diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/dynamic-http-metadata-provider.schema.json b/backend/src/main/resources/dynamic-http-metadata-provider.schema.json
index 28758fee6..2237352d7 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/dynamic-http-metadata-provider.schema.json
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/dynamic-http-metadata-provider.schema.json
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
                     "title": "label.match",
                     "description": "tooltip.match",
                     "type": "string",
+                    "widget": {
+                        "id": "string",
+                        "required": true
+                    },
                     "visibleIf": {
                         "@type": [
                             "Regex"
diff --git a/ui/src/app/schema-form/widget/string/string.component.html b/ui/src/app/schema-form/widget/string/string.component.html
index c9174bd3c..561d5f8e4 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/schema-form/widget/string/string.component.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/schema-form/widget/string/string.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <label [for]="formProperty._canonicalPath" class="d-flex justify-content-between control-label">
         <span>
             {{ schema.title | translate }}&nbsp;
-            <i class="fa fa-asterisk text-danger" aria-hidden="true" *ngIf="required"></i>
+            <i class="fa fa-asterisk text-danger" aria-hidden="true" *ngIf="required || schema.widget.required"></i>
             <span *ngIf="required" class="sr-only required"><translate-i18n key="message.required">required</translate-i18n></span>
         </span>
         <span *ngIf="schema.description">