I found the answer: Implementing the `hook_form_FORM_ID_alter()` hook you can use the comment form id (`comment_comment_form`) to alter the form. The problem was that the field name is inside the author, so you need to use `$form['author']['name']['#required'] = TRUE;` /** * Implements hook_form_FORM_ID_alter(). */ function MODULE_form_comment_comment_form_alter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, $form_id) { $form['author']['name']['#required'] = TRUE; }