diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/composer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/composer.js
index 163e26aac32..0882b212424 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/composer.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/composer.js
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ Discourse.Composer = Discourse.Model.extend({
     @property titleLengthValid
   **/
   titleLengthValid: function() {
-    if (Discourse.User.currentProp('admin') && this.get('titleLength') > 0) return true;
+    if (Discourse.User.currentProp('admin') && this.get('post.static_doc') && 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'),
+  }.property('minimumTitleLength', 'titleLength', 'post.static_doc'),
 
   // The text for the save button
   saveText: function() {
diff --git a/app/serializers/post_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/post_serializer.rb
index bff9c3fa650..08001b7c1ed 100644
--- a/app/serializers/post_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/post_serializer.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class PostSerializer < BasicPostSerializer
              :edit_reason,
              :can_view_edit_history,
              :wiki,
-             :user_custom_fields
+             :user_custom_fields,
+             :static_doc
 
   def moderator?
     !!(object.user && object.user.moderator?)
@@ -231,6 +232,14 @@ class PostSerializer < BasicPostSerializer
     custom_fields && custom_fields[object.user_id]
   end
 
+  def static_doc
+    true
+  end
+
+  def include_static_doc?
+    object.post_number == 1 && Discourse.static_doc_topic_ids.include?(object.topic_id)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def post_actions
diff --git a/lib/validators/post_validator.rb b/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
index 81f9f264bf1..da32daee89c 100644
--- a/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Validators; end
 class Validators::PostValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   def validate(record)
     presence(record)
-    unless record.acting_user.try(:admin?)
+    unless Discourse.static_doc_topic_ids.include?(record.topic_id) && record.acting_user.try(:admin?)
       stripped_length(record)
       raw_quality(record)
       max_posts_validator(record)
diff --git a/spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb b/spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb
index 57e06555ddb..4ecf1ba02df 100644
--- a/spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb
@@ -86,21 +86,24 @@ describe Validators::PostValidator do
     end
   end
 
-  context "acting_user is an admin" do
+  context "post is for a static page and acting_user is an admin" do
     before do
-      post.acting_user = Fabricate(:admin)
+      @tos_post = build(:post)
+      @tos_post.acting_user = Fabricate(:admin)
+      SiteSetting.stubs(:tos_topic_id).returns(@tos_post.topic_id)
     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)
+      v = Validators::PostValidator.new({})
+      v.expects(:stripped_length).never
+      v.expects(:raw_quality).never
+      v.expects(:max_posts_validator).never
+      v.expects(:max_mention_validator).never
+      v.expects(:max_images_validator).never
+      v.expects(:max_attachments_validator).never
+      v.expects(:max_links_validator).never
+      v.expects(:unique_post_validator).never
+      v.validate(@tos_post)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/javascripts/models/composer_test.js b/test/javascripts/models/composer_test.js
index 7d271ef1b0b..cd2e431ce24 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/models/composer_test.js
+++ b/test/javascripts/models/composer_test.js
@@ -243,19 +243,24 @@ test('open with a quote', function() {
 
 module("Discourse.Composer as admin", {
   setup: function() {
+    Discourse.SiteSettings.min_topic_title_length = 5;
+    Discourse.SiteSettings.max_topic_title_length = 10;
     sandbox.stub(Discourse.User, 'currentProp').withArgs('admin').returns(true);
   },
 
   teardown: function() {
+    Discourse.SiteSettings.min_topic_title_length = 15;
+    Discourse.SiteSettings.max_topic_title_length = 255;
     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;
+test("Title length for static page topics as admin", function() {
   var composer = Discourse.Composer.create();
 
+  var post = Discourse.Post.create({id: 123, post_number: 2, static_doc: true});
+  composer.setProperties({post: post, action: Discourse.Composer.EDIT });
+
   composer.set('title', 'asdf');
   ok(composer.get('titleLengthValid'), "admins can use short titles");