diff --git a/app/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component.html.erb b/app/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component.html.erb
index c4d4bf4fd6a..3f6ec4c6061 100644
--- a/app/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <%= render Primer::ConditionalWrapper.new(condition: !@tag.nil?, trim: true, **@system_arguments) do %>
   <%= content %>
+  <% if @required %>
+    <%= render Primer::BaseComponent.new(tag: :span, ml: 1, aria: { hidden: true }).with_content("*") %>
+  <% end %>
   <%= render OpenProject::Common::AttributeHelpTextComponent.new(help_text: @help_text) if @help_text.present? %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component.rb b/app/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component.rb
index d56673f5a59..bc019c7dd3b 100644
--- a/app/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module OpenProject
         model:,
         tag: :span,
         current_user: User.current,
+        required: false,
         **system_arguments
       )
         super()
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ module OpenProject
           "op-attribute-label"
         )
 
+        @required = required
+
         @help_text = ::AttributeHelpText.for(model)
           &.cached(current_user)
           &.[](AttributeHelpText.normalize_value_for(:attribute_name, attribute))
diff --git a/modules/overviews/app/components/overviews/project_custom_fields/item_component.html.erb b/modules/overviews/app/components/overviews/project_custom_fields/item_component.html.erb
index e3b102153d0..fe705d10767 100644
--- a/modules/overviews/app/components/overviews/project_custom_fields/item_component.html.erb
+++ b/modules/overviews/app/components/overviews/project_custom_fields/item_component.html.erb
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     custom_field_value_container.with_row(mb: 1) do
       render OpenProject::Common::AttributeLabelComponent.new(
         attribute: @project_custom_field.attribute_name,
-        model: @project
+        model: @project,
+        required: @project_custom_field.required?
       ) do
         render(Primer::Beta::Text.new(font_weight: :bold)) { @project_custom_field.name }
       end
diff --git a/spec/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component_spec.rb
index 4c0b58602f9..137c87c5d81 100644
--- a/spec/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/open_project/common/attribute_label_component_spec.rb
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ RSpec.describe OpenProject::Common::AttributeLabelComponent, type: :component do
 
   let(:attribute) { "name" }
   let(:model) { create(:project) }
+  let(:required) { false }
   let(:tag) { :span }
   let(:current_user) { create(:user) }
   let(:content) { "Name" }
 
   subject do
-    render_inline(described_class.new(attribute:, model:, tag:, current_user:)) do
+    render_inline(described_class.new(attribute:, model:, tag:, current_user:, required:)) do
       content
     end
 
@@ -67,6 +68,14 @@ RSpec.describe OpenProject::Common::AttributeLabelComponent, type: :component do
     it "renders content" do
       expect(subject).to have_text "Name"
     end
+
+    context "with a required field" do
+      let(:required) { true }
+
+      it "renders a required star" do
+        expect(subject).to have_text "*"
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "without help text" do