diff --git a/VisualEditor.php b/VisualEditor.php
index 26d0ab8f1a..bb0adc5873 100644
--- a/VisualEditor.php
+++ b/VisualEditor.php
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ $wgResourceModules += array(
 			'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-content',
 			'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-param',
 			'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-template',
+			'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter',
 			'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-title',
 			'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-wikitext-label',
 			'visualeditor-dialogbutton-media-tooltip',
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/dm/models/ve.dm.MWTemplateParameterModel.js b/modules/ve-mw/dm/models/ve.dm.MWTemplateParameterModel.js
index 8924bdb106..cc03bc9d6b 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/dm/models/ve.dm.MWTemplateParameterModel.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/dm/models/ve.dm.MWTemplateParameterModel.js
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ ve.dm.MWTemplateParameterModel = function VeDmMWTemplateParameterModel( template
 
 /* Methods */
 
+/**
+ * Check if parameter is required.
+ *
+ * @method
+ * @param {string} name Parameter name
+ * @returns {boolean} Parameter is required
+ */
+ve.dm.MWTemplateParameterModel.prototype.isRequired = function () {
+	return this.template.getSpec().isParameterRequired( this.name );
+};
+
 /**
  * Get template parameter is part of.
  *
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/i18n/en.json b/modules/ve-mw/i18n/en.json
index 68999d8faf..2c36ce6d48 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/i18n/en.json
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/i18n/en.json
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
     "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-content": "Remove content",
     "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-param": "Remove parameter",
     "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-template": "Remove template",
+    "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter": "Required parameter",
     "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-title": "Transclusion",
     "visualeditor-dialogbutton-media-tooltip": "Media",
     "visualeditor-dialogbutton-meta-tooltip": "Page settings",
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/i18n/qqq.json b/modules/ve-mw/i18n/qqq.json
index c414fed540..e03f098656 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/i18n/qqq.json
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/i18n/qqq.json
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-content": "Label for button that removes content between transclusion parts",
     "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-param": "Label for button that removes a parameter from a template",
     "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-remove-template": "Label for button that removes a template from a transclusion.\n{{Identical|Remove template}}",
+    "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter": "Tooltip for required parameter indicator",
     "visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-title": "{{Identical|Transclusion}}",
     "visualeditor-dialogbutton-media-tooltip": "{{Identical|Media}}",
     "visualeditor-dialogbutton-meta-tooltip": "{{Identical|Page settings}}",
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplateParameterPage.js b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplateParameterPage.js
index 568c77a871..09b793e560 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplateParameterPage.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplateParameterPage.js
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@
  */
 ve.ui.MWTemplateParameterPage = function VeUiMWTemplateParameter( parameter, name, config ) {
 	// Configuration initialization
-	config = ve.extendObject( { 'icon': 'parameter', 'movable': false, 'level': 1 }, config );
+	config = ve.extendObject(
+		parameter.isRequired() ? {
+			'indicator': 'required',
+			'indicatorLabel': ve.msg( 'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter' )
+		} : {},
+		{ 'icon': 'parameter', 'movable': false, 'level': 1 },
+		config
+	);
 
 	// Parent constructor
 	OO.ui.PageLayout.call( this, name, config );