diff --git a/Tusker/Extensions/Visibility+Helpers.swift b/Tusker/Extensions/Visibility+Helpers.swift
index 445c418a..0c8d5b94 100644
--- a/Tusker/Extensions/Visibility+Helpers.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Extensions/Visibility+Helpers.swift
@@ -64,3 +64,18 @@ extension Status.Visibility {
     }
     
 }
+
+extension Status.Visibility: Comparable {
+    public static func < (lhs: Pachyderm.Status.Visibility, rhs: Pachyderm.Status.Visibility) -> Bool {
+        switch (lhs, rhs) {
+        case (.direct, .public), (.private, .public), (.unlisted, .public):
+            return true
+        case (.direct, .unlisted), (.private, .unlisted):
+            return true
+        case (.direct, .private):
+            return true
+        default:
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tusker/Models/Draft.swift b/Tusker/Models/Draft.swift
index 0af72b28..f8af8df5 100644
--- a/Tusker/Models/Draft.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Models/Draft.swift
@@ -187,14 +187,14 @@ extension MastodonController {
     func createDraft(inReplyToID: String? = nil, mentioningAcct: String? = nil) -> Draft {
         var acctsToMention = [String]()
         
-        var visibility = Preferences.shared.defaultPostVisibility
+        var visibility = inReplyToID != nil ? Preferences.shared.defaultReplyVisibility.resolved : Preferences.shared.defaultPostVisibility
         var contentWarning = ""
         
         if let inReplyToID = inReplyToID,
            let inReplyTo = persistentContainer.status(for: inReplyToID) {
             acctsToMention.append(inReplyTo.account.acct)
             acctsToMention.append(contentsOf: inReplyTo.mentions.map(\.acct))
-            visibility = inReplyTo.visibility
+            visibility = min(visibility, inReplyTo.visibility)
             
             if !inReplyTo.spoilerText.isEmpty {
                 switch Preferences.shared.contentWarningCopyMode {
diff --git a/Tusker/Preferences/Preferences.swift b/Tusker/Preferences/Preferences.swift
index 50de575e..11984588 100644
--- a/Tusker/Preferences/Preferences.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Preferences/Preferences.swift
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
         self.hideActionsInTimeline = try container.decodeIfPresent(Bool.self, forKey: .hideActionsInTimeline) ?? false
         
         self.defaultPostVisibility = try container.decode(Status.Visibility.self, forKey: .defaultPostVisibility)
+        self.defaultReplyVisibility = try container.decodeIfPresent(ReplyVisibility.self, forKey: .defaultReplyVisibility) ?? .sameAsPost
         self.automaticallySaveDrafts = try container.decode(Bool.self, forKey: .automaticallySaveDrafts)
         self.requireAttachmentDescriptions = try container.decode(Bool.self, forKey: .requireAttachmentDescriptions)
         self.contentWarningCopyMode = try container.decode(ContentWarningCopyMode.self, forKey: .contentWarningCopyMode)
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
         try container.encode(hideActionsInTimeline, forKey: .hideActionsInTimeline)
         
         try container.encode(defaultPostVisibility, forKey: .defaultPostVisibility)
+        try container.encode(defaultReplyVisibility, forKey: .defaultReplyVisibility)
         try container.encode(automaticallySaveDrafts, forKey: .automaticallySaveDrafts)
         try container.encode(requireAttachmentDescriptions, forKey: .requireAttachmentDescriptions)
         try container.encode(contentWarningCopyMode, forKey: .contentWarningCopyMode)
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
     
     // MARK: Composing
     @Published var defaultPostVisibility = Status.Visibility.public
+    @Published var defaultReplyVisibility = ReplyVisibility.sameAsPost
     @Published var automaticallySaveDrafts = true
     @Published var requireAttachmentDescriptions = false
     @Published var contentWarningCopyMode = ContentWarningCopyMode.asIs
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
         case hideActionsInTimeline
         
         case defaultPostVisibility
+        case defaultReplyVisibility
         case automaticallySaveDrafts
         case requireAttachmentDescriptions
         case contentWarningCopyMode
@@ -194,4 +198,40 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
     
 }
 
+extension Preferences {
+    enum ReplyVisibility: Codable, Hashable, CaseIterable {
+        case sameAsPost
+        case visibility(Status.Visibility)
+        
+        static var allCases: [Preferences.ReplyVisibility] = [.sameAsPost] + Status.Visibility.allCases.map { .visibility($0) }
+        
+        var resolved: Status.Visibility {
+            switch self {
+            case .sameAsPost:
+                return Preferences.shared.defaultPostVisibility
+            case .visibility(let vis):
+                return vis
+            }
+        }
+        
+        var displayName: String {
+            switch self {
+            case .sameAsPost:
+                return "Same as Default"
+            case .visibility(let vis):
+                return vis.displayName
+            }
+        }
+        
+        var imageName: String? {
+            switch self {
+            case .sameAsPost:
+                return nil
+            case .visibility(let vis):
+                return vis.imageName
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 extension UIUserInterfaceStyle: Codable {}
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Preferences/ComposingPrefsView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Preferences/ComposingPrefsView.swift
index de875ee4..ef7f35ae 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Preferences/ComposingPrefsView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Preferences/ComposingPrefsView.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct ComposingPrefsView: View {
     
     var body: some View {
         List {
+            visibilitySection
             composingSection
             replyingSection
         }
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ struct ComposingPrefsView: View {
         .navigationBarTitle("Composing")
     }
     
-    var composingSection: some View {
-        Section(header: Text("Composing")) {
-            Picker(selection: $preferences.defaultPostVisibility, label: Text("Default Post Visibility")) {
+    var visibilitySection: some View {
+        Section {
+            Picker(selection: $preferences.defaultPostVisibility, label: Text("Default Visibility")) {
                 ForEach(Status.Visibility.allCases, id: \.self) { visibility in
                     HStack {
                         Image(systemName: visibility.imageName)
@@ -33,6 +34,26 @@ struct ComposingPrefsView: View {
                 }//.navigationBarTitle("Default Post Visibility")
                 // navbar title on the ForEach is currently incorrectly applied when the picker is not expanded, see FB6838291
             }
+            Picker(selection: $preferences.defaultReplyVisibility, label: Text("Reply Visibility")) {
+                ForEach(Preferences.ReplyVisibility.allCases, id: \.self) { visibility in
+                    HStack {
+                        if let imageName = visibility.imageName {
+                            Image(systemName: imageName)
+                        }
+                        Text(visibility.displayName)
+                    }
+                    .tag(visibility)
+                }
+            }
+        } header: {
+            Text("Visibility")
+        } footer: {
+            Text("When starting a reply, Tusker will use your preferred visibility or the visibility of the post to which you're replying, whichever is narrower.")
+        }
+    }
+    
+    var composingSection: some View {
+        Section(header: Text("Composing")) {
             Toggle(isOn: $preferences.automaticallySaveDrafts) {
                 Text("Automatically Save Drafts")
             }