diff --git a/src/app/core/validators/noWhitespace.validator.ts b/src/app/core/validators/noWhitespace.validator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..696232327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/validators/noWhitespace.validator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { AbstractControl, ValidationErrors, ValidatorFn } from '@angular/forms';
+
+export function noWhitespace(): ValidatorFn {
+  return (title: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null => {
+    if (title.value && title.value.trim() === '') {
+      return { whitespace: true };
+    }
+    return null;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/app/phase-bug-reporting/new-issue/new-issue.component.html b/src/app/phase-bug-reporting/new-issue/new-issue.component.html
index 5af3d8332..dd98459dd 100644
--- a/src/app/phase-bug-reporting/new-issue/new-issue.component.html
+++ b/src/app/phase-bug-reporting/new-issue/new-issue.component.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ <h1 class="mat-display-1 title">New Issue</h1>
         <mat-form-field>
           <input id="title" formControlName="title" matInput placeholder="Title" required maxlength="256" />
           <mat-error *ngIf="title.errors && title.errors['required'] && (title.touched || title.dirty)"> Title required. </mat-error>
+          <mat-error *ngIf="title.errors && title.errors['whitespace']"> Title cannot contain only whitespaces. </mat-error>
           <mat-error *ngIf="title.errors && title.errors['maxlength']"> Title cannot exceed 256 characters. </mat-error>
           <mat-hint *ngIf="title.value?.length >= 206"> {{ 256 - title.value?.length }} characters remaining. </mat-hint>
         </mat-form-field>
diff --git a/src/app/phase-bug-reporting/new-issue/new-issue.component.ts b/src/app/phase-bug-reporting/new-issue/new-issue.component.ts
index 58234c92c..cbd3e3c40 100644
--- a/src/app/phase-bug-reporting/new-issue/new-issue.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/phase-bug-reporting/new-issue/new-issue.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Issue } from '../../core/models/issue.model';
 import { ErrorHandlingService } from '../../core/services/error-handling.service';
 import { IssueService } from '../../core/services/issue.service';
 import { LabelService } from '../../core/services/label.service';
+import { noWhitespace } from '../../core/validators/noWhitespace.validator';
 import { SUBMIT_BUTTON_TEXT } from '../../shared/view-issue/view-issue.component';
 
 @Component({
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export class NewIssueComponent implements OnInit {
 
   ngOnInit() {
     this.newIssueForm = this.formBuilder.group({
-      title: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.maxLength(256)]],
+      title: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.maxLength(256), noWhitespace()]],
       description: [''],
       severity: ['', Validators.required],
       type: ['', Validators.required]
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export class NewIssueComponent implements OnInit {
     if (this.newIssueForm.invalid) {
       return;
     }
+
     this.isFormPending = true;
     this.issueService
       .createIssue(this.title.value, Issue.updateDescription(this.description.value), this.severity.value, this.type.value)