diff --git a/wicket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/FormVisitTest.java b/wicket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/FormVisitTest.java
index 4e2f0396249..79600f8f92d 100644
--- a/wicket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/FormVisitTest.java
+++ b/wicket-core-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/FormVisitTest.java
@@ -381,6 +381,25 @@ public void callFormOnValidateModelObjectsInPostorder()
 			page.innerForm.onValidateModelObjectsCallOrder < page.outerForm.onValidateModelObjectsCallOrder);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void validationNotPerformedIfAllDependentsDisabled() {
+		formValidator.setDependency(page.outerField);
+		page.outerField.setEnabled(false);
+		page.outerForm.add(formValidator);
+		tester.newFormTester("outerForm").submit();
+		assertFalse(formValidator.validatedCalled, "Validation should not be performed if all dependents are disabled");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void validationPerformedIfAtLeastOneDependentEnabled() {
+		page.innerField.setEnabled(false);
+		page.outerField.setEnabled(true);
+		formValidator.dependencies = new FormComponent<?>[] { page.outerField, page.innerField };
+		page.outerForm.add(formValidator);
+		tester.newFormTester("outerForm").submit();
+		assertTrue(formValidator.validatedCalled, "Validation should be performed if at least one dependent is enabled");
+	}
+
 	public static class TestFormPage extends WebPage implements IMarkupResourceStreamProvider
 	{
 		TestForm outerForm;
@@ -535,7 +554,7 @@ public void validate(Form<?> form)
 			validatedCalled = true;
 		}
 
-		public FormValidator setDependency(FormComponent component)
+		public FormValidator setDependency(FormComponent<?> component)
 		{
 			this.dependencies = new FormComponent<?>[] { component };
 			return this;
diff --git a/wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/Form.java b/wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/Form.java
index 0a9326ad7cd..dfa53458ec2 100644
--- a/wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/Form.java
+++ b/wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/Form.java
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ public void validate(final FormComponent<?> formComponent)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Validates form with the given form validator
+	 * Validates form with the given form validator.
 	 *
 	 * @param validator
 	 */
@@ -1972,10 +1972,35 @@ protected final void validateFormValidator(final IFormValidator validator)
 
 		final FormComponent<?>[] dependents = validator.getDependentFormComponents();
 
-		boolean validate = true;
+		boolean validate = false;
 
-		if (dependents != null)
+		if (dependents == null || dependents.length == 0)
 		{
+			validate = true;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			for (final FormComponent<?> dependent : dependents)
+			{
+				if (dependent.isEnabledInHierarchy())
+				{
+					validate = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!validate)
+			{
+				// no enabled dependents, so no need to validate
+				if (log.isWarnEnabled())
+				{
+					log.warn("IFormValidator in form `" +
+						getPageRelativePath() +
+						"` depends on components, but none have been enabled.");
+				}
+				return;
+			}
+
 			for (final FormComponent<?> dependent : dependents)
 			{
 				// check if the dependent component is valid
@@ -1986,13 +2011,13 @@ protected final void validateFormValidator(final IFormValidator validator)
 				}
 				// check if the dependent component is visible and is attached to
 				// the page
-				else if (!dependent.isVisibleInHierarchy() || !dependent.isEnabledInHierarchy() || !dependent.isFormParticipant())
+				else if (!dependent.isVisibleInHierarchy() || !dependent.isFormParticipant())
 				{
 					if (log.isWarnEnabled())
 					{
 						log.warn("IFormValidator in form `" +
 							getPageRelativePath() +
-							"` depends on a component that has been removed from the page or is no longer visible/enabled. " +
+							"` depends on a component that has been removed from the page or is no longer visible. " +
 							"Offending component id `" + dependent.getId() + "`.");
 					}
 					validate = false;
diff --git a/wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/validation/IFormValidator.java b/wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/validation/IFormValidator.java
index 661fa1da583..53c918eece6 100644
--- a/wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/validation/IFormValidator.java
+++ b/wicket-core/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/markup/html/form/validation/IFormValidator.java
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 import org.apache.wicket.util.io.IClusterable;
 
 /**
- * Interface that represents validators that check multiple components. These validators are added
- * to the form and only executed if all form components returned by
+ * Interface representing validators that check multiple components. These validators are added
+ * to a form and are executed only if all form components returned by
  * {@link IFormValidator#getDependentFormComponents()} have been successfully validated before this
- * validator runs.
- * 
+ * validator is executed. The validator is also executed if the dependent form components
+ * return null or an empty array.
  *
  * @see AbstractFormValidator
  * @see org.apache.wicket.validation.IValidator
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ public interface IFormValidator extends IClusterable
 	FormComponent<?>[] getDependentFormComponents();
 
 	/**
-	 * This method is ran if all components returned by
-	 * {@link IFormValidator#getDependentFormComponents()} are valid.
+	 * This method is executed if there are no dependent form components, or if all components
+	 * returned by {@link IFormValidator#getDependentFormComponents()} are valid and visible.
+	 * If the dependent form components array is not empty, at least one of the components
+	 * must be enabled.
 	 *
 	 * <p>
 	 * To report validation error use