diff --git a/PyRIGS/decorators.py b/PyRIGS/decorators.py
index 67d8964c..4af93097 100644
--- a/PyRIGS/decorators.py
+++ b/PyRIGS/decorators.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
-def user_passes_test_with_403(test_func, login_url=None):
+def user_passes_test_with_403(test_func, login_url=None, oembed_view=None):
     """
     Decorator for views that checks that the user passes the given test.
     
@@ -13,12 +14,20 @@ def user_passes_test_with_403(test_func, login_url=None):
     if not login_url:
         from django.conf import settings
         login_url = settings.LOGIN_URL
+
     def _dec(view_func):
         def _checklogin(request, *args, **kwargs):
             if test_func(request.user):
                 return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
             elif not request.user.is_authenticated():
-                return HttpResponseRedirect('%s?%s=%s' % (login_url, REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME, request.get_full_path()))
+                if oembed_view is not None:
+                    extra_context = {}
+                    extra_context['oembed_url'] = request.scheme + '://' + request.META['HTTP_HOST'] + reverse(oembed_view, kwargs=kwargs)
+                    extra_context['login_url'] = "{0}?{1}={2}".format(login_url, REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME, request.get_full_path())
+                    resp = render_to_response('login_redirect_embed.html', extra_context, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+                    return resp
+                else:
+                    return HttpResponseRedirect('%s?%s=%s' % (login_url, REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME, request.get_full_path()))
             else:
                 resp = render_to_response('403.html', context_instance=RequestContext(request))
                 resp.status_code = 403
@@ -28,12 +37,12 @@ def user_passes_test_with_403(test_func, login_url=None):
         return _checklogin
     return _dec
 
-def permission_required_with_403(perm, login_url=None):
+def permission_required_with_403(perm, login_url=None, oembed_view=None):
     """
     Decorator for views that checks whether a user has a particular permission
     enabled, redirecting to the log-in page or rendering a 403 as necessary.
     """
-    return user_passes_test_with_403(lambda u: u.has_perm(perm), login_url=login_url)
+    return user_passes_test_with_403(lambda u: u.has_perm(perm), login_url=login_url, oembed_view=oembed_view)
 
 from RIGS import models
 
diff --git a/RIGS/urls.py b/RIGS/urls.py
index 53bba8da..16da83da 100644
--- a/RIGS/urls.py
+++ b/RIGS/urls.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
                            name='activity_feed'),
 
                        url(r'^event/(?P<pk>\d+)/$',
-                           permission_required_with_403('RIGS.view_event')(rigboard.EventDetail.as_view()),
+                           permission_required_with_403('RIGS.view_event', oembed_view="event_oembed")(rigboard.EventDetail.as_view()),
                            name='event_detail'),
                        url(r'^event/(?P<pk>\d+)/oembed/$',
                            rigboard.EventOembed.as_view(),
diff --git a/templates/login_redirect_embed.html b/templates/login_redirect_embed.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afd3487c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/login_redirect_embed.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load staticfiles %}
+{% block title %}Login Required{% endblock %}
+
+{% block js %}
+	<script>
+	document.location = "{{login_url}}"
+	</script>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block extra-head %}
+	{% if oembed_url %}
+	<link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed"
+	  href="{{oembed_url}}"
+	  title="RIGS Event Embed" />
+	{% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    <div class="text-center">
+        <h2>Login is required for this page</h2>
+        <a href="{{login_url}}" class="btn btn-primary">Login</a>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}