diff --git a/src/accounts/google/GoogleWrapper.cpp b/src/accounts/google/GoogleWrapper.cpp
index c91bf9763..c0ab8cc8f 100644
--- a/src/accounts/google/GoogleWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/accounts/google/GoogleWrapper.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ GoogleWrapper::GoogleWrapper ( const QString& pluginID )
     config->m_ui->xmppServer->setText( "talk.google.com" );
     config->m_ui->xmppPort->setValue( 5222 );
     config->m_ui->groupBoxXmppAdvanced->hide();
+    config->m_ui->googleHint->show();
 
     m_onlinePixmap = QPixmap( ":/google-account/gmail-logo.png" );
     m_offlinePixmap = QPixmap( ":/google-account/gmail-offline-logo.png" );
diff --git a/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppAccount.cpp b/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppAccount.cpp
index 932956738..c9ca306af 100644
--- a/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppAccount.cpp
+++ b/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppAccount.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "sip/SipPlugin.h"
 #include "XmppInfoPlugin.h"
 #include "accounts/AccountConfigWidget.h"
+#include "ui_XmppConfigWidget.h"
 
 #include <QtPlugin>
 
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ XmppAccount::XmppAccount( const QString &accountId )
 
     m_configWidget = QPointer< AccountConfigWidget >( new XmppConfigWidget( this, 0 ) );
 
+    XmppConfigWidget* config = static_cast< XmppConfigWidget* >( m_configWidget.data() );
+    config->m_ui->googleHint->hide();
+
     m_onlinePixmap = QPixmap( ":/xmpp-account/xmpp-icon.png" );
     m_offlinePixmap = QPixmap( ":/xmpp-account/xmpp-offline-icon.png" );
 }
diff --git a/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppConfigWidget.h b/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppConfigWidget.h
index ec3739735..203f301a4 100644
--- a/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppConfigWidget.h
+++ b/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppConfigWidget.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ private:
 
     bool m_disableChecksForGoogle;
     friend class GoogleWrapper; // So google wrapper can modify the labels and text
+    friend class XmppAccount; // So xmpp 'wrapper' can modify the labels and text
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppConfigWidget.ui b/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppConfigWidget.ui
index 96eacb053..6c05a1cde 100644
--- a/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppConfigWidget.ui
+++ b/src/accounts/xmpp/XmppConfigWidget.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>451</width>
-    <height>337</height>
+    <height>448</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
@@ -413,6 +413,31 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="googleHint">
+     <property name="maximumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>16777215</width>
+       <height>20</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may need to change your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;Google Account settings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to login.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="textFormat">
+      <enum>Qt::RichText</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="alignment">
+      <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+     </property>
+     <property name="openExternalLinks">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="textInteractionFlags">
+      <set>Qt::TextBrowserInteraction</set>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">