diff --git a/web/i18n/en.yml b/web/i18n/en.yml
index dfabf9fc..f0b9ab28 100644
--- a/web/i18n/en.yml
+++ b/web/i18n/en.yml
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ pages:
             nodes_tooltip: Relation members of type node with this role (and as percentage of all members of type node) for this relation type.
             ways_tooltip: Relation members of type way with this role (and as percentage of all members of type way) for this relation type.
             relations_tooltip: Relation members of type relation with this role (and as percentage of all members of type relation) for this relation type.
+            no_roles_info: There is no information about roles for this relation type (most likely because there are only very few of those relations).
 
 flexigrid:
     pagetext: Page
diff --git a/web/lib/ui/relation.rb b/web/lib/ui/relation.rb
index ab3bc8f0..1a3a0540 100644
--- a/web/lib/ui/relation.rb
+++ b/web/lib/ui/relation.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ class Taginfo < Sinatra::Base
 
         @desc = 'XXX'
 
+        @count_relation_roles = @db.count('relation_roles').
+            condition("rtype=?", rtype).
+            get_first_value().to_i
+
         javascript "#{ r18n.locale.code }/relation"
         erb :relation
     end
diff --git a/web/views/relation.erb b/web/views/relation.erb
index e2e60bce..19dcc9f6 100644
--- a/web/views/relation.erb
+++ b/web/views/relation.erb
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@
     </div>
     <div id="roles">
         <h2><%= t.pages.relation.roles.title %></h2>
+<% if @count_relation_roles > 0 %>
         <table id="grid-roles">
         </table>
+<% else %>
+        <p class="empty"><%= t.pages.relation.roles.no_roles_info %></p>
+<% end %>
     </div>
 </div>
 <% javascript do