diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtree.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtree.directive.js
index 1a652a787c..6ed1a21306 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtree.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtree.directive.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function umbTreeDirective($compile, $log, $q, $rootScope, treeService, notificat
             //var showheader = (attrs.showheader !== 'false');
             var hideoptions = (attrs.hideoptions === 'true') ? "hide-options" : "";
             var template = '<ul class="umb-tree ' + hideoptions + '"><li class="root">';
-            template += '<div ng-hide="hideheader" on-right-click="altSelect(tree.root, $event)">' +
+            template += '<div ng-class="getNodeCssClass(tree.root)" ng-hide="hideheader" on-right-click="altSelect(tree.root, $event)">' +
                 '<h5>' +
                 '<a href="#/{{section}}" ng-click="select(tree.root, $event)"  class="root-link"><i ng-if="enablecheckboxes == \'true\'" ng-class="selectEnabledNodeClass(tree.root)"></i> {{tree.name}}</a></h5>' +
                 '<a class="umb-options" ng-hide="tree.root.isContainer || !tree.root.menuUrl" ng-click="options(tree.root, $event)" ng-swipe-right="options(tree.root, $event)"><i></i><i></i><i></i></a>' +
@@ -310,6 +310,25 @@ function umbTreeDirective($compile, $log, $q, $rootScope, treeService, notificat
 
                 }
 
+                /** Returns the css classses assigned to the node (div element) */
+                scope.getNodeCssClass = function (node) {
+                    if (!node) {
+                        return '';
+                    }
+
+                    //TODO: This is called constantly because as a method in a template it's re-evaluated pretty much all the time
+                    // it would be better if we could cache the processing. The problem is that some of these things are dynamic.
+
+                    var css = [];
+                    if (node.cssClasses) {
+                        _.each(node.cssClasses, function (c) {
+                            css.push(c);
+                        });
+                    }
+                    
+                    return css.join(" ");
+                };
+
                 scope.selectEnabledNodeClass = function (node) {
                     return node ?
                         node.selected ?
@@ -383,6 +402,12 @@ function umbTreeDirective($compile, $log, $q, $rootScope, treeService, notificat
                   defined on the tree
                 */
                 scope.select = function (n, ev) {
+
+                    if (n.metaData && n.metaData.noAccess === true) {
+                        ev.preventDefault();
+                        return;
+                    }
+
                     //on tree select we need to remove the current node -
                     // whoever handles this will need to make sure the correct node is selected
                     //reset current node selection
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtreeitem.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtreeitem.directive.js
index 03ef2cdfb4..ce74767007 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtreeitem.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/tree/umbtreeitem.directive.js
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ angular.module("umbraco.directives")
             scope.getNodeCssClass = function (node) {
                 if (!node) {
                     return '';
-                }
+                }
+
+                //TODO: This is called constantly because as a method in a template it's re-evaluated pretty much all the time
+                // it would be better if we could cache the processing. The problem is that some of these things are dynamic.
+
                 var css = [];                
                 if (node.cssClasses) {
                     _.each(node.cssClasses, function(c) {
@@ -120,7 +124,8 @@ angular.module("umbraco.directives")
                 }
                 if (node.selected) {
                     css.push("umb-tree-node-checked");
-                }
+                }
+                
                 return css.join(" ");
             };
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tree.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tree.service.js
index 325aa4690f..888a067a66 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tree.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tree.service.js
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ function treeService($q, treeResource, iconHelper, notificationsService, eventsS
             if (!parentNode.section) {
                 parentNode.section = section;
             }
+
+            if (parentNode.metaData && parentNode.metaData.noAccess === true) {
+                if (!parentNode.cssClasses) {
+                    parentNode.cssClasses = [];
+                }
+                parentNode.cssClasses.push("no-access");
+            }
+
             //create a method outside of the loop to return the parent - otherwise jshint blows up
             var funcParent = function() {
                 return parentNode;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
index c025f027cb..8fabc1677e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
         }
 
         #endregion
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Ensure the noAccess metadata is applied for the root node if in dialog mode and the user doesn't have path access to it
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="queryStrings"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        protected override TreeNode CreateRootNode(FormDataCollection queryStrings)
+        {
+            var node = base.CreateRootNode(queryStrings);
+
+            if (IsDialog(queryStrings) && UserStartNodes.Contains(Constants.System.Root) == false)
+            {
+                node.AdditionalData["noAccess"] = true;
+            }
+
+            return node;
+        }
 
         protected abstract TreeNode GetSingleTreeNode(IUmbracoEntity e, string parentId, FormDataCollection queryStrings);