diff --git a/Tusker/Preferences/Preferences.swift b/Tusker/Preferences/Preferences.swift
index 3543ee449d..d6c515ab11 100644
--- a/Tusker/Preferences/Preferences.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Preferences/Preferences.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
         self.showRepliesInProfiles = try container.decode(Bool.self, forKey: .showRepliesInProfiles)
         self.avatarStyle = try container.decode(AvatarStyle.self, forKey: .avatarStyle)
         self.hideCustomEmojiInUsernames = try container.decode(Bool.self, forKey: .hideCustomEmojiInUsernames)
+        self.showIsStatusReplyIcon = try container.decode(Bool.self, forKey: .showIsStatusReplyIcon)
         
         self.defaultPostVisibility = try container.decode(Status.Visibility.self, forKey: .defaultPostVisibility)
         self.automaticallySaveDrafts = try container.decode(Bool.self, forKey: .automaticallySaveDrafts)
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
         try container.encode(showRepliesInProfiles, forKey: .showRepliesInProfiles)
         try container.encode(avatarStyle, forKey: .avatarStyle)
         try container.encode(hideCustomEmojiInUsernames, forKey: .hideCustomEmojiInUsernames)
+        try container.encode(showIsStatusReplyIcon, forKey: .showIsStatusReplyIcon)
         
         try container.encode(defaultPostVisibility, forKey: .defaultPostVisibility)
         try container.encode(automaticallySaveDrafts, forKey: .automaticallySaveDrafts)
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
     @Published var showRepliesInProfiles = false
     @Published var avatarStyle = AvatarStyle.roundRect
     @Published var hideCustomEmojiInUsernames = false
+    @Published var showIsStatusReplyIcon = false
     
     // MARK: Composing
     @Published var defaultPostVisibility = Status.Visibility.public
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ class Preferences: Codable, ObservableObject {
         case showRepliesInProfiles
         case avatarStyle
         case hideCustomEmojiInUsernames
+        case showIsStatusReplyIcon
         
         case defaultPostVisibility
         case automaticallySaveDrafts
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Preferences/AppearancePrefsView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Preferences/AppearancePrefsView.swift
index 96e6853179..272e460ed6 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Preferences/AppearancePrefsView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Preferences/AppearancePrefsView.swift
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ struct AppearancePrefsView : View {
             Toggle(isOn: $preferences.hideCustomEmojiInUsernames) {
                 Text("Hide Custom Emoji in Usernames")
             }
+            Toggle(isOn: $preferences.showIsStatusReplyIcon) {
+                Text("Show Status Reply Icons")
+            }
         }
             .listStyle(GroupedListStyle())
             .navigationBarTitle(Text("Appearance"))
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusTableViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusTableViewCell.swift
index b494c6e62c..1ab4a204b0 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusTableViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusTableViewCell.swift
@@ -89,16 +89,20 @@ class TimelineStatusTableViewCell: BaseStatusTableViewCell {
             timestampLabel.isHidden = pinned
             pinImageView.isHidden = !pinned
         }
-
-        replyImageView.isHidden = !showReplyIndicator || status.inReplyToID == nil
+        
+        updateStatusIcons(status)
     }
     
     @objc override func preferencesChanged() {
         super.preferencesChanged()
+        
         if let rebloggerID = rebloggerID,
             let reblogger = mastodonController.persistentContainer.account(for: rebloggerID) {
             updateRebloggerLabel(reblogger: reblogger)
         }
+        
+        guard let status = mastodonController.persistentContainer.status(for: statusID) else { return }
+        updateStatusIcons(status)
     }
     
     private func updateRebloggerLabel(reblogger: AccountMO) {
@@ -111,6 +115,10 @@ class TimelineStatusTableViewCell: BaseStatusTableViewCell {
         }
     }
     
+    private func updateStatusIcons(_ status: StatusMO) {
+        replyImageView.isHidden = !Preferences.shared.showIsStatusReplyIcon || !showReplyIndicator || status.inReplyToID == nil
+    }
+    
     func updateTimestamp() {
         // if the mastodonController is nil (i.e. the delegate is nil), then the screen this cell was a part of has been deallocated
         // so we bail out immediately, since there's nothing to update