diff --git a/gui/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/console/client/tools/mapping/DescriptionMapper.java b/gui/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/console/client/tools/mapping/DescriptionMapper.java
index d8597e3fb3..bb3ca2877a 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/console/client/tools/mapping/DescriptionMapper.java
+++ b/gui/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/console/client/tools/mapping/DescriptionMapper.java
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ public void map(Mapping mapping) {
                     final boolean required = att.getValue().hasDefined("required") ?
                             att.getValue().get("required").asBoolean() : false;
 
-                    mapping.onAttribute(name, description, type, required);
+                    final boolean nillable = att.getValue().hasDefined("nillable") ?
+                            att.getValue().get("nillable").asBoolean() : true;
+
+                    mapping.onAttribute(name, description, type, !nillable||required);
                 }
 
             }