diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
index 1f63de25..c1213fa9 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     },
     customEmoji () {
       return this.$store.state.config.customEmoji || []
+    },
+    statusLength () {
+      return this.newStatus.status.length
+    },
+    statusLengthLimit () {
+      return this.$store.state.config.textlimit
+    },
+    hasStatusLengthLimit () {
+      return this.statusLengthLimit > 0
+    },
+    charactersLeft () {
+      return this.statusLengthLimit - this.statusLength
     }
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
index 8e436428..86458f0d 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
       </div>
       <div class='form-bottom'>
         <media-upload @uploading="disableSubmit" @uploaded="addMediaFile" @upload-failed="enableSubmit" :drop-files="dropFiles"></media-upload>
+
+        <p v-if="hasStatusLengthLimit">{{ charactersLeft }}</p>
+
         <button v-if="posting" disabled class="btn btn-default base05 base02-background">{{$t('post_status.posting')}}</button>
         <button v-else :disabled="submitDisabled" type="submit" class="btn btn-default base05 base02-background">{{$t('general.submit')}}</button>
       </div>