diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 2fb297874..00ed9e685 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def destroy
+    if @user == User.current && !@user.own_account_deletable?
+      error_messages = @user.own_account_deletion_errors.full_messsages
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.html { return render_error message: error_messages.join(', '), status: 422 }
+        format.api  { return render_api_errors(error_messages) }
+      end
+    end
+
     @user.destroy
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { redirect_back_or_default(users_path) }
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 9a073f1bd..1d62b326d 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -754,8 +754,22 @@ class User < Principal
 
   # Returns true if the user is allowed to delete the user's own account
   def own_account_deletable?
-    Setting.unsubscribe? &&
-      (!admin? || User.active.admin.where("id <> ?", id).exists?)
+    own_account_deletion_errors.present?
+  end
+
+  def own_account_deletion_errors
+    errors = ActiveModel::Errors.new(self)
+
+    unless Setting.unsubscribe?
+      errors.add(:base, :error_unable_delete_own_account)
+      return errors
+    end
+
+    if admin? && !User.active.admin.where("id <> ?", id).exists?
+      errors.add(:base, :error_unable_delete_last_active_admin)
+    end
+
+    errors
   end
 
   safe_attributes(