diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/history.html b/qutebrowser/html/history.html
index a7c0eafc5..75925f546 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/history.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/history.html
@@ -47,9 +47,22 @@ table {
     text-align: center;
 }
 
+.error {
+    background-color: #ffbbbb;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    padding: 10px;
+    text-align: center;
+    width: 100%;
+    border: 1px solid #ff7777;
+}
+
 {% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 <h1>Browsing history</h1>
+<noscript>
+    <div class="error">Javascript is required to view this page.</div>
+</noscript>
 <div id="hist-container"></div>
 <span id="eof" style="display: none">end</span>
 <a href="#" onclick="loadHistory();"id="load">Show more</a>