diff --git a/src/mumble/Cert.cpp b/src/mumble/Cert.cpp
index 2d41fab38..30e1abdc1 100644
--- a/src/mumble/Cert.cpp
+++ b/src/mumble/Cert.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ CertWizard::CertWizard(QWidget *p) : QWizard(p) {
 
 	qwpExport->setCommitPage(true);
 	qwpExport->setComplete(false);
+	qlPasswordNotice->setVisible(false);
 }
 
 int CertWizard::nextId() const {
@@ -305,6 +306,8 @@ void CertWizard::on_qleImportFile_textChanged(const QString &text) {
 		qlePassword->clear();
 		qlePassword->setEnabled(false);
 		qlPassword->setEnabled(false);
+		qlPasswordNotice->clear();
+		qlPasswordNotice->setVisible(false);
 		qwpImport->setComplete(false);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -318,17 +321,23 @@ void CertWizard::on_qleImportFile_textChanged(const QString &text) {
 		if (validateCert(imp)) {
 			qlePassword->setEnabled(false);
 			qlPassword->setEnabled(false);
+			qlPasswordNotice->clear();
+			qlPasswordNotice->setVisible(false);
 			cvImport->setCert(imp.first);
 			qwpImport->setComplete(true);
 			return;
 		} else {
 			qlePassword->setEnabled(true);
 			qlPassword->setEnabled(true);
+			qlPasswordNotice->setText(tr("Unable to import. Missing password or incompatible file type."));
+			qlPasswordNotice->setVisible(true);
 		}
 	} else {
 		qlePassword->clear();
 		qlePassword->setEnabled(false);
 		qlPassword->setEnabled(false);
+		qlPasswordNotice->clear();
+		qlPasswordNotice->setVisible(false);
 	}
 	cvImport->setCert(QList<QSslCertificate>());
 	qwpImport->setComplete(false);
diff --git a/src/mumble/Cert.ui b/src/mumble/Cert.ui
index 42a9b05af..5c3f4356e 100644
--- a/src/mumble/Cert.ui
+++ b/src/mumble/Cert.ui
@@ -227,6 +227,24 @@ It is &lt;b&gt;strongly&lt;/b&gt; recommended that you &lt;a href=&quot;http://m
      </widget>
     </item>
     <item row="3" column="0" colspan="3">
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="qlPasswordNotice">
+      <property name="font">
+       <font>
+        <italic>true</italic>
+       </font>
+      </property>
+      <property name="wordWrap">
+       <bool>true</bool>
+      </property>
+      <property name="styleSheet">
+       <string notr="true">color:#ff0000;</string>
+      </property>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string/>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
+    <item row="4" column="0" colspan="3">
      <widget class="CertView" name="cvImport">
       <property name="toolTip">
        <string>Certificate to import</string>