diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
index 686ca618d5e..0c9fdac50db 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 //= require_tree ./discourse/templates
 //= require_tree ./discourse/routes
 
+//= require ./external/browser-update.js
+
 <%
   # Include javascripts
   DiscoursePluginRegistry.javascripts.each do |js|
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/external/browser-update.js b/app/assets/javascripts/external/browser-update.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bb29854b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/external/browser-update.js
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+//browser-update.org notification script, <browser-update.org>
+//Copyright (c) 2007-2009, MIT Style License <browser-update.org/LICENSE.txt>
+
+(function() {
+
+var $buo = function(op,test) {
+var jsv=5;
+var n = window.navigator,b;
+this.op=op||{};
+//options
+this.op.l = op.l||n["language"]||n["userLanguage"]||document.documentElement.getAttribute("lang")||"en";
+this.op.vsakt = {i:9,f:13,o:12,s:5.1,n:20};
+this.op.vsdefault = {i:7,f:3.6,o:10.6,s:4,n:10};
+this.op.vs =op.vs||this.op.vsdefault;
+for (b in this.op.vsakt)
+    if (this.op.vs[b]>=this.op.vsakt[b])
+        this.op.vs[b]=this.op.vsakt[b]-0.05;
+
+if (!op.reminder || op.reminder<0.1 )
+    this.op.reminder=0;
+else
+    this.op.reminder=op.reminder||24;
+
+this.op.onshow = op.onshow||function(o){};
+this.op.url= op.url||"http://browser-update.org/update.html";
+this.op.pageurl = op.pageurl || window.location.hostname || "unknown";
+this.op.newwindow=op.newwindow||false;
+
+this.op.test=test||op.test||false;
+if (window.location.hash=="#test-bu")
+    this.op.test=true;
+
+/*
+if (op.new7 || (this.op.l=="de" && !this.op.test && Math.round(Math.random()*3)==1)) { //test new script
+     var e = document.createElement("script");
+     e.setAttribute("type", "text/javascript");
+     e.setAttribute("src", "http://browser-update.org/update7.js");
+     document.body.appendChild(e);
+     return;
+}
+*/
+
+function getBrowser() {
+    var n,v,t,ua = navigator.userAgent;
+    var names={i:'Internet Explorer',f:'Firefox',o:'Opera',s:'Apple Safari',n:'Netscape Navigator', c:"Chrome", x:"Other"};
+    if (/like firefox|chromeframe|seamonkey|opera mini|meego|netfront|moblin|maemo|arora|camino|flot|k-meleon|fennec|kazehakase|galeon|android|mobile|iphone|ipod|ipad|epiphany|rekonq|symbian|webos/i.test(ua)) n="x";
+    else if (/trident.(\d+\.\d+);/.test(ua)) n="io";
+  else if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(ua)) n="i";
+    else if (/Chrome.(\d+\.\d+)/i.test(ua)) n="c";
+    else if (/Firefox.(\d+\.\d+)/i.test(ua)) n="f";
+    else if (/Version.(\d+.\d+).{0,10}Safari/i.test(ua))  n="s";
+    else if (/Safari.(\d+)/i.test(ua)) n="so";
+    else if (/Opera.*Version.(\d+\.?\d+)/i.test(ua)) n="o";
+    else if (/Opera.(\d+\.?\d+)/i.test(ua)) n="o";
+    else if (/Netscape.(\d+)/i.test(ua)) n="n";
+    else return {n:"x",v:0,t:names[n]};
+    if (n=="x") return {n:"x",v:0,t:names[n]};
+    
+    v=new Number(RegExp.$1);
+    if (n=="so") {
+        v=((v<100) && 1.0) || ((v<130) && 1.2) || ((v<320) && 1.3) || ((v<520) && 2.0) || ((v<524) && 3.0) || ((v<526) && 3.2) ||4.0;
+        n="s";
+    }
+    if (n=="i" && v==7 && window.XDomainRequest) {
+        v=8;
+    }
+    if (n=="io") {
+    n="i";
+        if (v>4) v=9;
+    else if (v>3.1) v=8;
+    else if (v>3) v=7;
+    }  
+    return {n:n,v:v,t:names[n]+" "+v}
+}
+
+this.op.browser=getBrowser();
+if (!this.op.test && (!this.op.browser || !this.op.browser.n || this.op.browser.n=="x" || this.op.browser.n=="c" || document.cookie.indexOf("browserupdateorg=pause")>-1 || this.op.browser.v>this.op.vs[this.op.browser.n]))
+    return;
+
+if (!this.op.test) {
+    var i = new Image();
+  //DISABLED TEMPORARYLY
+    //i.src="http://browser-update.org/viewcount.php?n="+this.op.browser.n+"&v="+this.op.browser.v + "&p="+ escape(this.op.pageurl) + "&jsv="+jsv;
+}
+if (this.op.reminder>0) {
+    var d = new Date(new Date().getTime() +1000*3600*this.op.reminder);
+    document.cookie = 'browserupdateorg=pause; expires='+d.toGMTString()+'; path=/';
+}
+var ll=this.op.l.substr(0,2);
+var languages = "de,en";
+if (languages.indexOf(ll)!==false)
+    this.op.url="http://browser-update.org/"+ll+"/update.html#"+jsv;
+var tar="";
+if (this.op.newwindow)
+    tar=' target="_blank"';
+
+function busprintf() {
+    var args=arguments;
+    var data = args[ 0 ];
+    for( var k=1; k<args.length; ++k ) {
+        data = data.replace( /%s/, args[ k ] );
+    }
+    return data;
+}
+
+var t = I18n.t('js.browser_update', {url: this.op.url});
+if (op.text)
+    t = op.text;
+
+this.op.text=busprintf(t,this.op.browser.t,' href="'+this.op.url+'"'+tar);
+
+var div = document.createElement("div");
+this.op.div = div;
+div.id="buorg";
+div.className="buorg";
+div.innerHTML= '<div>' + this.op.text + '<div id="buorgclose">X</div></div>';
+
+var sheet = document.createElement("style");
+//sheet.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
+var style = ".buorg {position:absolute;z-index:111111;\
+width:100%; top:0px; left:0px; \
+border-bottom:1px solid #A29330; \
+background:#FDF2AB no-repeat 10px center url(http://browser-update.org/img/dialog-warning.gif);\
+text-align:left; cursor:pointer; \
+font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:#000; font-size: 12px;}\
+.buorg div { padding:5px 36px 5px 40px; } \
+.buorg a,.buorg a:visited  {color:#E25600; text-decoration: underline;}\
+#buorgclose { position: absolute; right: .5em; top:.2em; height: 20px; width: 12px; font-weight: bold;font-size:14px; padding:0; }";
+document.body.insertBefore(div,document.body.firstChild);
+document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(sheet);
+try {
+    sheet.innerText=style;
+    sheet.innerHTML=style;
+}
+catch(e) {
+    try {
+        sheet.styleSheet.cssText=style;
+    }
+    catch(e) {
+        return;
+    }
+}
+var me=this;
+div.onclick=function(){
+    if (me.op.newwindow)
+        window.open(me.op.url,"_blank");
+    else
+        window.location.href=me.op.url;
+    return false;
+};
+div.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].onclick = function(e) {
+    var e = e || window.event;
+    if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();
+    else e.cancelBubble = true;
+    return true;
+}
+
+this.op.bodymt = document.body.style.marginTop;
+document.body.style.marginTop = (div.clientHeight)+"px";
+document.getElementById("buorgclose").onclick = function(e) {
+    var e = e || window.event;
+    if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();
+    else e.cancelBubble = true;
+    me.op.div.style.display="none";
+    document.body.style.marginTop = me.op.bodymt;
+    return true;
+}
+op.onshow(this.op);
+
+}
+// var $buoop = $buoop||{};
+var $buoop = {vs:{i:8,f:13,o:10.6,s:4,n:9}, l:I18n.locale};
+$bu=$buo($buoop);
+
+})(this);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 89411a60889..ebc062d4fa8 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ en:
           other: "{{categoryName}} ({{count}})"
         help: "latest topics in the {{categoryName}} category"
 
+    browser_update: 'Unfortunately, <a href="http://www.discourse.org/faq/#browser">your browser is too old to work on this Discourse forum</a>. Please <a href="%{url}">upgrade your browser</a>.'
+
   # This section is exported to the javascript for i18n in the admin section
   admin_js:
     type_to_filter: "type to filter..."