diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Drivers/TextAreaDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Drivers/TextAreaDriver.cs
index 1ac44aefb..87e5d3939 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Drivers/TextAreaDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Drivers/TextAreaDriver.cs
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ namespace Orchard.DynamicForms.Drivers {
             _tokenizer = tokenizer;
         }
 
-        protected override IEnumerable<string> FormNames {
-            get {
-                yield return "AutoLabel";
-                yield return "TextArea";
-            }
+        protected override EditorResult OnBuildEditor(TextArea element, ElementEditorContext context) {
+            var autoLabelEditor = BuildForm(context, "AutoLabel");
+            var textAreaEditor = BuildForm(context, "TextArea");
+            var textAreaValidation = BuildForm(context, "TextAreaValidation", "Validation:10");
+
+            return Editor(context, autoLabelEditor, textAreaEditor, textAreaValidation);
         }
 
         protected override void DescribeForm(DescribeContext context) {
@@ -46,6 +47,44 @@ namespace Orchard.DynamicForms.Drivers {
 
                 return form;
             });
+
+            context.Form("TextAreaValidation", factory => {
+                var shape = (dynamic)factory;
+                var form = shape.Fieldset(
+                    Id: "TextAreaValidation",
+                    _IsRequired: shape.Checkbox(
+                        Id: "IsRequired",
+                        Name: "IsRequired",
+                        Title: "Required",
+                        Value: "true",
+                        Description: T("Check to make this text area a required field.")),
+                    _MinimumLength: shape.Textbox(
+                        Id: "MinimumLength",
+                        Name: "MinimumLength",
+                        Title: "Minimum Length",
+                        Classes: new[] { "text", "medium", "tokenized" },
+                        Description: T("The minimum length required.")),
+                    _MaximumLength: shape.Textbox(
+                        Id: "MaximumLength",
+                        Name: "MaximumLength",
+                        Title: "Maximum Length",
+                        Classes: new[] { "text", "medium", "tokenized" },
+                        Description: T("The maximum length allowed.")),
+                    _CustomValidationMessage: shape.Textbox(
+                        Id: "CustomValidationMessage",
+                        Name: "CustomValidationMessage",
+                        Title: "Custom Validation Message",
+                        Classes: new[] { "text", "large", "tokenized" },
+                        Description: T("Optionally provide a custom validation message.")),
+                    _ShowValidationMessage: shape.Checkbox(
+                        Id: "ShowValidationMessage",
+                        Name: "ShowValidationMessage",
+                        Title: "Show Validation Message",
+                        Value: "true",
+                        Description: T("Autogenerate a validation message when a validation error occurs for the current field. Alternatively, to control the placement of the validation message you can use the ValidationMessage element instead.")));
+
+                return form;
+            });
         }
 
         protected override void OnDisplaying(TextArea element, ElementDisplayContext context) {
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
index fc4e2a3e6..ac2536182 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Drivers/TextFieldDriver.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Orchard.DynamicForms.Drivers {
                         Name: "IsRequired",
                         Title: "Required",
                         Value: "true",
-                        Description: T("Tick this checkbox to make this text field a required field.")),
+                        Description: T("Check to make this text field a required field.")),
                     _MinimumLength: shape.Textbox(
                         Id: "MinimumLength",
                         Name: "MinimumLength",
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Elements/TextArea.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Elements/TextArea.cs
index 4fbe2c8b1..5ff0c9683 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Elements/TextArea.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Elements/TextArea.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Orchard.Layouts.Helpers;
+using Orchard.DynamicForms.Validators.Settings;
+using Orchard.Layouts.Helpers;
 
 namespace Orchard.DynamicForms.Elements {
     public class TextArea : LabeledFormElement {
@@ -11,5 +12,9 @@ namespace Orchard.DynamicForms.Elements {
             get { return State.Get("Columns").ToInt32(); }
             set { State["Columns"] = value.ToString(); }
         }
+
+        public TextAreaValidationSettings ValidationSettings {
+            get { return State.GetModel<TextAreaValidationSettings>(""); }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Orchard.DynamicForms.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Orchard.DynamicForms.csproj
index 1bbe70750..1da2dec0b 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Orchard.DynamicForms.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Orchard.DynamicForms.csproj
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Validators\Settings\EmailFieldValidationSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validators\Settings\PasswordFieldValidationSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validators\Settings\ReCaptchaValidationSettings.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Validators\Settings\TextAreaValidationSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validators\Settings\TextFieldValidationSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\Models\ValidationSettingsBase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\Models\FormEventContext.cs" />
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Services\Models\ValidateInputContext.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validators\PasswordFieldValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validators\ReCaptchaValidator.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Validators\TextAreaValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Validators\TextFieldValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\FieldValidationSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\FormBindingSettings.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Validators/Settings/TextAreaValidationSettings.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Validators/Settings/TextAreaValidationSettings.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57623e520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Validators/Settings/TextAreaValidationSettings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Orchard.DynamicForms.Services.Models;
+
+namespace Orchard.DynamicForms.Validators.Settings {
+    public class TextAreaValidationSettings : ValidationSettingsBase {
+        public bool? IsRequired { get; set; }
+        public int? MinimumLength { get; set; }
+        public int? MaximumLength { get; set; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Validators/TextAreaValidator.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Validators/TextAreaValidator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d2c7d566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DynamicForms/Validators/TextAreaValidator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Orchard.DynamicForms.Elements;
+using Orchard.DynamicForms.Services;
+using Orchard.DynamicForms.ValidationRules;
+
+namespace Orchard.DynamicForms.Validators {
+    public class TextAreaValidator : ElementValidator<TextArea> {
+        private readonly IValidationRuleFactory _validationRuleFactory;
+        public TextAreaValidator(IValidationRuleFactory validationRuleFactory) {
+            _validationRuleFactory = validationRuleFactory;
+        }
+
+        protected override IEnumerable<IValidationRule> GetValidationRules(TextArea element) {
+            var settings = element.ValidationSettings;
+
+            if (settings.IsRequired == true)
+                yield return _validationRuleFactory.Create<Required>(settings.CustomValidationMessage);
+
+            if (settings.MinimumLength != null || settings.MaximumLength != null) {
+                yield return _validationRuleFactory.Create<StringLength>(r => {
+                    r.Minimum = settings.MinimumLength;
+                    r.Maximum = settings.MaximumLength;
+                    r.ErrorMessage = settings.CustomValidationMessage;
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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