diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 848ccbe978..efd78632ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Prevent new block IDs from being assigned on repeated calls to `StreamBlock.get_prep_value` (Colin Klein)
  * Fix: Prevent broken images in notification emails when static files are hosted on a remote domain (Eduard Luca)
  * Fix: Replace styleguide example avatar with default image to avoid issues when custom user model is used (Matt Westcott)
+ * Fix: `DraftailRichTextArea` is no longer treated as a hidden field by Django's form logic (Sergey Fedoseev)
 
 
 2.6.2 (19.09.2019)
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.7.rst b/docs/releases/2.7.rst
index d4ac1d0468..9bf80d3e65 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.7.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.7.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Bug fixes
  * Prevent new block IDs from being assigned on repeated calls to ``StreamBlock.get_prep_value`` (Colin Klein)
  * Prevent broken images in notification emails when static files are hosted on a remote domain (Eduard Luca)
  * Replace styleguide example avatar with default image to avoid issues when custom user model is used (Matt Westcott)
+ * ``DraftailRichTextArea`` is no longer treated as a hidden field by Django's form logic (Sergey Fedoseev)
 
 
 Upgrade considerations
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/rich_text/editors/draftail/__init__.py b/wagtail/admin/rich_text/editors/draftail/__init__.py
index 851bfd5b3a..6398b0cca2 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/rich_text/editors/draftail/__init__.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/rich_text/editors/draftail/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from wagtail.core.rich_text import features as feature_registry
 
 class DraftailRichTextArea(widgets.HiddenInput):
     template_name = 'wagtailadmin/widgets/draftail_rich_text_area.html'
+    is_hidden = False
 
     # this class's constructor accepts a 'features' kwarg
     accepts_features = True
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/tests/test_rich_text.py b/wagtail/admin/tests/test_rich_text.py
index c1a6a1f53e..635aa931a0 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/tests/test_rich_text.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/tests/test_rich_text.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
 
@@ -742,3 +742,17 @@ class TestPageLinkHandler(TestCase):
             result,
             '<a data-linktype="page" data-id="%d" data-parent-id="2" href="/events/">' % events_page_id
         )
+
+
+class TestWidgetNotHidden(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_draftail(self):
+        self.assertIs(
+            DraftailRichTextArea().is_hidden,
+            False,
+        )
+
+    def test_hallo(self):
+        self.assertIs(
+            HalloRichTextArea().is_hidden,
+            False,
+        )