diff --git a/components/InputMulti.qml b/components/InputMulti.qml
index f7706d75..66ac1e6f 100644
--- a/components/InputMulti.qml
+++ b/components/InputMulti.qml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ TextArea {
         if(addressValidation){
             // js replacement for `RegExpValidator { regExp: /[0-9A-Fa-f]{95}/g }`
             textArea.text = textArea.text.replace(/[^a-z0-9.@]/gi,'');
-            var address_ok = TxUtils.checkAddress(textArea.text, appWindow.persistentSettings.nettype);
+            var address_ok = TxUtils.checkAddress(textArea.text, appWindow.persistentSettings.nettype) || TxUtils.isValidOpenAliasAddress(textArea.text);
             if(!address_ok) error = true;
             else error = false;
             TextArea.cursorPosition = textArea.text.length;
diff --git a/js/TxUtils.js b/js/TxUtils.js
index cdb7e719..a6cca114 100644
--- a/js/TxUtils.js
+++ b/js/TxUtils.js
@@ -56,3 +56,11 @@ function checkSignature(signature) {
     return false;
 }
 
+function isValidOpenAliasAddress(address) {
+    address = address.trim()
+    var dot = address.indexOf('.')
+    if (dot < 0)
+        return false
+    // we can get an awful lot of valid domains, including non ASCII chars... accept anything
+    return true
+}
diff --git a/pages/Transfer.qml b/pages/Transfer.qml
index bcb23d07..7098b75a 100644
--- a/pages/Transfer.qml
+++ b/pages/Transfer.qml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import moneroComponents.Wallet 1.0
 import "../components"
 import "../components" as MoneroComponents
 import "." 1.0
+import "../js/TxUtils.js" as TxUtils
 
 
 Rectangle {
@@ -51,15 +52,6 @@ Rectangle {
 
     Clipboard { id: clipboard }
 
-    function isValidOpenAliasAddress(address) {
-      address = address.trim()
-      var dot = address.indexOf('.')
-      if (dot < 0)
-        return false
-      // we can get an awful lot of valid domains, including non ASCII chars... accept anything
-      return true
-    }
-
     function oa_message(text) {
       oaPopup.title = qsTr("OpenAlias error") + translationManager.emptyString
       oaPopup.text = text
@@ -249,8 +241,8 @@ Rectangle {
           id: resolveButton
           width: 80
           text: qsTr("Resolve") + translationManager.emptyString
-          visible: isValidOpenAliasAddress(addressLine.text)
-          enabled : isValidOpenAliasAddress(addressLine.text)
+          visible: TxUtils.isValidOpenAliasAddress(addressLine.text)
+          enabled : visible
           onClicked: {
               var result = walletManager.resolveOpenAlias(addressLine.text)
               if (result) {