diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index e603b02585afc4927b589065c9c9ef78bd437518..d4ffec79e4a58c360857713b2c963d2461978ebf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 Drupal 7.18, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 -----------------------
+- Added link to the URL for running cron from outside the site to the Cron
+  settings page (UI change).
 - Fixed bug which prevented image styles from being reverted on PHP 5.4.
 - Made the default .htaccess rules protocol sensitive to improve security for
   sites which use HTTPS and redirect between "www" and non-"www" versions of
diff --git a/modules/system/system.admin.inc b/modules/system/system.admin.inc
index 061898c8557d3ec6003b044595c694621266fe79..05543be6a5fb09bf40bd75537e9ea99ab7726b42 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/system/system.admin.inc
@@ -1594,6 +1594,7 @@ function system_site_information_settings_validate($form, &$form_state) {
  * @ingroup forms
  */
 function system_cron_settings() {
+  global $base_url;
   $form['description'] = array(
     '#markup' => '<p>' . t('Cron takes care of running periodic tasks like checking for updates and indexing content for search.') . '</p>',
   );
@@ -1606,6 +1607,11 @@ function system_cron_settings() {
   $form['status'] = array(
     '#markup' => $status,
   );
+
+  $form['cron_url'] = array(
+    '#markup' => '<p>' . t('To run cron from outside the site, go to <a href="!cron">!cron</a>', array('!cron' => url($base_url . '/cron.php', array('external' => TRUE, 'query' => array('cron_key' => variable_get('cron_key', 'drupal')))))) . '</p>',
+  );
+
   $form['cron'] = array(
     '#type' => 'fieldset',
   );