diff --git a/feeds.pages.inc b/feeds.pages.inc
index 7e1a164ad81a4f4b6c984980245dd8b44ddff68b..9bed7b7125a78135fc09a52356cc3edfaf89c09d 100644
--- a/feeds.pages.inc
+++ b/feeds.pages.inc
@@ -36,7 +36,22 @@ function feeds_page() {
     }
   }
   if (empty($rows)) {
-    drupal_set_message(t('There are no importers, go to <a href="@importers">Feed importers</a> to create one or enable an existing one.', array('@importers' => url('admin/structure/feeds'))));
+    // The feeds_ui module is enabled.
+    if (module_exists('feeds_ui') && user_access('administer feeds')) {
+      drupal_set_message(t('There are no importers, go to <a href="@importers">Feed importers</a> to create one or enable an existing one.', array('@importers' => url('admin/structure/feeds'))));
+    }
+    else {
+      // The feeds_ui module is not enabled but the current user has access to
+      // Modules to enable it.
+      if (user_access('administer modules')) {
+        drupal_set_message(t('The Feeds UI Admin module is not enabled and there are no importers, go to <a href="@modules">Modules</a> and enable Feeds Admin UI. Then go to <a href="@importers">Feed importers</a> to create one or enable an existing one.', array('@modules' => url('admin/modules'), '@importers' => url('admin/structure/feeds'))));
+      }
+      else {
+        // The feeds_ui module is not enabled and the current user cannot
+        // enable it.
+        drupal_set_message(t("The Feeds UI Admin module is not enabled. Please contact the Administrator for your site and ask them to enable it."));
+      }
+    }
   }
   $header = array(
     t('Import'),