diff --git a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
index 8339dca33..582c84eb8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -238,18 +238,29 @@ class RepositoriesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def export_modal
-    return unless current_user.has_available_exports?
-
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.json do
-        render json: {
-          html: render_to_string(
-            partial: 'export_repositories_modal.html.erb',
-            locals: { team_name: current_team.name,
-                      export_limit: TeamZipExport.exports_limit,
-                      num_of_requests_left: current_user.exports_left - 1 }
-          )
-        }
+    if current_user.has_available_exports?
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.json do
+          render json: {
+            html: render_to_string(
+              partial: 'export_repositories_modal.html.erb',
+              locals: { team_name: current_team.name,
+                        export_limit: TeamZipExport.exports_limit,
+                        num_of_requests_left: current_user.exports_left - 1 }
+            )
+          }
+        end
+      end
+    else
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.json do
+          render json: {
+            html: render_to_string(
+              partial: 'export_limit_exceeded_modal.html.erb',
+              locals: { requests_limit: TeamZipExport.exports_limit }
+            )
+          }
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/repositories/_export_limit_exceeded_modal.html.erb b/app/views/repositories/_export_limit_exceeded_modal.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1a83633d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/repositories/_export_limit_exceeded_modal.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<div class="modal"
+     id="export-repositories-limit-exceeded-modal"
+     class="export-repositories-limit-exceeded-modal"
+     tabindex="-1"
+     role="dialog"
+     aria-labelledby="export-repositories-limit-exceeded-modal-label">
+  <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
+    <div class="modal-content">
+      <div class="modal-header">
+        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+        <h4 class="modal-title"><%= t('repositories.index.modal_export_limit_exceeded.title') %></h4>
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-body">
+        <p><%=t 'repositories.index.modal_export_limit_exceeded.error_p1_html', limit: requests_limit %></p>
+        <p><%=t 'repositories.index.modal_export_limit_exceeded.error_p2_html', limit: requests_limit %></p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal"><%=t "general.cancel" %></button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index ec5c752a4..a255e8235 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1753,6 +1753,10 @@ en:
         description_p2: "You will receive an email when the .zip file is ready. A link to your file will also appear in your SciNote notification. For security reasons, this link will expire in 7 days."
         description_p3_html: "After you confirm this export, you will have <strong>%{remaining_export_requests}</strong> export requests left today (max %{requests_limit} requests per day)."
         export: "Export"
+      modal_export_limit_exceeded:
+        title: "Export denied"
+        error_p1_html: "It looks like you have exceeded your daily export limit. The number of exports is <strong>limited to %{limit} requests per day </strong>- you currently have 0 export requests left."
+        error_p2_html: "Please repeat the desired action <strong>tomorrow</strong>, when your daily limit will reset back to %{limit} export requests."
       modal_create:
         title: "Create new inventory"
         name_label: "Inventory name"