diff --git a/app/locales/taiga/locale-en.json b/app/locales/taiga/locale-en.json
index 4fa858e9..1be0721f 100644
--- a/app/locales/taiga/locale-en.json
+++ b/app/locales/taiga/locale-en.json
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@
         "SUBJECT_BULK_MODE": "Subject (bulk insert)",
         "CHOOSE_PROJECT_FROM": "What's the project?",
         "CHOOSE_USERSTORY": "What's the user story?",
+        "NO_USERSTORIES": "This project has no User Stories yet. Please select another project.",
         "FILTER_USERSTORIES": "Filter user stories",
         "LIGHTBOX_TITLE_BLOKING_EPIC": "Blocking epic",
         "ACTION_DELETE": "Delete epic"
diff --git a/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-create/related-userstories-create.jade b/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-create/related-userstories-create.jade
index 159e594d..f5cabb13 100644
--- a/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-create/related-userstories-create.jade
+++ b/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-create/related-userstories-create.jade
@@ -110,8 +110,13 @@ a.add-button.e2e-add-userstory-button(
                 translate="COMMON.SAVE"
                 ng-show="relatedWithSelector=='new-user-story'"
             )
+            
+        p(
+            ng-show="relatedWithSelector=='existing-user-story' && !vm.projectUserstories.size"
+            translate="EPIC.NO_USERSTORIES"
+        )
 
-        fieldset.existing-user-story(ng-show="relatedWithSelector=='existing-user-story'")
+        fieldset.existing-user-story(ng-show="relatedWithSelector=='existing-user-story' && vm.projectUserstories.size")
             label(
                 translate="EPIC.CHOOSE_USERSTORY"
                 for="userstory-filter"