diff --git a/plugins/tasks/jira-connector/src/main/java/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRepository.java b/plugins/tasks/jira-connector/src/main/java/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRepository.java
index 91763014b989..c48be1c99b3e 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/jira-connector/src/main/java/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRepository.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/jira-connector/src/main/java/com/intellij/tasks/jira/JiraRepository.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class JiraRepository extends BaseRepositoryImpl {
 
   private final static Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.tasks.jira.JiraRepository");
+  public static final String LOGIN_FAILED_CHECK_YOUR_PERMISSIONS = "Login failed. Check your permissions.";
+
   private boolean myJira4 = true;
 
   /**
@@ -160,6 +162,9 @@ public class JiraRepository extends BaseRepositoryImpl {
     if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK && statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY) {
       throw new IOException("Can't login: " + statusCode + " (" + HttpStatus.getStatusText(statusCode) + ")");
     }
+    if (statusCode == HttpStatus.SC_OK && new String(postMethod.getResponseBody(2000)).contains("\"loginSucceeded\":false")) {
+      throw new IOException(LOGIN_FAILED_CHECK_YOUR_PERMISSIONS);
+    }
     return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/integration/JiraIntegrationTest.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/integration/JiraIntegrationTest.java
index 98fa5568c891..a03906966b01 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/integration/JiraIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/integration/JiraIntegrationTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ public class JiraIntegrationTest extends TaskManagerTestCase {
     assertFalse(issues[0].isClosed());
   }
 
+  public void testLogin() throws Exception {
+    myRepository.setUsername("german");
+    myRepository.setUsername("wrong password");
+    Exception exception = myRepository.createCancellableConnection().call();
+    assertNotNull(exception);
+    assertEquals(JiraRepository.LOGIN_FAILED_CHECK_YOUR_PERMISSIONS, exception.getMessage());
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     super.setUp();