diff --git a/packages/openscd/src/translations/de.ts b/packages/openscd/src/translations/de.ts
index 67e314ede6..701a766945 100644
--- a/packages/openscd/src/translations/de.ts
+++ b/packages/openscd/src/translations/de.ts
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ export const de: Translations = {
     wizard: {
       nameHelper: 'Name des IED',
       descHelper: 'Beschreibung des IED',
+      noDescWarning: "Warnung! Einige S-IEDs können nicht angezeigt werden, da sie kein „des“-Attribut haben. Klicke hier, um das Attribut manuell hinzuzufügen.",
       title: {
         edit: 'IED bearbeiten',
         delete: 'IED mit Abhängigkeiten entfernen',
diff --git a/packages/openscd/src/translations/en.ts b/packages/openscd/src/translations/en.ts
index ca983fd40d..2cef227375 100644
--- a/packages/openscd/src/translations/en.ts
+++ b/packages/openscd/src/translations/en.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ export const en = {
     wizard: {
       nameHelper: 'IED name',
       descHelper: 'IED description',
+      noDescWarning: "Warning! Some S-IEDs cannot be displayed because they do not have a “desc” attribute. Click here to add the attribute manually.",
       title: {
         edit: 'Edit IED',
         delete: 'Remove IED with references',
diff --git a/packages/plugins/src/editors/IED.ts b/packages/plugins/src/editors/IED.ts
index 052a1309c0..af59c90de6 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/src/editors/IED.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/src/editors/IED.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ import {
   compareNames,
   getDescriptionAttribute,
   getNameAttribute,
+  newWizardEvent,
 } from '@openscd/open-scd/src/foundation.js';
 import { Nsdoc } from '@openscd/open-scd/src/foundation/nsdoc.js';
 import { getIcon } from '@openscd/open-scd/src/icons/icons.js';
+import { wizards } from '../wizards/wizard-library.js';
 
 /** An editor [[`plugin`]] for editing the `IED` section. */
 export default class IedPlugin extends LitElement {
@@ -99,6 +101,11 @@ export default class IedPlugin extends LitElement {
     return undefined;
   }
 
+  @state()
+  private get iedsWithoutDesc(): Element[] {
+    return this.iedList.filter(ied => !ied.hasAttribute('desc'));
+  }
+
   lNClassListOpenedOnce = false;
 
   protected updated(_changedProperties: PropertyValues): void {
@@ -147,10 +154,31 @@ export default class IedPlugin extends LitElement {
     return selectedLNClasses;
   }
 
+  private openEditWizard(element: Element): void {
+    const wizard = wizards['IED'].edit(element);
+    if (wizard) this.dispatchEvent(newWizardEvent(wizard));
+  }
+
   render(): TemplateResult {
     const iedList = this.iedList;
     if (iedList.length > 0) {
       return html`<section>
+        ${
+          this.iedsWithoutDesc.length > 0
+            ? html`
+          <div
+            slot="action"
+            class="missing-desc-banner"
+            mini
+            @click="${() => this.openEditWizard(this.iedsWithoutDesc[0])}"
+            icon="edit"
+          >
+            <span>${get('ied.wizard.noDescWarning')}</span>
+            <mwc-icon>edit</mwc-icon>
+          </div>
+        `
+            : nothing
+        }
         <div class="header">
           <h1>${get('filters')}:</h1>
 
@@ -175,6 +203,13 @@ export default class IedPlugin extends LitElement {
                 return;
               }
 
+              // const selectedIedNames = e.detail.selectedItems.map(item => {
+              //   const [name] = item.split('__');
+              //   return name;
+              // });
+
+              // console.log("HERE: ", selectedIedNames)
+
               this.lNClassListOpenedOnce = false;
               this.selectedIEDs = e.detail.selectedItems;
               this.selectedLNClasses = [];
@@ -252,6 +287,18 @@ export default class IedPlugin extends LitElement {
       display: flex;
     }
 
+    .missing-desc-banner {
+      margin-bottom: 16px;
+      background-color: #ffcc00;
+      padding: 8px 16px;
+      display: flex;
+      align-items: center;
+      justify-content: space-between;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      border-radius: 4px;
+      transition: opacity 0.2s ease-in-out;
+    }
+
     h1 {
       color: var(--mdc-theme-on-surface);
       font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
diff --git a/packages/plugins/src/menu/VirtualTemplateIED.ts b/packages/plugins/src/menu/VirtualTemplateIED.ts
index 077e567f48..68ce0b7865 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/src/menu/VirtualTemplateIED.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/src/menu/VirtualTemplateIED.ts
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export default class VirtualTemplateIED extends LitElement {
         <wizard-textfield
           label="desc"
           .maybeValue=${null}
-          nullable
+          required
         ></wizard-textfield>
         <wizard-textfield
           label="AccessPoint name"
diff --git a/packages/plugins/src/wizards/ied.ts b/packages/plugins/src/wizards/ied.ts
index e4fbb4693e..0fb20165e8 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/src/wizards/ied.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/src/wizards/ied.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   WizardInputElement,
   WizardMenuActor,
 } from '@openscd/open-scd/src/foundation.js';
-import { 
+import {
   ComplexAction,
   Delete,
   EditorAction,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function renderIEDWizard(
     html`<wizard-textfield
       label="desc"
       .maybeValue=${desc}
-      nullable
+      required
       helper="${get('ied.wizard.descHelper')}"
       pattern="${patterns.normalizedString}"
     ></wizard-textfield>`,