diff --git a/ietf/doc/views_material.py b/ietf/doc/views_material.py
index ac71c0cc9..26b031b14 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/views_material.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/views_material.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def choose_material_type(request, acronym):
 class UploadMaterialForm(forms.Form):
     title = forms.CharField(max_length=Document._meta.get_field("title").max_length)
     name = forms.CharField(max_length=Document._meta.get_field("name").max_length)
+    abstract = forms.CharField(max_length=Document._meta.get_field("abstract").max_length,widget=forms.Textarea)
     state = forms.ModelChoiceField(State.objects.all(), empty_label=None)
     material = forms.FileField(label='File', help_text="PDF or text file (ASCII/UTF-8)")
 
@@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ def edit_material(request, name=None, acronym=None, action=None, doc_type=None):
             if "title" in form.cleaned_data:
                 doc.title = form.cleaned_data["title"]
 
+            if "abstract" in form.cleaned_data:
+                doc.abstract = form.cleaned_data["abstract"]
+
             doc.time = datetime.datetime.now()
 
             if "material" in form.fields:
diff --git a/ietf/templates/doc/material/edit_material.html b/ietf/templates/doc/material/edit_material.html
index 735761e50..cd20331ca 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/doc/material/edit_material.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/doc/material/edit_material.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 {% block morecss %}
 {{ block.super }}
 form.upload-material td { padding-bottom: 0.6em; }
-form.upload-material #id_title, form.upload-material #id_name { width: 30em; }
+form.upload-material #id_title, form.upload-material #id_name, form.upload-material #id_abstract { width: 30em; }
 form.upload-material .submit-row td { padding-top: 1em; text-align: right; }
 {% endblock %}