diff --git a/administrator/components/com_login/controller.php b/administrator/components/com_login/controller.php
index 5cb1264f83df4..471853bd2bdfe 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_login/controller.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_login/controller.php
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ public function display($cachable = false, $urlparams = false)
 		$this->input->set('view', 'login');
 		$this->input->set('layout', 'default');
 
+		// For non-html formats we do not have login view, so just display 403 instead
+		if ($this->input->get('format', 'html') !== 'html')
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException(JText::_('JERROR_ALERTNOAUTHOR'), 403);
+		}
+
 		parent::display();
 	}