diff --git a/app/helpers/workflows_helper.rb b/app/helpers/workflows_helper.rb
index 62dca80b3..912b8f153 100644
--- a/app/helpers/workflows_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/workflows_helper.rb
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 module WorkflowsHelper
+  def field_required?(field)
+    field.is_a?(CustomField) ? field.is_required? : %w(project_id tracker_id subject priority_id).include?(field)
+  end
+
   def field_permission_tag(permissions, status, field)
     name = field.is_a?(CustomField) ? field.id.to_s : field
-    options = [["", ""], [l(:label_readonly), "readonly"], [l(:label_required), "required"]]
-
-    if field.is_a?(CustomField) && field.is_required?
-      options = [["(#{l(:label_required)})", ""], [l(:label_readonly), "readonly"]]
-    end
+    options = [["", ""], [l(:label_readonly), "readonly"]]
+    options << [l(:label_required), "required"] unless field_required?(field)
 
     select_tag("permissions[#{name}][#{status.id}]", options_for_select(options, permissions[status.id][name]))
   end
diff --git a/app/views/workflows/permissions.html.erb b/app/views/workflows/permissions.html.erb
index ecfadec02..c5979b0e3 100644
--- a/app/views/workflows/permissions.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/workflows/permissions.html.erb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       <% @fields.each do |field, name| %>
       <tr class="<%= cycle("odd", "even") %>">
         <td>
-          <%=h name %>
+          <%=h name %> <%= content_tag('span', '*', :class => 'required') if field_required?(field) %>
         </td>
         <% for status in @statuses -%>
         <td align="center" class="<%= @permissions[status.id][field] %>">
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <% @custom_fields.each do |field| %>
         <tr class="<%= cycle("odd", "even") %>">
           <td>
-            <%=h field.name %>
+            <%=h field.name %> <%= content_tag('span', '*', :class => 'required') if field_required?(field) %>
           </td>
           <% for status in @statuses -%>
           <td align="center" class="<%= @permissions[status.id][field.id.to_s] %>">
diff --git a/test/functional/workflows_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/workflows_controller_test.rb
index 32ac03b97..a7d67822d 100644
--- a/test/functional/workflows_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/workflows_controller_test.rb
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class WorkflowsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  def test_get_permissions_with_always_required_custom_field
+  def test_get_permissions_with_required_custom_field_should_not_show_required_option
     cf = IssueCustomField.create!(:name => 'Foo', :field_format => 'string', :tracker_ids => [1], :is_required => true)
 
     get :permissions, :role_id => 1, :tracker_id => 1
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class WorkflowsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     # Custom field that is always required
     # The default option is "(Required)"
     assert_select 'select[name=?]', "permissions[#{cf.id}][3]" do
-      assert_select 'option[value=]', :text => '(Required)'
+      assert_select 'option[value=]'
       assert_select 'option[value=readonly]', :text => 'Read-only'
       assert_select 'option[value=required]', 0
     end