diff --git a/horizon/middleware/base.py b/horizon/middleware/base.py
index feb1839b35..efcab23de7 100644
--- a/horizon/middleware/base.py
+++ b/horizon/middleware/base.py
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ class HorizonMiddleware(object):
 
     logout_reason = None
 
-    def _logout(self, request, login_url=None, message=None):
+    def _logout(self, request, login_url=None, message=None, status='success'):
         """Logout a user and display a logout message."""
         response = auth_views.logout(request, login_url)
         if message is not None:
             self.logout_reason = message
-            utils.add_logout_reason(request, response, message)
+            utils.add_logout_reason(request, response, message, status)
         return response
 
     def process_request(self, request):
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ class HorizonMiddleware(object):
                                          redirect_field_name=field_name)
             if isinstance(exception, exceptions.NotAuthorized):
                 logout_reason = _("Unauthorized. Please try logging in again.")
-                utils.add_logout_reason(request, response, logout_reason)
+                utils.add_logout_reason(request, response, logout_reason,
+                                        'error')
                 # delete messages, created in get_data() method
                 # since we are going to redirect user to the login page
                 response.delete_cookie('messages')
@@ -171,7 +172,8 @@ class HorizonMiddleware(object):
                     redirect_response['logout'] = True
                     if self.logout_reason is not None:
                         utils.add_logout_reason(
-                            request, redirect_response, self.logout_reason)
+                            request, redirect_response, self.logout_reason,
+                            'error')
                 else:
                     redirect_response = http.HttpResponse()
                 # Use a set while checking if we want a cookie's attributes
diff --git a/horizon/templates/auth/_login_form.html b/horizon/templates/auth/_login_form.html
index 8f943bb241..b0618c3024 100644
--- a/horizon/templates/auth/_login_form.html
+++ b/horizon/templates/auth/_login_form.html
@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@
           </div>
         {% endif  %}
         {% if request.COOKIES.logout_reason %}
-          <div class="form-group clearfix error help-block alert alert-danger" id="logout_reason">
-            <p>{{ request.COOKIES.logout_reason }}</p>
-          </div>
+          {% if request.COOKIES.logout_status == "success" %}
+            <div class="form-group clearfix error help-block alert alert-success" id="logout_reason">
+          {% else %}
+            <div class="form-group clearfix error help-block alert alert-danger" id="logout_reason">
+          {% endif %}
+              <p>{{ request.COOKIES.logout_reason }}</p>
+            </div>
         {% endif %}
         {% if next %}
           <input type="hidden" name="{{ redirect_field_name }}" value="{{ next }}" />
diff --git a/horizon/utils/functions.py b/horizon/utils/functions.py
index e49283fbe4..88472c8308 100644
--- a/horizon/utils/functions.py
+++ b/horizon/utils/functions.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def bytes_to_gigabytes(bytes):
     return int(math.ceil(float(bytes) / units.Gi))
 
 
-def add_logout_reason(request, response, reason):
+def add_logout_reason(request, response, reason, status='success'):
     # Store the translated string in the cookie
     lang = translation.get_language_from_request(request)
     with translation.override(lang):
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ def add_logout_reason(request, response, reason):
         if six.PY2:
             reason = reason.encode('utf-8')
         response.set_cookie('logout_reason', reason, max_age=10)
+        response.set_cookie('logout_status', status, max_age=10)
 
 
-def logout_with_message(request, msg, redirect=True):
+def logout_with_message(request, msg, redirect=True, status='success'):
     """Send HttpResponseRedirect to LOGOUT_URL.
 
     `msg` is a message displayed on the login page after the logout, to explain
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ def logout_with_message(request, msg, redirect=True):
             '%s?next=%s' % (settings.LOGOUT_URL, request.path))
     else:
         response = http.HttpResponseRedirect(settings.LOGOUT_URL)
-    add_logout_reason(request, response, msg)
+    add_logout_reason(request, response, msg, status)
     return response
 
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/settings/password/tests.py b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/settings/password/tests.py
index 900b367f0c..7c04ea04e1 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/settings/password/tests.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/settings/password/tests.py
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ class ChangePasswordTests(test.TestCase):
 
         self.assertRedirectsNoFollow(res, settings.LOGOUT_URL)
         self.assertIn('logout_reason', res.cookies)
+        self.assertIn('logout_status', res.cookies)
         self.assertEqual(res.cookies['logout_reason'].value,
                          "Password changed. Please log in again to continue.")
+        self.assertEqual('success', res.cookies['logout_status'].value)
         scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = urlsplit(res.url)
         redirect_response = res.client.get(path, http.QueryDict(query))
         self.assertRedirectsNoFollow(redirect_response, settings.LOGIN_URL)
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/views.py b/openstack_dashboard/views.py
index e3b981d906..98af118b6e 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/views.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/views.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ def splash(request):
     response = shortcuts.redirect(horizon.get_user_home(request.user))
     if 'logout_reason' in request.COOKIES:
         response.delete_cookie('logout_reason')
+    if 'logout_status' in request.COOKIES:
+        response.delete_cookie('logout_status')
     # Display Message of the Day message from the message files
     # located in MESSAGES_PATH
     if MESSAGES_PATH: