : false;
     }
 
+    isRequired(): any {
+        if (this.field && this.field.required) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     ngAfterViewInit() {
         this.setupMaterialComponents();
         this.fieldChanged.emit(this.field);