diff --git a/core/components/com_forum/config/access.xml b/core/components/com_forum/config/access.xml
index 91a57815e67..b8661ea060c 100644
--- a/core/components/com_forum/config/access.xml
+++ b/core/components/com_forum/config/access.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 <access component="com_forum">
 	<section name="component">
+		<action name="core.access" title="JACTION_ACCESS" description="JACTION_ACCESS_COMPONENT_DESC" />
 		<action name="core.admin" title="JACTION_ADMIN" description="JACTION_ADMIN_COMPONENT_DESC" />
 		<action name="core.manage" title="JACTION_MANAGE" description="JACTION_MANAGE_COMPONENT_DESC" />
 		<action name="core.create" title="JACTION_CREATE" description="JACTION_CREATE_COMPONENT_DESC" />
diff --git a/core/components/com_forum/site/forum.php b/core/components/com_forum/site/forum.php
index a0577d99fe2..0cb09607abc 100644
--- a/core/components/com_forum/site/forum.php
+++ b/core/components/com_forum/site/forum.php
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . DS . 'controllers' . DS . $controllerName . '.php';
 $controllerName = __NAMESPACE__ . '\\Controllers\\' . ucfirst(strtolower($controllerName));
 
+if (!User::authorise('core.access', 'com_forum'))
+{
+    $return = base64_encode(Request::getString('REQUEST_URI', '', 'server'));
+    //$return = base64_encode($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
+    App::redirect( Route::url('index.php?option=com_users&view=login&return=' . $return, false),
+        "Please Log in and then we will redirect you to the forum pages",
+        'warning'
+    );
+}
+
 // Instantiate controller
 $controller = new $controllerName();
 $controller->execute();