diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 6e6659de7..5fcd3ce9c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -340,12 +340,13 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
   # Bulk edit issues
   def bulk_edit_issues
     if request.post?
+      status = IssueStatus.find_by_id(params[:status_id])
       priority = Enumeration.find_by_id(params[:priority_id])
       assigned_to = User.find_by_id(params[:assigned_to_id])
       category = @project.issue_categories.find_by_id(params[:category_id])
       fixed_version = @project.versions.find_by_id(params[:fixed_version_id])
       issues = @project.issues.find_all_by_id(params[:issue_ids])
-      unsaved_issue_ids = []
+      unsaved_issue_ids = []      
       issues.each do |issue|
         journal = issue.init_journal(User.current, params[:notes])
         issue.priority = priority if priority
@@ -355,10 +356,12 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
         issue.start_date = params[:start_date] unless params[:start_date].blank?
         issue.due_date = params[:due_date] unless params[:due_date].blank?
         issue.done_ratio = params[:done_ratio] unless params[:done_ratio].blank?
-        if issue.save
+        # Don't save any change to the issue if the user is not authorized to apply the requested status
+        if (status.nil? || (issue.status.new_status_allowed_to?(status, current_role, issue.tracker) && issue.status = status)) && issue.save
           # Send notification for each issue (if changed)
           Mailer.deliver_issue_edit(journal) if journal.details.any? && Setting.notified_events.include?('issue_updated')
         else
+          # Keep unsaved issue ids to display them in flash error
           unsaved_issue_ids << issue.id
         end
       end
@@ -370,6 +373,11 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
       redirect_to :action => 'list_issues', :id => @project
       return
     end
+    if current_role && User.current.allowed_to?(:change_issue_status, @project)
+      # Find potential statuses the user could be allowed to switch issues to
+      @available_statuses = Workflow.find(:all, :include => :new_status,
+                                                :conditions => {:role_id => current_role.id}).collect(&:new_status).compact.uniq
+    end
     render :update do |page|
       page.hide 'query_form'
       page.replace_html  'bulk-edit', :partial => 'issues/bulk_edit_form'
diff --git a/app/models/issue_status.rb b/app/models/issue_status.rb
index 3929c6774..62b2cb762 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_status.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_status.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ class IssueStatus < ActiveRecord::Base
                                    :conditions => ["role_id=? and tracker_id=?", role.id, tracker.id]).collect{ |w| w.new_status }.compact  if role && tracker
     new_statuses ? new_statuses.sort{|x, y| x.position <=> y.position } : []
   end
+  
+  def new_status_allowed_to?(status, role, tracker)
+    status && role && tracker ?
+      !workflows.find(:first, :conditions => {:new_status_id => status.id, :role_id => role.id, :tracker_id => tracker.id}).nil? :
+      false
+  end
 
   def to_s; name end
 
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_bulk_edit_form.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_bulk_edit_form.rhtml
index 3824d9c05..a98c1f399 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_bulk_edit_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_bulk_edit_form.rhtml
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 <fieldset class="box"><legend><%= l(:label_bulk_edit_selected_issues) %></legend>
 
 <p>
+<% if @available_statuses %>
+<label><%= l(:field_status) %>: 
+<%= select_tag('status_id', "<option value=\"\">#{l(:label_no_change_option)}</option>" + options_from_collection_for_select(@available_statuses, :id, :name)) %></label>
+<% end %>
 <label><%= l(:field_priority) %>: 
 <%= select_tag('priority_id', "<option value=\"\">#{l(:label_no_change_option)}</option>" + options_from_collection_for_select(Enumeration.get_values('IPRI'), :id, :name)) %></label>
-<label><%= l(:field_assigned_to) %>: 
-<%= select_tag('assigned_to_id', "<option value=\"\">#{l(:label_no_change_option)}</option>" + options_from_collection_for_select(@project.assignable_users, :id, :name)) %></label>
 <label><%= l(:field_category) %>: 
 <%= select_tag('category_id', "<option value=\"\">#{l(:label_no_change_option)}</option>" + options_from_collection_for_select(@project.issue_categories, :id, :name)) %></label>
+</p>
+<p>
+<label><%= l(:field_assigned_to) %>: 
+<%= select_tag('assigned_to_id', "<option value=\"\">#{l(:label_no_change_option)}</option>" + options_from_collection_for_select(@project.assignable_users, :id, :name)) %></label>
 <label><%= l(:field_fixed_version) %>: 
 <%= select_tag('fixed_version_id', "<option value=\"\">#{l(:label_no_change_option)}</option>" + options_from_collection_for_select(@project.versions, :id, :name)) %></label>
 </p>