diff --git a/src/sentry/api/serializers/rest_framework/groupsearchview.py b/src/sentry/api/serializers/rest_framework/groupsearchview.py
index 78fe3ada4c0f9e..904a19fd584b59 100644
--- a/src/sentry/api/serializers/rest_framework/groupsearchview.py
+++ b/src/sentry/api/serializers/rest_framework/groupsearchview.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class GroupSearchViewValidatorResponse(TypedDict):
 class ViewValidator(serializers.Serializer):
     id = serializers.CharField(required=False)
     name = serializers.CharField(required=True)
-    query = serializers.CharField(required=True)
+    query = serializers.CharField(required=True, allow_blank=True)
     querySort = serializers.ChoiceField(
         choices=SortOptions.as_choices(), default=SortOptions.DATE, required=False
     )