diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/composer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/composer.js
index cc0b90119b7..163e26aac32 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/composer.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/composer.js
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Discourse.Composer = Discourse.Model.extend({
     @property titleLengthValid
   **/
   titleLengthValid: function() {
+    if (Discourse.User.currentProp('admin') && this.get('titleLength') > 0) return true;
     if (this.get('titleLength') < this.get('minimumTitleLength')) return false;
     return (this.get('titleLength') <= Discourse.SiteSettings.max_topic_title_length);
   }.property('minimumTitleLength', 'titleLength'),
diff --git a/lib/validators/post_validator.rb b/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
index 2baf7992d84..81f9f264bf1 100644
--- a/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ module Validators; end
 class Validators::PostValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   def validate(record)
     presence(record)
-    stripped_length(record)
-    raw_quality(record)
-    max_posts_validator(record)
-    max_mention_validator(record)
-    max_images_validator(record)
-    max_attachments_validator(record)
-    max_links_validator(record)
-    unique_post_validator(record)
+    unless record.acting_user.try(:admin?)
+      stripped_length(record)
+      raw_quality(record)
+      max_posts_validator(record)
+      max_mention_validator(record)
+      max_images_validator(record)
+      max_attachments_validator(record)
+      max_links_validator(record)
+      unique_post_validator(record)
+    end
   end
 
   def presence(post)
diff --git a/spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb b/spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb
index 28484400f9f..57e06555ddb 100644
--- a/spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb
@@ -86,4 +86,22 @@ describe Validators::PostValidator do
     end
   end
 
+  context "acting_user is an admin" do
+    before do
+      post.acting_user = Fabricate(:admin)
+    end
+
+    it "skips most validations" do
+      validator.expects(:stripped_length).never
+      validator.expects(:raw_quality).never
+      validator.expects(:max_posts_validator).never
+      validator.expects(:max_mention_validator).never
+      validator.expects(:max_images_validator).never
+      validator.expects(:max_attachments_validator).never
+      validator.expects(:max_links_validator).never
+      validator.expects(:unique_post_validator).never
+      validator.validate(post)
+    end
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/test/javascripts/models/composer_test.js b/test/javascripts/models/composer_test.js
index f9b219cff79..f9bb57baece 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/models/composer_test.js
+++ b/test/javascripts/models/composer_test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-module("Discourse.Composer");
+module("Discourse.Composer", {
+  setup: function() {
+    sinon.stub(Discourse.User, 'currentProp').withArgs('admin').returns(false);
+  },
+
+  teardown: function() {
+    Discourse.User.currentProp.restore();
+  }
+});
 
 test('replyLength', function() {
   var replyLength = function(val, expectedLength) {
@@ -231,3 +239,32 @@ test('open with a quote', function() {
   equal(new_composer().get('originalText'), quote, "originalText is the quote" );
   equal(new_composer().get('replyDirty'), false, "replyDirty is initally false with a quote" );
 });
+
+
+module("Discourse.Composer as admin", {
+  setup: function() {
+    sinon.stub(Discourse.User, 'currentProp').withArgs('admin').returns(true);
+  },
+
+  teardown: function() {
+    Discourse.User.currentProp.restore();
+  }
+});
+
+test("Title length for regular topics as admin", function() {
+  Discourse.SiteSettings.min_topic_title_length = 5;
+  Discourse.SiteSettings.max_topic_title_length = 10;
+  var composer = Discourse.Composer.create();
+
+  composer.set('title', 'asdf');
+  ok(composer.get('titleLengthValid'), "admins can use short titles");
+
+  composer.set('title', 'this is a long title');
+  ok(composer.get('titleLengthValid'), "admins can use long titles");
+
+  composer.set('title', 'just right');
+  ok(composer.get('titleLengthValid'), "in the range is okay");
+
+  composer.set('title', '');
+  ok(!composer.get('titleLengthValid'), "admins must set title to at least 1 character");
+});
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