diff --git a/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/EditKeyActivity.java b/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/EditKeyActivity.java
index a9ab49c76..633249d15 100644
--- a/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/EditKeyActivity.java
+++ b/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/EditKeyActivity.java
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ public class EditKeyActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements EditorListener
                     showPassphraseDialog(masterKeyId);
                 } else {
                     mCurrentPassphrase = passphrase;
-                    finallySaveClicked();
+                    checkEmptyIDsWanted();
                 }
             } catch (PgpGeneralException e) {
                 Toast.makeText(this, getString(R.string.error_message, e.getMessage()),
@@ -564,6 +564,51 @@ public class EditKeyActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements EditorListener
         }
     }
 
+    private void checkEmptyIDsWanted()
+    {
+        try {
+            ArrayList<String> userIDs = getUserIds(mUserIdsView);
+            List<Boolean> newIDs = mUserIdsView.getNewIDFlags();
+            ArrayList<String> originalIDs = mUserIdsView.getOriginalIDs();
+            int curID = 0;
+            for (String userID : userIDs) {
+                if ( userID.equals("") && (!userID.equals(originalIDs.get(curID)) || newIDs.get(curID) ) ) {
+                    AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(
+                            EditKeyActivity.this);
+
+                    alert.setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_alert);
+                    alert.setTitle(R.string.warning);
+                    alert.setMessage(EditKeyActivity.this.getString(R.string.ask_empty_id_ok));
+
+                    alert.setPositiveButton(EditKeyActivity.this.getString(android.R.string.yes),
+                            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
+                                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
+                                    dialog.dismiss();
+                                    finallySaveClicked();
+                                }
+                            }
+                    );
+                    alert.setNegativeButton(this.getString(android.R.string.no),
+                            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
+                                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
+                                    dialog.dismiss();
+                                }
+                            }
+                    );
+                    alert.setCancelable(false);
+                    alert.create().show();
+                    return;
+                }
+                curID++;
+            }
+        } catch (PgpGeneralException e) {
+            Log.e(Constants.TAG, getString(R.string.error_message, e.getMessage()));
+            Toast.makeText(this, getString(R.string.error_message, e.getMessage()),
+                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+        }
+        finallySaveClicked();
+    }
+
     private boolean[] toPrimitiveArray(final List<Boolean> booleanList) {
         final boolean[] primitives = new boolean[booleanList.size()];
         int index = 0;
diff --git a/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index c9ef6a135..54db372ab 100644
--- a/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/OpenPGP-Keychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
     <string name="key_deletion_confirmation_multi">Do you really want to delete all selected keys?\nYou can\'t undo this!</string>
     <string name="secret_key_deletion_confirmation">Do you really want to delete the SECRET key \'%s\'?\nYou can\'t undo this!</string>
     <string name="ask_save_changed_key">You have made changes to the keyring, would you like to save it?</string>
+    <string name="ask_empty_id_ok">"You have added an empty user ID, are you sure you want to continue?"</string>
     <string name="public_key_deletetion_confirmation">Do you really want to delete the PUBLIC key \'%s\'?\nYou can\'t undo this!</string>
     <string name="secret_key_delete_text">Delete Secret Keys ?</string>
     <string name="also_export_secret_keys">Also export secret keys?</string>