diff --git a/js/gdm/authPrompt.js b/js/gdm/authPrompt.js
index 93a381056808cf7c1241982ec068ddb291e0c3f3..5300c4318db1215c0412643598213ee756c1ef26 100644
--- a/js/gdm/authPrompt.js
+++ b/js/gdm/authPrompt.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const { Clutter, GObject, Pango, Shell, St } = imports.gi;
 const Animation = imports.ui.animation;
 const Batch = imports.gdm.batch;
 const GdmUtil = imports.gdm.util;
+const Util = imports.misc.util;
 const Params = imports.misc.params;
 const ShellEntry = imports.ui.shellEntry;
 const UserWidget = imports.ui.userWidget;
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ var DEFAULT_BUTTON_WELL_ANIMATION_TIME = 300;
 
 var MESSAGE_FADE_OUT_ANIMATION_TIME = 500;
 
+const WIGGLE_OFFSET = 6;
+const WIGGLE_DURATION = 65;
+const N_WIGGLES = 3;
+
 var AuthPromptMode = {
     UNLOCK_ONLY: 0,
     UNLOCK_OR_LOG_IN: 1
@@ -256,6 +261,12 @@ var AuthPrompt = GObject.registerClass({
         this.updateSensitivity(canRetry);
         this.setActorInDefaultButtonWell(null);
         this.verificationStatus = AuthPromptStatus.VERIFICATION_FAILED;
+
+        Util.wiggle(this._entry, {
+            offset: WIGGLE_OFFSET,
+            duration: WIGGLE_DURATION,
+            wiggleCount: N_WIGGLES,
+        });
     }
 
     _onVerificationComplete() {
diff --git a/js/misc/util.js b/js/misc/util.js
index db3742eb3dd543668f630f8b5d1b9d60ef734df6..541f1876bdcc8c6f9bf15e3d76b5ae53a5be130f 100644
--- a/js/misc/util.js
+++ b/js/misc/util.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // -*- mode: js; js-indent-level: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
 /* exported findUrls, spawn, spawnCommandLine, spawnApp, trySpawnCommandLine,
             formatTime, formatTimeSpan, createTimeLabel, insertSorted,
-            makeCloseButton, ensureActorVisibleInScrollView */
+            makeCloseButton, ensureActorVisibleInScrollView, wiggle */
 
 const { Clutter, Gio, GLib, GObject, Shell, St } = imports.gi;
 const Gettext = imports.gettext;
@@ -429,3 +429,37 @@ function ensureActorVisibleInScrollView(scrollView, actor) {
         duration: SCROLL_TIME
     });
 }
+
+function wiggle(actor, params) {
+    params = Params.parse(params, {
+        offset: 0,
+        duration: 0,
+        wiggleCount: 0,
+    });
+    actor.translation_x = 0;
+
+    // Accelerate before wiggling
+    actor.ease({
+        translation_x: -params.offset,
+        duration: params.duration,
+        mode: Clutter.AnimationMode.EASE_OUT_QUAD,
+        onComplete: () => {
+            // Wiggle
+            actor.ease({
+                translation_x: params.offset,
+                duration: params.duration,
+                mode: Clutter.AnimationMode.LINEAR,
+                repeatCount: params.wiggleCount,
+                autoReverse: true,
+                onComplete: () => {
+                    // Decelerate and return to the original position
+                    actor.ease({
+                        translation_x: 0,
+                        duration: params.duration,
+                        mode: Clutter.AnimationMode.EASE_IN_QUAD,
+                    });
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    });
+}
diff --git a/js/ui/environment.js b/js/ui/environment.js
index bbd33c965401a3bf5b0ea9c2b9e22b95144ca795..20b546844dffab083b4c9c7fe9b5bf416fab4133 100644
--- a/js/ui/environment.js
+++ b/js/ui/environment.js
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ function _easeActor(actor, params) {
         actor.set_easing_delay(params.delay);
     delete params.delay;
 
+    let repeatCount = 0;
+    if (params.repeatCount != undefined)
+        repeatCount = params.repeatCount;
+    delete params.repeatCount;
+
+    let autoReverse = false;
+    if (params.autoReverse != undefined)
+        autoReverse = params.autoReverse;
+    delete params.autoReverse;
+
     if (params.mode != undefined)
         actor.set_easing_mode(params.mode);
     delete params.mode;
@@ -127,10 +137,12 @@ function _easeActor(actor, params) {
     else
         Meta.disable_unredirect_for_display(global.display);
 
-    if (transition)
+    if (transition) {
+        transition.set({ repeatCount, autoReverse });
         transition.connect('stopped', (t, finished) => callback(finished));
-    else
+    } else {
         callback(true);
+    }
 }
 
 function _easeActorProperty(actor, propName, target, params) {
@@ -143,6 +155,16 @@ function _easeActorProperty(actor, propName, target, params) {
         params.duration = adjustAnimationTime(params.duration);
     let duration = Math.floor(params.duration || 0);
 
+    let repeatCount = 0;
+    if (params.repeatCount != undefined)
+        repeatCount = params.repeatCount;
+    delete params.repeatCount;
+
+    let autoReverse = false;
+    if (params.autoReverse != undefined)
+        autoReverse = params.autoReverse;
+    delete params.autoReverse;
+
     // Copy Clutter's behavior for implicit animations, see
     // should_skip_implicit_transition()
     if (actor instanceof Clutter.Actor && !actor.mapped)
@@ -168,7 +190,9 @@ function _easeActorProperty(actor, propName, target, params) {
     let transition = new Clutter.PropertyTransition(Object.assign({
         property_name: propName,
         interval: new Clutter.Interval({ value_type: pspec.value_type }),
-        remove_on_complete: true
+        remove_on_complete: true,
+        repeat_count: repeatCount,
+        auto_reverse: autoReverse,
     }, params));
     actor.add_transition(propName, transition);