diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/profilefields/manager.php b/phpBB/phpbb/profilefields/manager.php
index bf7096ca42..c289333428 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/profilefields/manager.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/profilefields/manager.php
@@ -154,8 +154,10 @@ class manager
 			break;
 		}
 
+		$has_required = false;
+
 		$sql = 'SELECT l.*, f.*
-			FROM ' . $this->fields_lang_table . ' l, 
+			FROM ' . $this->fields_lang_table . ' l,
 				' . $this->fields_table . ' f
 			WHERE l.field_id = f.field_id
 				AND f.field_active = 1
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ class manager
 			/** @var \phpbb\profilefields\type\type_interface $profile_field */
 			$profile_field = $this->type_collection[$row['field_type']];
 
+			$has_required = $has_required || $row['field_required'];
+
 			$this->template->assign_block_vars('profile_fields', [
 				'FIELD'			=> $profile_field->process_field_row('change', $row),
 				'FIELD_ID'		=> $profile_field->get_field_ident($row),
@@ -177,6 +181,8 @@ class manager
 			]);
 		}
 		$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+		$this->template->assign_var('PROFILE_FIELDS_REQUIRED', $has_required);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@ class manager
 		$sql_where = !$this->auth->acl_gets('a_', 'm_') && !$this->auth->acl_getf_global('m_') ? ' AND f.field_hide = 0' : '';
 
 		$sql = 'SELECT l.*, f.*
-			FROM ' . $this->fields_lang_table . ' l, 
+			FROM ' . $this->fields_lang_table . ' l,
 				' . $this->fields_table . ' f
 			WHERE l.field_id = f.field_id
 				AND f.field_active = 1
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ class manager
 		}
 
 		$sql = 'SELECT l.*, f.*
-			FROM ' . $this->fields_lang_table . ' l, 
+			FROM ' . $this->fields_lang_table . ' l,
 				' . $this->fields_table . ' f
 			WHERE l.field_id = f.field_id
 				AND f.field_active = 1
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_register.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_register.html
index adbe173b97..069e4f1075 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_register.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_register.html
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
 	<!-- INCLUDE timezone_option.html -->
 
 	<!-- EVENT ucp_register_profile_fields_before -->
-	<!-- IF .profile_fields -->
-		<dl><dd><strong>{L_ITEMS_REQUIRED}</strong></dd></dl>
+	{% if PROFILE_FIELDS_REQUIRED %}<dl><dd><strong>{L_ITEMS_REQUIRED}</strong></dd></dl>{% endif %}
 
 	<!-- BEGIN profile_fields -->
 		<dl>
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@
 			<dd>{profile_fields.FIELD}</dd>
 		</dl>
 	<!-- END profile_fields -->
-	<!-- ENDIF -->
 
 	<!-- EVENT ucp_register_profile_fields_after -->
 	</fieldset>