diff --git a/django_forms_as_jsonschema/jsonschema.py b/django_forms_as_jsonschema/jsonschema.py
index 9ca2d927bc10029dc566d9e115e9bdaf99e1c8ec..1d6c7533ddbbca3892a031be115c5b8b462a7c87 100644
--- a/django_forms_as_jsonschema/jsonschema.py
+++ b/django_forms_as_jsonschema/jsonschema.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class JSONSchema:
             "type": "string",
             "title": str(field.label or ""),
             "description": str(field.help_text or ""),
-            "readOnly": field.disabled
+            "readOnly": field.disabled,
+            "required": field.required,
         }
 
         # string, number, integer, boolean.