diff --git a/app/models/language.rb b/app/models/language.rb
index b6f2b20ac33e96cfef8078aa499ef9ebba903fd8..32e64d91623bfe86f1c4d971807b167c84a1c707 100644
--- a/app/models/language.rb
+++ b/app/models/language.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #
 class Language < ApplicationRecord
 
+  validates_presence_of :iso_code
   validates_uniqueness_of :iso_code
 
   def to_s