diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b36446b881868d8a0893b4c882f35587706f2bcf..e8157d1d4bd7bbc9456a3ebc5237f111650eb92d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ end
 
 gem 'haml-rails'
 gem 'compass-rails', '1.1.3'
+gem 'modernizr-rails'
 gem 'activeadmin', github: 'gregbell/active_admin'
 gem 'rails-i18n'
 gem 'devise-i18n'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 187b6627b818fa33d7f7b983ac7c178a120bc4e0..cc21fe0d10de11eaee36107278f937b80caecea4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ GEM
     method_source (0.8.2)
     mime-types (1.25.1)
     minitest (4.7.5)
+    modernizr-rails (2.7.1)
     multi_json (1.9.0)
     mysql2 (0.3.15)
     nio4r (1.0.0)
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder
   jquery-rails
   jquery-turbolinks
+  modernizr-rails
   mysql2
   quiet_assets
   rails
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 06881ed0a85300bed9f304dedfcb1fae2cc46f16..e834774a7e1212828755f665ab7be82c09f548ca 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 //= require jquery_ujs
 //= require jquery.turbolinks
 //= require turbolinks
+//= require modernizr
 //= require_tree .
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index e65433f12b555cb084c4137dacab8ba79dd9f01b..3dc9e16b45b07121ea63157336e071578d0db1be 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 !!! 5
 /[if IE]
-%html(lang="#{I18n.locale}")
+%html.no-js(lang="#{I18n.locale}")
   %head
     %title=t '.title'