diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index 464327cb58..7955aaba9c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends React.PureComponent {
 
           <div className='compose-form__publish'>
             <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={500} text={text} /></div>
-            <div className='compose-form__publish-button-wrapper'><Button text={publishText} onClick={this.handleSubmit} disabled={disabled || text.replace(/[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g, "_").length > 500} block /></div>
+            <div className='compose-form__publish-button-wrapper'><Button text={publishText} onClick={this.handleSubmit} disabled={disabled || text.replace(/[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g, "_").length > 500 || (text.length !==0 && text.trim().length === 0)} block /></div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>