diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index dad7bebcc8..79552044fc 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-08-18  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
+
+	* insetcite.C (getNatbibLabel): prevent filesystem exception
+	if the bib file does not exist.
+
 2006-08-17  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
 
 	* insetbase.h (notifyCursorLeaves): return a bool indicating
diff --git a/src/insets/insetcite.C b/src/insets/insetcite.C
index 7a0a641db2..ff2ee37b94 100644
--- a/src/insets/insetcite.C
+++ b/src/insets/insetcite.C
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "bufferparams.h"
 #include "BufferView.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "dispatchresult.h"
 #include "funcrequest.h"
 #include "LaTeXFeatures.h"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ using lyx::support::ltrim;
 using lyx::support::rtrim;
 using lyx::support::split;
 
+using std::endl;
 using std::string;
 using std::ostream;
 using std::vector;
@@ -68,7 +70,10 @@ string const getNatbibLabel(Buffer const & buffer,
 	for (vector<string>::const_iterator it = bibfilesCache.begin();
 			it != bibfilesCache.end(); ++ it) {
 		string const f = *it;
-		if (bibfileStatus[f] != fs::last_write_time(f)) {
+		if (!fs::exists(f)) {
+			lyxerr << "Couldn't find bibtex file " << f << endl;
+			changed = true;
+		} else if (bibfileStatus[f] != fs::last_write_time(f)) {
 			changed = true;
 			bibfileStatus[f] = fs::last_write_time(f);
 		}
diff --git a/status.14x b/status.14x
index 38a5012d0c..ef1a6f9dcb 100644
--- a/status.14x
+++ b/status.14x
@@ -36,6 +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.
+
 - Ignore definition of lyxgreyout environment when re-importing a LyX
   generated LaTeX file (part of bug 2420)