diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contentful/java/cma/model/CMAField.java b/src/main/java/com/contentful/java/cma/model/CMAField.java
index 570169e4..6ed6c22c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/contentful/java/cma/model/CMAField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contentful/java/cma/model/CMAField.java
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ public class CMAField {
   // Validations
   List<Map> validations;
 
+  // Required
+  Boolean required;
+
   /**
    * Sets the ID for this field.
    * Returns this {@code CMAField} instance
@@ -85,6 +88,20 @@ public CMAField setValidations(List<Map> validations) {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sets the {@code required} attribute of this field.
+   * @param required boolean indicating whether or not this field is required
+   * Returns this {@code CMAField} instance
+   */
+  public CMAField setRequired(boolean required) {
+    if (required) {
+      this.required = true;
+    } else {
+      this.required = null;
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the {@code id} attribute of this field.
    */
@@ -119,4 +136,14 @@ public String getLinkType() {
   public List<Map> getValidations() {
     return validations;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the {@code required} attribute of this field.
+   */
+  public boolean isRequired() {
+    if (required == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return required;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/contentful/java/cma/ContentTypeTests.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/contentful/java/cma/ContentTypeTests.kt
index 93991f90..56c0514d 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/contentful/java/cma/ContentTypeTests.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/contentful/java/cma/ContentTypeTests.kt
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class ContentTypeTests : BaseTest() {
                         .setDisplayField("df")
                         .addField(CMAField().setId("f1")
                                 .setName("field1")
-                                .setType(CMAFieldType.Text))
+                                .setType(CMAFieldType.Text)
+                                .setRequired(true))
                         .addField(CMAField().setId("f2")
                                 .setName("field2")
                                 .setType(CMAFieldType.Number)),
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class ContentTypeTests : BaseTest() {
         assertEquals("/spaces/spaceid/content_types", recordedRequest.getPath())
         assertJsonEquals(requestBody, recordedRequest.getBodyAsString())
         assertEquals(2, result.getFields().size)
+        assertTrue(result.getFields()[0].isRequired())
     }
 
     test fun testCreateWithId() {
@@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ class ContentTypeTests : BaseTest() {
                         .setFields(listOf(
                                 CMAField().setId("f1")
                                         .setName("field1")
-                                        .setType(CMAFieldType.Text),
+                                        .setType(CMAFieldType.Text)
+                                        .setRequired(true),
                                 CMAField().setId("f2")
                                         .setName("field2")
                                         .setType(CMAFieldType.Number))
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ class ContentTypeTests : BaseTest() {
         assertJsonEquals(requestBody, recordedRequest.getBodyAsString())
         assertEquals(2, result.getFields().size)
         assertEquals("df", result.getDisplayField())
+        assertTrue(result.getFields()[0].isRequired())
     }
 
     test fun testCreateWithLink() {
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ class ContentTypeTests : BaseTest() {
                 contentType, TestCallback()) as TestCallback)
 
         assertEquals(3, contentType.getFields().size)
-        assertNotNull(contentType.getFields().get(0).getValidations())
+        assertNotNull(contentType.getFields()[0].getValidations())
 
         // Request
         val recordedRequest = server!!.takeRequest()
@@ -312,4 +316,11 @@ class ContentTypeTests : BaseTest() {
             throw e
         }
     }
+
+    test fun testContentTypeSetRequiredFalse() {
+        val contentType = CMAContentType().addField(CMAField().setId("id").setRequired(false))
+        assertFalse(contentType.getFields()[0].isRequired())
+        assertJsonEquals("""{"fields":[{"id":"id"}]}""",
+                gson!!.toJson(contentType, javaClass<CMAContentType>()))
+   }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/content_type_create_request.json b/src/test/resources/content_type_create_request.json
index 10289c7b..0983a549 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/content_type_create_request.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/content_type_create_request.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"name":"whatever1","displayField":"df","fields":[{"id":"f1","name":"field1","type":"Text"},{"id":"f2","name":"field2","type":"Number"}]}
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+{"name":"whatever1","displayField":"df","fields":[{"id":"f1","name":"field1","type":"Text","required":true},{"id":"f2","name":"field2","type":"Number"}]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/content_type_create_response.json b/src/test/resources/content_type_create_response.json
index fc06a21e..118313c7 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/content_type_create_response.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/content_type_create_response.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     {
       "id": "f1",
       "name": "field1",
-      "type": "Text"
+      "type": "Text",
+      "required": true
     },
     {
       "id": "f2",