diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index 05cbb217..d9d46233 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const TERRITORY_BILLING_TYPES = ['MONTHLY', 'YEARLY', 'ONCE']
 export const TERRITORY_GRACE_DAYS = 5
 export const COMMENT_DEPTH_LIMIT = 8
 export const MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 80
+export const MIN_TITLE_LENGTH = 5
 export const MAX_POST_TEXT_LENGTH = 100000 // 100k
 export const MAX_COMMENT_TEXT_LENGTH = 10000 // 10k
 export const MAX_TERRITORY_DESC_LENGTH = 140
diff --git a/lib/validate.js b/lib/validate.js
index da2eb542..be8f71ba 100644
--- a/lib/validate.js
+++ b/lib/validate.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { string, ValidationError, number, object, array, addMethod, boolean } fr
 import {
   BOOST_MIN, MAX_POLL_CHOICE_LENGTH, MAX_TITLE_LENGTH, MAX_POLL_NUM_CHOICES,
   MIN_POLL_NUM_CHOICES, MAX_FORWARDS, BOOST_MULT, MAX_TERRITORY_DESC_LENGTH, POST_TYPES,
-  TERRITORY_BILLING_TYPES, MAX_COMMENT_TEXT_LENGTH, MAX_POST_TEXT_LENGTH
+  TERRITORY_BILLING_TYPES, MAX_COMMENT_TEXT_LENGTH, MAX_POST_TEXT_LENGTH, MIN_TITLE_LENGTH
 } from './constants'
 import { URL_REGEXP, WS_REGEXP } from './url'
 import { SUPPORTED_CURRENCIES } from './currency'
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ addMethod(string, 'or', function (schemas, msg) {
 const titleValidator = string().required('required').trim().max(
   MAX_TITLE_LENGTH,
   ({ max, value }) => `-${Math.abs(max - value.length)} characters remaining`
-)
+).min(MIN_TITLE_LENGTH, `must be at least ${MIN_TITLE_LENGTH} characters`)
 
 const textValidator = (max) => string().trim().max(
   max,