diff --git a/admin/templates/form/profile_customize.php b/admin/templates/form/profile_customize.php
index d7d7bb05..162b074d 100644
--- a/admin/templates/form/profile_customize.php
+++ b/admin/templates/form/profile_customize.php
@@ -139,7 +139,15 @@
 			
 		</select>
 	</p>
-	
+       
+	<p><label for="_um_profile_photo_required"><?php _e('Make Profile Photo Required','ultimatemember'); ?><?php $this->tooltip('Require user to update a profile photo when updating their profile', 'e'); ?></label>
+	    <span>
+	        
+	        <?php $this->ui_on_off('_um_profile_photo_required'); ?>
+	            
+	    </span>
+	</p>
+
 	<p><label for="_um_profile_header_bg"><?php _e('Header Background Color','ultimatemember'); ?></label>
 		<input type="text" value="<?php echo $ultimatemember->query->get_meta_value('_um_profile_header_bg', null, um_get_option('profile_header_bg') ); ?>" class="um-admin-colorpicker" name="_um_profile_header_bg" id="_um_profile_header_bg" data-default-color="<?php echo um_get_option('profile_header_bg'); ?>" />
 	</p>
diff --git a/core/um-actions-form.php b/core/um-actions-form.php
index 4156598c..96f11044 100644
--- a/core/um-actions-form.php
+++ b/core/um-actions-form.php
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@
 		$form_id = $args['form_id'];
 		$mode = $args['mode'];
 		$fields = unserialize( $args['custom_fields'] );
+   
+	    if ( get_post_meta( $form_id, '_um_profile_photo_required', true ) && empty( $args['profile_photo'] ) ) {
+	        $ultimatemember->form->add_error('profile_photo', sprintf(__('%s is required.','ultimatemember'), 'Profile Photo' ) );
+	    }
 
 		if( isset(  $fields ) && ! empty(  $fields ) ){
 			foreach( $fields as $key => $array ) {
diff --git a/core/um-actions-profile.php b/core/um-actions-profile.php
index 2bd72d21..1366d4af 100644
--- a/core/um-actions-profile.php
+++ b/core/um-actions-profile.php
@@ -406,6 +406,12 @@
 					<?php do_action('um_after_header_meta', um_user('ID'), $args ); ?>
 
 				</div><div class="um-clear"></div>
+   
+		        <?php
+		        if ( $ultimatemember->fields->is_error( 'profile_photo' ) ) {
+		            echo $ultimatemember->fields->field_error( $ultimatemember->fields->show_error('profile_photo'), 'force_show' );
+		        }
+		        ?>
 
 				<?php do_action('um_after_header_info', um_user('ID'), $args); ?>