diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipelinesascode/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/pipelinesascode/v1alpha1/types.go
index 67a6eb403..db9e30b48 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipelinesascode/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipelinesascode/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ type Params struct {
 	Value     string  `json:"value,omitempty"`
 	SecretRef *Secret `json:"secret_ref,omitempty"`
 	Filter    string  `json:"filter,omitempty"`
+	Required  bool    `json:"required,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Incoming struct {
diff --git a/pkg/customparams/customparams.go b/pkg/customparams/customparams.go
index aa7f7ea69..e633654ff 100644
--- a/pkg/customparams/customparams.go
+++ b/pkg/customparams/customparams.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (p *CustomParams) applyIncomingParams(ret map[string]string) map[string]str
 // matched true.
 func (p *CustomParams) GetParams(ctx context.Context) (map[string]string, map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	stdParams, changedFiles := p.makeStandardParamsFromEvent(ctx)
-	ret, mapFilters, parsedFromComment := map[string]string{}, map[string]string{}, map[string]string{}
+	resolvedParams, mapFilters, parsedFromComment := map[string]string{}, map[string]string{}, map[string]string{}
 	if p.event.TriggerComment != "" {
 		parsedFromComment = opscomments.ParseKeyValueArgs(p.event.TriggerComment)
 		for k, v := range parsedFromComment {
@@ -121,8 +121,12 @@ func (p *CustomParams) GetParams(ctx context.Context) (map[string]string, map[st
 				"ParamsFilterUsedValue",
 				fmt.Sprintf("repo %s, param name %s has a value and secretref, picking value", p.repo.GetName(), value.Name))
 		}
+		var resolvedValue string
+
 		if value.Value != "" {
-			ret[value.Name] = value.Value
+			resolvedValue = value.Value
+		} else if parsedValue, ok := parsedFromComment[value.Name]; ok && parsedValue != "" {
+			resolvedValue = parsedValue
 		} else if value.SecretRef != nil {
 			secretValue, err := p.k8int.GetSecret(ctx, sectypes.GetSecretOpt{
 				Namespace: p.repo.GetNamespace(),
@@ -130,9 +134,15 @@ func (p *CustomParams) GetParams(ctx context.Context) (map[string]string, map[st
 				Key:       value.SecretRef.Key,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				return ret, changedFiles, err
+				return resolvedParams, changedFiles, err
 			}
-			ret[value.Name] = secretValue
+			resolvedValue = secretValue
+		} else if value.Required {
+			return resolvedParams, changedFiles, fmt.Errorf("param %s is required but was not given any value", value.Name)
+		}
+
+		if resolvedValue != "" {
+			resolvedParams[value.Name] = resolvedValue
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -140,17 +150,17 @@ func (p *CustomParams) GetParams(ctx context.Context) (map[string]string, map[st
 	// we don't let them here
 	for k, v := range stdParams {
 		// check if not already there
-		if _, ok := ret[k]; !ok && v != "" {
-			ret[k] = v
+		if _, ok := resolvedParams[k]; !ok && v != "" {
+			resolvedParams[k] = v
 		}
 	}
 
 	// overwrite stdParams with parsed ones from the trigger comment
 	for k, v := range parsedFromComment {
-		if _, ok := ret[k]; ok && v != "" {
-			ret[k] = v
+		if _, ok := resolvedParams[k]; ok && v != "" {
+			resolvedParams[k] = v
 		}
 	}
 
-	return p.applyIncomingParams(ret), changedFiles, nil
+	return p.applyIncomingParams(resolvedParams), changedFiles, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/customparams/customparams_test.go b/pkg/customparams/customparams_test.go
index 2c7f3f678..063275e83 100644
--- a/pkg/customparams/customparams_test.go
+++ b/pkg/customparams/customparams_test.go
@@ -264,6 +264,22 @@ func TestProcessTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "params/override params with no value via gitops arguments",
+			expected: map[string]string{
+				"event_type":      "push",
+				"hello":           `"yolo"`,
+				"trigger_comment": triggerCommentArgs,
+			},
+			event: &info.Event{EventType: "pull_request", TriggerComment: triggerCommentArgs},
+			repository: &v1alpha1.Repository{
+				Spec: v1alpha1.RepositorySpec{
+					Params: &[]v1alpha1.Params{
+						{Name: "hello"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:               "params/skip with no name",
 			expectedLogSnippet: "no name has been set in params[0] of repo",
@@ -277,6 +293,33 @@ func TestProcessTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "params/skip with no value",
+			expected: map[string]string{},
+			repository: &v1alpha1.Repository{
+				Spec: v1alpha1.RepositorySpec{
+					Params: &[]v1alpha1.Params{
+						{
+							Name: "empty-param",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "params/missing required params",
+			expectedError: true,
+			repository: &v1alpha1.Repository{
+				Spec: v1alpha1.RepositorySpec{
+					Params: &[]v1alpha1.Params{
+						{
+							Name:     "empty-param",
+							Required: true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:               "params/pick value when value and secret set",
 			expected:           map[string]string{"params": "batman"},