diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/viewforum.php b/phpBB/language/en/viewforum.php
index f995aa4d78..8c7c6a78d9 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/viewforum.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/viewforum.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'NEW_POSTS_LOCKED'		=> 'New posts [ Locked ]',
 	'NO_NEW_POSTS_HOT'		=> 'No new posts [ Popular ]',
 	'NO_NEW_POSTS_LOCKED'	=> 'No new posts [ Locked ]',
+	'NO_READ_ACCESS'		=> 'You do not have the required permissions to read topics within this forum.',
 
 	'POST_FORUM_LOCKED'		=> 'Forum is locked',
 
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/viewforum_body.html b/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/viewforum_body.html
index fcc7aae70a..d357f45279 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/viewforum_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subSilver/template/viewforum_body.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 	<br clear="all" />
 <!-- ENDIF -->
 
-<!-- IF S_IS_POSTABLE -->
+<!-- IF S_IS_POSTABLE or S_NO_READ_ACCESS -->
 	<div id="pageheader">
 		<h2><a class="titles" href="{U_VIEW_FORUM}">{FORUM_NAME}</a></h2>
 
@@ -104,6 +104,35 @@
 
 <div id="pagecontent">
 
+<!-- IF S_NO_READ_ACCESS -->
+	<table class="tablebg" width="100%" cellspacing="1">
+	<tr>
+		<td class="row1" height="30" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gen">{L_NO_READ_ACCESS}</span></td>
+	</tr>
+	</table>
+
+	<!-- IF not S_USER_LOGGED_IN -->
+
+		<br /><br />
+
+		<form method="post" action="{S_LOGIN_ACTION}">
+		
+		<table class="tablebg" width="100%" cellspacing="1">
+		<tr>
+			<td class="cat"><h4><a href="{U_LOGIN_LOGOUT}">{L_LOGIN_LOGOUT}</a></h4></td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td class="row1" align="center"><span class="genmed">{L_USERNAME}:</span> <input class="post" type="text" name="username" size="10" />&nbsp; <span class="genmed">{L_PASSWORD}:</span> <input class="post" type="password" name="password" size="10" />&nbsp; <span class="gensmall">{L_LOG_ME_IN}</span> <input type="checkbox" class="radio" name="autologin" />&nbsp; <input type="submit" class="btnmain" name="login" value="{L_LOGIN}" /></td>
+		</tr>
+		</table>
+		
+		</form>
+
+	<!-- ENDIF -->
+
+	<br clear="all" />
+<!-- ENDIF -->
+
 	<!-- IF S_IS_POSTABLE or TOTAL_TOPICS -->
 		<table width="100%" cellspacing="1">
 		<tr>
diff --git a/phpBB/viewforum.php b/phpBB/viewforum.php
index f421e42c9f..989a30b6c8 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewforum.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewforum.php
@@ -147,9 +147,16 @@ if (!($forum_data['forum_type'] == FORUM_POST || (($forum_data['forum_flags'] &
 	page_footer();
 }
 
-// Ok, if someone has only list-access, we only display the forum list
+// Ok, if someone has only list-access, we only display the forum list.
+// We also make this circumstance available to the template in case we want to display a notice. ;)
 if (!$auth->acl_get('f_read', $forum_id))
 {
+	$template->assign_vars(array(
+		'S_NO_READ_ACCESS'		=> true,
+		'S_AUTOLOGIN_ENABLED'	=> ($config['allow_autologin']) ? true : false,
+		'S_LOGIN_ACTION'		=> append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}ucp.$phpEx", 'mode=login&amp;redirect=' . urlencode(build_url(array('_f_'))))
+	));
+
 	page_footer();
 }