diff --git a/core/js/setupchecks.js b/core/js/setupchecks.js
index 35f24b188fa90bf213907ddd54c8eb4c914b80aa..5a5c12c85e6bd9c208f2e51512fef6991d22f1e8 100644
--- a/core/js/setupchecks.js
+++ b/core/js/setupchecks.js
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
 					if(data.isUsedTlsLibOutdated) {
 						messages.push(data.isUsedTlsLibOutdated);
 					}
+					if(data.phpSupported && data.phpSupported.eol) {
+						messages.push(
+							t('core', 'Your PHP version ({version}) is no longer <a href="{phpLink}">supported by PHP</a>. We encourage you to upgrade your PHP version to take advantage of performance and security updates provided by PHP.', {version: data.phpSupported.version, phpLink: 'https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php'})
+						);
+					}
 				} else {
 					messages.push(t('core', 'Error occurred while checking server setup'));
 				}
diff --git a/core/js/tests/specs/setupchecksSpec.js b/core/js/tests/specs/setupchecksSpec.js
index ec8a732b4a1f44e246b47c41a3d3852622f6ad7d..fe12aa4544c30d5ea8995eb057593b93994afaa9 100644
--- a/core/js/tests/specs/setupchecksSpec.js
+++ b/core/js/tests/specs/setupchecksSpec.js
@@ -142,6 +142,23 @@ describe('OC.SetupChecks tests', function() {
 				done();
 			});
 		});
+
+		it('should return an error if the php version is no longer supported', function(done) {
+			var async = OC.SetupChecks.checkSetup();
+
+			suite.server.requests[0].respond(
+				200,
+				{
+					'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+				},
+				JSON.stringify({isUrandomAvailable: true, securityDocs: 'https://docs.owncloud.org/myDocs.html', serverHasInternetConnection: true, dataDirectoryProtected: true, isMemcacheConfigured: true, phpSupported: {eol: true, version: '5.4.0'}})
+			);
+
+			async.done(function( data, s, x ){
+				expect(data).toEqual(['Your PHP version (5.4.0) is no longer <a href="https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php">supported by PHP</a>. We encourage you to upgrade your PHP version to take advantage of performance and security updates provided by PHP.']);
+				done();
+			});
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('checkGeneric', function() {
diff --git a/settings/controller/checksetupcontroller.php b/settings/controller/checksetupcontroller.php
index f849e3ed56576849c56c360e1cf5f082a7f54d52..ff605b474e2c96182394931453408847402721f1 100644
--- a/settings/controller/checksetupcontroller.php
+++ b/settings/controller/checksetupcontroller.php
@@ -175,6 +175,23 @@ class CheckSetupController extends Controller {
 
 		return '';
 	}
+	
+	/*
+	 * Whether the php version is still supported (at time of release)
+	 * according to: https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	private function isPhpSupported() {
+		$eol = false;
+
+		//PHP 5.4 is EOL on 14 Sep 2015
+		if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.5.0') === -1) {
+			$eol = true;
+		}
+
+		return ['eol' => $eol, 'version' => PHP_VERSION];
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @return DataResponse
@@ -189,6 +206,7 @@ class CheckSetupController extends Controller {
 				'isUrandomAvailable' => $this->isUrandomAvailable(),
 				'securityDocs' => $this->urlGenerator->linkToDocs('admin-security'),
 				'isUsedTlsLibOutdated' => $this->isUsedTlsLibOutdated(),
+				'phpSupported' => $this->isPhpSupported(),
 			]
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/tests/settings/controller/CheckSetupControllerTest.php b/tests/settings/controller/CheckSetupControllerTest.php
index 6096aae865269f232ee28af41efddeef4c011319..62fedd6dd6df968ccb80f71fd0d76344084af01a 100644
--- a/tests/settings/controller/CheckSetupControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/settings/controller/CheckSetupControllerTest.php
@@ -30,12 +30,25 @@ use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OC_Util;
 use Test\TestCase;
 
+/**
+ * Mock version_compare
+ * @param string $version1
+ * @param string $version2
+ * @return int
+ */
+function version_compare($version1, $version2) {
+	return CheckSetupControllerTest::$version_compare;
+}
+
 /**
  * Class CheckSetupControllerTest
  *
  * @package OC\Settings\Controller
  */
 class CheckSetupControllerTest extends TestCase {
+	/** @var int */
+	public static $version_compare;
+
 	/** @var CheckSetupController */
 	private $checkSetupController;
 	/** @var IRequest */
@@ -209,6 +222,33 @@ class CheckSetupControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		);
 	}
 
+	public function testIsPhpSupportedFalse() {
+		self::$version_compare = -1;
+
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			['eol' => true, 'version' => PHP_VERSION],
+			self::invokePrivate($this->checkSetupController, 'isPhpSupported')
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function testIsPhpSupportedTrue() {
+		self::$version_compare = 0;
+
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			['eol' => false, 'version' => PHP_VERSION],
+			self::invokePrivate($this->checkSetupController, 'isPhpSupported')
+		);
+
+
+		self::$version_compare = 1;
+
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			['eol' => false, 'version' => PHP_VERSION],
+			self::invokePrivate($this->checkSetupController, 'isPhpSupported')
+		);
+
+	}
+
 	public function testCheck() {
 		$this->config->expects($this->at(0))
 			->method('getSystemValue')
@@ -244,6 +284,7 @@ class CheckSetupControllerTest extends TestCase {
 			->method('linkToDocs')
 			->with('admin-security')
 			->willReturn('https://doc.owncloud.org/server/8.1/admin_manual/configuration_server/hardening.html');
+		self::$version_compare = -1;
 
 		$expected = new DataResponse(
 			[
@@ -254,6 +295,10 @@ class CheckSetupControllerTest extends TestCase {
 				'isUrandomAvailable' => self::invokePrivate($this->checkSetupController, 'isUrandomAvailable'),
 				'securityDocs' => 'https://doc.owncloud.org/server/8.1/admin_manual/configuration_server/hardening.html',
 				'isUsedTlsLibOutdated' => '',
+				'phpSupported' => [
+					'eol' => true,
+					'version' => PHP_VERSION
+				]
 			]
 		);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->checkSetupController->check());