diff --git a/about.pl b/about.pl
index 6b44ea852b..ba77ca6d44 100755
--- a/about.pl
+++ b/about.pl
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ my $errZebraConnection = C4::Context->Zconn("biblioserver",0)->errcode();
 
 my $warnIsRootUser   = (! $loggedinuser);
 
+my $warnNoActiveCurrency = (! defined C4::Budgets->GetCurrency());
+
 $template->param(
     kohaVersion   => $kohaVersion,
     osVersion     => $osVersion,
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ $template->param(
     warnPrefAnonymousPatron => $warnPrefAnonymousPatron,
     errZebraConnection => $errZebraConnection,
     warnIsRootUser => $warnIsRootUser,
+    warnNoActiveCurrency => $warnNoActiveCurrency,
 );
 
 my @components = ();
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
index 58b3416387..e073948eea 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
             <p>Please log in instead with a regular staff account. To create a staff account, create a library, a patron category 'Staff' and add a new patron. Then give this patron permissions from 'More' in the toolbar.</p>
         [% END %]
             <h2>Warnings regarding the system configuration</h2>
-        [% IF warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities || warnPrefEasyAnalyticalRecords || warnPrefAnonymousPatron %]
+        [% IF warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities || warnPrefEasyAnalyticalRecords || warnPrefAnonymousPatron || warnNoActiveCurrency %]
         <table>
-            <caption>Preferences</caption>
+            <caption>Preferences and parameters</caption>
             [% IF (warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities) %]
             <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>System preference 'AutoCreateAuthorities' set, but needs 'BiblioAddsAuthorities' set as well.</td></tr>
             [% END %]
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
             [% IF warnPrefAnonymousPatron %]
                 <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>System preference 'OPACPrivacy' set, but AnonymousPatron preference is set to '0'. Set it to a valid borrower number if you want that this feature works correctly.</td></tr>
             [% END %]
+            [% IF warnNoActiveCurrency %]
+                <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>No active currency is defined. Please go to Administration:Currencies & Exchange rates and mark one currency as active.</td></tr>
+            [% END %]
         </table>
         [% ELSE %]
             <p>No warnings</p>