diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index 79552044fc..89ac6b3333 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-08-19  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
+
+	* insetcite.C (getNatbibLabel): prevent filesystem exception
+	if the bib file is in a non-readable directory (bug 2782).
+
 2006-08-18  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
 
 	* insetcite.C (getNatbibLabel): prevent filesystem exception
diff --git a/src/insets/insetcite.C b/src/insets/insetcite.C
index ff2ee37b94..bcc8e1cd7d 100644
--- a/src/insets/insetcite.C
+++ b/src/insets/insetcite.C
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "frontends/controllers/biblio.h"
 
+#include "support/fs_extras.h"
 #include "support/lstrings.h"
 
 #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@ string const getNatbibLabel(Buffer const & buffer,
 	for (vector<string>::const_iterator it = bibfilesCache.begin();
 			it != bibfilesCache.end(); ++ it) {
 		string const f = *it;
-		if (!fs::exists(f)) {
-			lyxerr << "Couldn't find bibtex file " << f << endl;
+		if (!fs::exists(f) || !fs::is_readable(fs::path(f).branch_path())) {
+			lyxerr << "Couldn't find or read bibtex file " << f << endl;
 			changed = true;
 		} else if (bibfileStatus[f] != fs::last_write_time(f)) {
 			changed = true;
diff --git a/status.14x b/status.14x
index ef1a6f9dcb..54d656fe7d 100644
--- a/status.14x
+++ b/status.14x
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix crash when importing LaTeX files with no text (bug 2667)
 
-- Fix crash when a used bibtex file does not exist.
+- Fix crash when a used bibtex file is in a non-readable directory
+  (bug 2782).
 
 - Ignore definition of lyxgreyout environment when re-importing a LyX
   generated LaTeX file (part of bug 2420)