diff --git a/webclient/app.css b/webclient/app.css
index 736aea660c..360263e13f 100755
--- a/webclient/app.css
+++ b/webclient/app.css
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ a:visited { color: #666; }
 a:hover   { color: #000; }
 a:active  { color: #000; }
 
-#page {
+.page {
     min-height: 100%;
     margin-bottom: -32px; /* to make room for the footer */
 }
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ a:active  { color: #000; }
     padding-right: 20px;
 }
 
+#unsupportedBrowser {
+    padding-top: 240px;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
 #header
 {
     position: absolute;
diff --git a/webclient/app.js b/webclient/app.js
index 9370f773b3..31118304c6 100644
--- a/webclient/app.js
+++ b/webclient/app.js
@@ -80,7 +80,24 @@ matrixWebClient.config(['$routeProvider', '$provide', '$httpProvider',
         $httpProvider.interceptors.push('AccessTokenInterceptor');
     }]);
 
-matrixWebClient.run(['$location', 'matrixService', function($location, matrixService) {
+matrixWebClient.run(['$location', '$rootScope', 'matrixService', function($location, $rootScope, matrixService) {
+
+    // Check browser support
+    // Support IE from 9.0. AngularJS needs some tricks to run on IE8 and below
+    var version = parseFloat($.browser.version);
+    if ($.browser.msie && version < 9.0) {
+        $rootScope.unsupportedBrowser = {
+            browser: navigator.userAgent,
+            reason: "Internet Explorer is supported from version 9"
+        };
+    }
+    // The app requires localStorage
+    if(typeof(Storage) === "undefined") {
+        $rootScope.unsupportedBrowser = {
+            browser: navigator.userAgent,
+            reason: "It does not support HTML local storage"
+        };
+    }
 
     // If user auth details are not in cache, go to the login page
     if (!matrixService.isUserLoggedIn() &&
diff --git a/webclient/index.html b/webclient/index.html
index 7e4dcb8345..a9d5cfd4b0 100644
--- a/webclient/index.html
+++ b/webclient/index.html
@@ -100,9 +100,20 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div id="page" ng-view></div>
+    <div class="page" ng-hide="unsupportedBrowser" ng-view></div>
 
-    <div id="footer" ng-hide="location.indexOf('/room') == 0">
+    <div class="page" ng-show="unsupportedBrowser">
+        <div id="unsupportedBrowser" ng-show="unsupportedBrowser">
+            Sorry, your browser is not supported. <br/>
+                Reason: {{ unsupportedBrowser.reason }}
+
+            <br/><br/>
+            Your browser: <br/>
+            {{ unsupportedBrowser.browser }}
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div id="footer" ng-hide="location.indexOf('/room') === 0">
         <div id="footerContent">
             &copy; 2014 Matrix.org
         </div>