diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4dc8969c6..2532502d2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
 - TW-1471 task calc uses output it doesn't understand (thanks to Jens Erat).
 - TW-1477 Incompatibility with recurring tasks created with 2.3.0 (thanks to
           David Costa).
+- TW-1482 Priority values may be 'H', 'M' or 'L', not ''.
 - Added new holidays.xy-XY.rc definition files
 - Removed deprecated 'echo.command' setting, in favor of the 'header' and
   'affected' verbosity tokens.
diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index a385dbff7..66ac38e20 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -1486,7 +1486,8 @@ void Task::validate (bool applyDefault /* = true */)
     std::string priority = get ("priority");
     if (priority != "H" &&
         priority != "M" &&
-        priority != "L")
+        priority != "L" &&
+        priority != "")
       throw format (STRING_TASK_VALID_PRIORITY, priority);
   }
 }