diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Client/StoreClientRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Client/StoreClientRequest.php
index 66aa798b0ad7..46b8bf9a2a96 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Client/StoreClientRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Client/StoreClientRequest.php
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class StoreClientRequest extends Request
         $rules['number'] = ['bail', 'nullable', Rule::unique('clients')->where('company_id', $user->company()->id)];
         $rules['id_number'] = ['bail', 'nullable', Rule::unique('clients')->where('company_id', $user->company()->id)];
         $rules['classification'] = 'bail|sometimes|nullable|in:individual,business,company,partnership,trust,charity,government,other';
+        $rules['documents'] = 'bail|sometimes|array';
 
         return $rules;
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Client/UpdateClientRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Client/UpdateClientRequest.php
index b891731cbd23..26ae1f517d57 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Client/UpdateClientRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Client/UpdateClientRequest.php
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class UpdateClientRequest extends Request
             //'regex:/[@$!%*#?&.]/', // must contain a special character
         ];
 
+        $rules['documents'] = 'bail|sometimes|array';
+
         return $rules;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/ClientApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/ClientApiTest.php
index 882fd3cdd459..0d08a8642b10 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/ClientApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/ClientApiTest.php
@@ -59,6 +59,78 @@ class ClientApiTest extends TestCase
         Model::reguard();
     }
 
+    public function testDocumentValidation()
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'name' => 'name of client',
+            'documents' => [],
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->withHeaders([
+          'X-API-TOKEN' => $this->token,
+      ])->postJson("/api/v1/clients",$data)
+      ->assertStatus(200);
+
+    }
+
+    public function testDocumentValidationFails()
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'name' => 'name of client',
+            'documents' => 'wut',
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->withHeaders([
+          'X-API-TOKEN' => $this->token,
+        ])->postJson("/api/v1/clients", $data)
+        ->assertStatus(422);
+
+        $data = [
+            'name' => 'name of client',
+            'documents' => null,
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->withHeaders([
+        'X-API-TOKEN' => $this->token,
+        ])->postJson("/api/v1/clients", $data)
+        ->assertStatus(422);
+
+    }
+
+    public function testDocumentValidationPutFails()
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'name' => 'name of client',
+            'documents' => 'wut',
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->withHeaders([
+          'X-API-TOKEN' => $this->token,
+        ])->putJson("/api/v1/clients/{$this->client->hashed_id}", $data)
+        ->assertStatus(422);
+
+        $data = [
+            'name' => 'name of client',
+            'documents' => null,
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->withHeaders([
+        'X-API-TOKEN' => $this->token,
+        ])->putJson("/api/v1/clients/{$this->client->hashed_id}", $data)
+        ->assertStatus(422);
+        
+        $data = [
+                'name' => 'name of client',
+                'documents' => [],
+            ];
+
+        $response = $this->withHeaders([
+        'X-API-TOKEN' => $this->token,
+        ])->putJson("/api/v1/clients/{$this->client->hashed_id}", $data)
+        ->assertStatus(200);
+
+    }
+
     public function testClientDocumentQuery()
     {