diff --git a/Controller/PlatformUIController.php b/Controller/PlatformUIController.php
index 2f93a4eac..091b82239 100644
--- a/Controller/PlatformUIController.php
+++ b/Controller/PlatformUIController.php
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ public function shellAction(Request $request)
 
         return $this->render(
             'eZPlatformUIBundle:PlatformUI:shell.html.twig',
-            ['parameters' => $this->configAggregator->getConfig()]
+            [
+                'parameters' => $this->configAggregator->getConfig(),
+                'rest_session_time' => ini_get('session.gc_maxlifetime'),
+            ]
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/Resources/public/js/apps/ez-platformuiapp.js b/Resources/public/js/apps/ez-platformuiapp.js
index fcaa8b9b9..f288b5638 100644
--- a/Resources/public/js/apps/ez-platformuiapp.js
+++ b/Resources/public/js/apps/ez-platformuiapp.js
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ YUI.add('ez-platformuiapp', function (Y) {
                 if (oldService && newService) {
                     oldService.setNextViewServiceParameters(newService);
                 }
+
+                if (oldService) {
+                    oldService.killSessionRenewal();
+                }
             });
 
             this.after('*:navigateTo', function (e) {
@@ -1241,6 +1245,18 @@ YUI.add('ez-platformuiapp', function (Y) {
                 readOnly: true,
                 value: true,
             },
+
+            /**
+             * Information about REST session time
+             *
+             * @attribute restSessionTime
+             * @default 0
+             * @type {Number}
+             */
+            restSessionTime: {
+                writeOnce: 'initOnly',
+                value: 0
+            }
         }
     });
 });
diff --git a/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contentcreateviewservice.js b/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contentcreateviewservice.js
index 3298e9094..f6f474260 100644
--- a/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contentcreateviewservice.js
+++ b/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contentcreateviewservice.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ YUI.add('ez-contentcreateviewservice', function (Y) {
     Y.eZ.ContentCreateViewService = Y.Base.create('contentCreateViewService', Y.eZ.ContentEditViewService, [], {
         initializer: function () {
             this.on('*:changeLanguage', this._selectLanguage);
+            this.after('contentEditView:activeChange', this._refreshSession);
         },
 
         _load: function (next) {
diff --git a/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contenteditviewservice.js b/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contenteditviewservice.js
index d9d979abc..2ecb625f5 100644
--- a/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contenteditviewservice.js
+++ b/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contenteditviewservice.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ YUI.add('ez-contenteditviewservice', function (Y) {
             this.after('*:closeView', this._redirectAfterClose);
             this.after('discardedDraft', this._redirectAfterDiscard);
             this.after('publishedDraft', this._redirectAfterPublish);
+            this.after('contentEditView:activeChange', this._refreshSession);
 
             this._setLanguageCode();
             this._setBaseLanguageCode();
diff --git a/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-viewservice.js b/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-viewservice.js
index aedbb2f96..ae666a3b3 100644
--- a/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-viewservice.js
+++ b/Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-viewservice.js
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ YUI.add('ez-viewservice', function (Y) {
      * @extends Base
      */
     Y.eZ.ViewService = Y.Base.create('viewService', Y.Base, [], {
+        initializer: function () {
+            this._restSessionRenewalInterval = null;
+        },
+
         /**
          * Triggers the error event when the message parameter in the event
          * facade
@@ -158,6 +162,69 @@ YUI.add('ez-viewservice', function (Y) {
          */
         _getViewParameters: function () {
             return {};
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Refreshes a user session in interval
+         *
+         * @method _refreshSession
+         * @private
+         */
+        _refreshSession: function (event) {
+            if (!event.newVal) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // `restSessionTime` is set in seconds, but the interval takes milliseconds,
+            // thus I'm multiplying the value by 1000 then I'm dividing by 2.
+            // Refreshing after base session timeout is not recommended,
+            // because an user might be logged out before the refresh request is successful.
+            var refreshTimeout = this.get('app').get('restSessionTime') * 1000 / 2;
+
+            this.killSessionRenewal();
+
+            this._restSessionRenewalInterval = window.setInterval(Y.bind(function () {
+                this.get('capi').refreshSession(Y.bind(this._handleSessionRenewal, this));
+            }, this), refreshTimeout);
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * If error occurs then it displays an error notification
+         *
+         * @method _handleSessionRenewal
+         * @private
+         * @param {Boolean} error
+         */
+        _handleSessionRenewal: function (error) {
+            if (!error) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            this.fire('notify', {
+                notification: {
+                    text: Y.eZ.trans(
+                        'cannot.refresh.session',
+                        {},
+                        'contentedit'
+                    ),
+                    identifier: 'error-session-renewal',
+                    state: 'error',
+                    timeout: 0,
+                }
+            });
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Prevents from renewing session
+         *
+         * @method killSessionRenewal
+         */
+        killSessionRenewal: function () {
+            window.clearInterval(this._restSessionRenewalInterval);
+        },
+
+        destructor: function () {
+            this.killSessionRenewal();
         }
     }, {
         ATTRS: {
diff --git a/Resources/translations/contentedit.en.xlf b/Resources/translations/contentedit.en.xlf
index 32a0d4b52..9ce841ff2 100644
--- a/Resources/translations/contentedit.en.xlf
+++ b/Resources/translations/contentedit.en.xlf
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@
         <note>key: version.not.exist.in</note>
         <jms:reference-file>Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contenteditviewservice.js</jms:reference-file>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="217746443dd8e7aff0175db05603443dec7df180" resname="cannot.refresh.session">
+        <source>Cannot refresh the user session</source>
+        <target>Cannot refresh the user session</target>
+        <note>key: cannot.refresh.session</note>
+        <jms:reference-file>Resources/public/js/views/services/ez-contenteditviewservice.js</jms:reference-file>
+      </trans-unit>
     </body>
   </file>
 </xliff>
diff --git a/Resources/views/PlatformUI/shell.html.twig b/Resources/views/PlatformUI/shell.html.twig
index 9addaf12b..8a655a85b 100644
--- a/Resources/views/PlatformUI/shell.html.twig
+++ b/Resources/views/PlatformUI/shell.html.twig
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
                     viewContainer: '.ez-view-container',
                     config: {{ parameters|json_encode|raw }},
                     plugins: Y.eZ.PluginRegistry.getPlugins(Y.eZ.PlatformUIApp.NAME),
+                    restSessionTime: parseInt({{ rest_session_time }}, 10),
                 });
             app.on('ready', function () {
                 Y.one(Y.config.doc.documentElement).addClass('ez-platformui-app-ready');
diff --git a/Tests/js/apps/assets/ez-platformuiapp-tests.js b/Tests/js/apps/assets/ez-platformuiapp-tests.js
index 81f98a5e8..723944418 100644
--- a/Tests/js/apps/assets/ez-platformuiapp-tests.js
+++ b/Tests/js/apps/assets/ez-platformuiapp-tests.js
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ YUI.add('ez-platformuiapp-tests', function (Y) {
                 args: [secondService]
             });
 
+            Y.Mock.expect(firstService, {
+                method: 'killSessionRenewal',
+            });
+
             this.app._set('activeViewService', firstService);
             this.app._set('activeViewService', secondService);