diff --git plugins/views_plugin_display.inc plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
index 489f2da..7beb1a1 100644
--- plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
+++ plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
@@ -1478,6 +1478,11 @@ class views_plugin_display extends views_plugin {
    */
   function options_validate(&$form, &$form_state) {
     switch ($form_state['section']) {
+      case 'display_title':
+        if (empty($form_state['values']['display_title'])) {
+          form_error($form['display_title'], t('Display title may not be empty.'));          
+        }
+        break;
       case 'css_class':
         $css_class = $form_state['values']['css_class'];
         if (preg_match('/[^a-zA-Z0-9- ]/', $css_class)) {