diff --git a/admin/themes/default/template/photos_add_direct.tpl b/admin/themes/default/template/photos_add_direct.tpl
index 5101bcf48..26f3cda3b 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/template/photos_add_direct.tpl
+++ b/admin/themes/default/template/photos_add_direct.tpl
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function(){
 </div>
 
 <div id="photosAddContent">
+  <div class="addAlbumEmpty">
+    <div class="addAlbumEmptyTitle">{'Welcome!'|translate}</div>
+      <p class="addAlbumEmptyInfos">{'Piwigo requires an album to add photos.'|translate}</p>
+      <a href="#" data-add-album="category" title="{'Create a first album'|translate}">{'Create a first album'|translate}</a>  
+  </div>
 
 <div class="infos" style="display:none"><i class="eiw-icon icon-ok"></i></div>
 <div class="errors" style="display:none"><i class="eiw-icon icon-cancel"></i><ul></ul></div>
diff --git a/language/en_UK/admin.lang.php b/language/en_UK/admin.lang.php
index 6c9bd074f..382a9eae0 100644
--- a/language/en_UK/admin.lang.php
+++ b/language/en_UK/admin.lang.php
@@ -1017,3 +1017,6 @@ $lang['checksums to add'] = 'checksums to add';
 $lang['Synchronization in progress'] = 'Synchronization in progress';
 $lang['Display category date'] = 'Display category date';
 $lang['Display album date period'] = 'Show the date period associated with each album, eg « from July 12th to 15th, 2018 »';
+$lang['Welcome!'] = 'Welcome!';
+$lang['Piwigo requires an album to add photos.'] = 'Piwigo requires an album to add photos.';
+$lang['Create a first album'] = 'Create a first album';
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diff --git a/language/fr_FR/admin.lang.php b/language/fr_FR/admin.lang.php
index 21793af16..0425f14ef 100644
--- a/language/fr_FR/admin.lang.php
+++ b/language/fr_FR/admin.lang.php
@@ -1009,4 +1009,7 @@ $lang['(determined from photos)'] = '(déterminée à partir des photos)';
 $lang['It only takes a few clicks.'] = 'Cela se fait en quelques clics';
 $lang['Piwigo %s is available, please update'] = 'Piwigo %s est disponible, merci de mettre à jour';
 $lang['Running on an up-to-date Piwigo is important for security.'] = 'Maintenir Piwigo à jour est important pour la sécurité.';
-$lang['Time has come to update your Piwigo with version %s, go to %s'] = 'Il est temps de mettre à jour votre Piwigo avec la version %s, allez sur %s';
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+$lang['Time has come to update your Piwigo with version %s, go to %s'] = 'Il est temps de mettre à jour votre Piwigo avec la version %s, allez sur %s';
+$lang['Welcome!'] = 'Bienvenue !';
+$lang['Piwigo requires an album to add photos.'] = 'Piwigo a besoin d\'un album pour y ajouter des photos.';
+$lang['Create a first album'] = 'Créer un premier album';