diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiDocument.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/GuiDocument.cpp
index 11d8f53cd9..635a6d59a2 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiDocument.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiDocument.cpp
@@ -1762,6 +1762,8 @@ GuiDocument::GuiDocument(GuiView & lv)
 		this, SLOT(change_adaptor()));
 	connect(pdfSupportModule->pdfborderCB, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)),
 		this, SLOT(change_adaptor()));
+	connect(pdfSupportModule->colorlinksCB, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)),
+		this, SLOT(colorlinksCB_adaptor(bool)));
 	connect(pdfSupportModule->colorlinksCB, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)),
 		this, SLOT(change_adaptor()));
 	connect(pdfSupportModule->backrefCO, SIGNAL(activated(int)),
@@ -3088,6 +3090,12 @@ void GuiDocument::classChanged_adaptor()
 }
 
 
+void GuiDocument::colorlinksCB_adaptor(bool enabled)
+{
+	pdfSupportModule->pdfborderCB->setEnabled(!enabled);
+}
+
+
 void GuiDocument::classChanged()
 {
 	int idx = latexModule->classCO->currentIndex();
@@ -4732,6 +4740,10 @@ void GuiDocument::paramsToDialog()
 	pdfSupportModule->pdfusetitleCB->setChecked(pdf.pdfusetitle);
 	pdfSupportModule->colorlinksCB->setChecked(pdf.colorlinks);
 
+	//hyperref considers colorlinks to be mutually exlusive to borders
+	//for workaround see manuals
+	pdfSupportModule->pdfborderCB->setEnabled(!pdf.colorlinks);
+
 	nn = findToken(backref_opts, pdf.backref);
 	if (nn >= 0)
 		pdfSupportModule->backrefCO->setCurrentIndex(nn);
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiDocument.h b/src/frontends/qt/GuiDocument.h
index acb7c91b17..a1dc0275ca 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiDocument.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiDocument.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 	void browseMaster();
 	void classChanged();
 	void classChanged_adaptor();
+	void colorlinksCB_adaptor(bool);
 	void languagePackageChanged(int);
 	void biblioChanged();
 	void rescanBibFiles();
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/ui/PDFSupportUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt/ui/PDFSupportUi.ui
index b3ea170e31..df274ebd24 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/ui/PDFSupportUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/ui/PDFSupportUi.ui
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@
             </item>
             <item>
              <widget class="QCheckBox" name="colorlinksCB">
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Mutually exclusive with frames around links, see manual.</string>
+              </property>
               <property name="text">
                <string>C&amp;olor links</string>
               </property>
diff --git a/status.24x b/status.24x
index 8dba672be7..f2bc03ad67 100644
--- a/status.24x
+++ b/status.24x
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ What's new
   the outliner, even of they do not have a label yet. In the latter
   case, a label is autonatically inserted.
 
+- Document PDF settings allow color links and frames around them.
+  These two settings are mutually exclusive by default and we signal
+  that within UI now. Workarounds can be found our and hyperref manual.
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION