diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 9f331565..0b738626 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -23,7 +23,16 @@
               .span12
                 = render 'layouts/messages'
             .row-fluid
-              .span12
+              %noscript
+                :css
+                   #yield-span {
+                     display: none;
+                   }
+                %h2
+                  JavaScript is not enabled
+                %p
+                  OSEM requires JavaScript to be enabled to function. Please turn on JavaScript in your browser's settings and reload the page to continue.
+              .span12#yield-span
                 = yield
           #push
         #footer
@@ -32,4 +41,4 @@
               OSEM is (C) 2013
               = link_to "Matt Barringer", "http://incoherent.de"
               and released under the GPL.  You can get the source code from
-              = link_to "Github.", "https://github.com/mbarringer/osem"
\ No newline at end of file
+              = link_to "Github.", "https://github.com/mbarringer/osem"