diff --git a/app/api/orders.py b/app/api/orders.py
index 9b2dabfa5c..c68af53905 100644
--- a/app/api/orders.py
+++ b/app/api/orders.py
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ def is_payment_valid(order, mode):
         return (order.paid_via == 'paypal') and order.transaction_id
 
 
+def check_billing_info(data):
+    if data.get('amount') > 0 and not data.get('is_billing_enabled'):
+        raise UnprocessableEntity({'pointer': '/data/attributes/is_billing_enabled'},
+                                  "Billing information is mandatory for paid orders")
+    if data.get('is_billing_enabled') and not (data.get('company') and data.get('address') and data.get('city') and
+                                               data.get('zip') and data.get('country')):
+        raise UnprocessableEntity({'pointer': '/data/attributes/is_billing_enabled'},
+                                  "Billing information incomplete")
+
+
 class OrdersListPost(ResourceList):
     """
     OrderListPost class for OrderSchema
@@ -96,6 +106,7 @@ def before_create_object(self, data, view_kwargs):
         :param view_kwargs:
         :return:
         """
+        check_billing_info(data)
 
         free_ticket_quantity = 0
 
@@ -299,6 +310,7 @@ def before_update_object(self, order, data, view_kwargs):
         :param view_kwargs:
         :return:
         """
+        check_billing_info(data)
         if (not has_access('is_coorganizer', event_id=order.event_id)) and (not current_user.id == order.user_id):
             raise ForbiddenException({'pointer': ''}, "Access Forbidden")