diff --git a/resources/text/CHANGELOG b/resources/text/CHANGELOG
index 8718de143..1ad0bd8f0 100644
--- a/resources/text/CHANGELOG
+++ b/resources/text/CHANGELOG
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	  <ul>
 		  <li style="color: red;">Brand new "service plugin system" - HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL and REWRITTEN from scratch. Expect bugs and misunderstandings now! Major parts of RSS Guard were completely rewritten. Note that some functionality might be TEMPORARILY removed.</li>
       <li>Added ability to completely disable notifications (bug #128).</li>
+      <li>Added ability to hide status bar.</li>
       <li>Added ability to go to next <font style="font-weight: bold;">unread</font> message. (partially bug #112)</li>
 	  </ul>
 	  
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.cpp
index ce207f599..94801af62 100755
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.cpp
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ FormMain::FormMain(QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f)
   setupIcons();
   loadSize();
 
-  statusBar()->setVisible(false);
-
   // Initialize the web factory.
   WebFactory::instance()->loadState();
 }
@@ -107,6 +105,7 @@ QList<QAction*> FormMain::allActions() {
   actions << m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainMenu;
   actions << m_ui->m_actionSwitchToolBars;
   actions << m_ui->m_actionSwitchListHeaders;
+  actions << m_ui->m_actionSwitchStatusBar;
   actions << m_ui->m_actionSwitchMessageListOrientation;
 
   // Add web browser actions
@@ -174,10 +173,6 @@ void FormMain::switchFullscreenMode() {
   }
 }
 
-void FormMain::switchMainMenu() {
-  m_ui->m_menuBar->setVisible(m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainMenu->isChecked());
-}
-
 void FormMain::updateAddItemMenu() {
   // NOTE: Clear here deletes items from memory but only those OWNED by the menu.
   m_ui->m_menuAddItem->clear();
@@ -328,6 +323,7 @@ void FormMain::setupIcons() {
   m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainMenu->setIcon(icon_theme_factory->fromTheme(QSL("view-switch-menu")));
   m_ui->m_actionSwitchToolBars->setIcon(icon_theme_factory->fromTheme(QSL("view-switch-list")));
   m_ui->m_actionSwitchListHeaders->setIcon(icon_theme_factory->fromTheme(QSL("view-switch-list")));
+  m_ui->m_actionSwitchStatusBar->setIcon(icon_theme_factory->fromTheme(QSL("dialog-information")));
   m_ui->m_actionSwitchMessageListOrientation->setIcon(icon_theme_factory->fromTheme(QSL("view-switch-layout-direction")));
   m_ui->m_menuShowHide->setIcon(icon_theme_factory->fromTheme(QSL("view-switch")));
 
@@ -410,6 +406,7 @@ void FormMain::loadSize() {
   m_ui->m_tabWidget->feedMessageViewer()->loadSize();
   m_ui->m_actionSwitchToolBars->setChecked(settings->value(GROUP(GUI), SETTING(GUI::ToolbarsVisible)).toBool());
   m_ui->m_actionSwitchListHeaders->setChecked(settings->value(GROUP(GUI), SETTING(GUI::ListHeadersVisible)).toBool());
+  m_ui->m_actionSwitchStatusBar->setChecked(settings->value(GROUP(GUI), SETTING(GUI::StatusBarVisible)).toBool());
 
   // Make sure that only unread feeds are shown if user has that feature set on.
   m_ui->m_actionShowOnlyUnreadItems->setChecked(settings->value(GROUP(Feeds), SETTING(Feeds::ShowOnlyUnreadFeeds)).toBool());
@@ -433,6 +430,7 @@ void FormMain::saveSize() {
   settings->setValue(GROUP(GUI), GUI::MainWindowInitialSize, size());
   settings->setValue(GROUP(GUI), GUI::MainWindowStartsMaximized, is_maximized);
   settings->setValue(GROUP(GUI), GUI::MainWindowStartsFullscreen, is_fullscreen);
+  settings->setValue(GROUP(GUI), GUI::StatusBarVisible, m_ui->m_actionSwitchStatusBar->isChecked());
 
   m_ui->m_tabWidget->feedMessageViewer()->saveSize();
 }
@@ -454,8 +452,9 @@ void FormMain::createConnections() {
 
   // Menu "View" connections.
   connect(m_ui->m_actionFullscreen, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(switchFullscreenMode()));
-  connect(m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainMenu, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(switchMainMenu()));
+  connect(m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainMenu, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), m_ui->m_menuBar, SLOT(setVisible(bool)));
   connect(m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainWindow, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(switchVisibility()));
+  connect(m_ui->m_actionSwitchStatusBar, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), statusBar(), SLOT(setVisible(bool)));
 
   // Menu "Tools" connections.
   connect(m_ui->m_actionSettings, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(showSettings()));
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.h b/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.h
index 1320a832f..140d9ad79 100755
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.h
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.h
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ class FormMain : public QMainWindow {
     // Turns on/off fullscreen mode
     void switchFullscreenMode();
 
-    // Switches visibility of main menu.
-    void switchMainMenu();
-
   private slots:
     void updateAddItemMenu();
     void updateRecycleBinMenu();
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.ui b/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.ui
index fe4f645ce..b392a808b 100755
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.ui
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/formmain.ui
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
      <addaction name="m_actionSwitchMainMenu"/>
      <addaction name="m_actionSwitchToolBars"/>
      <addaction name="m_actionSwitchListHeaders"/>
+     <addaction name="m_actionSwitchStatusBar"/>
     </widget>
     <addaction name="m_menuShowHide"/>
     <addaction name="m_actionSwitchMainWindow"/>
@@ -742,6 +743,17 @@
     <string notr="true"/>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="m_actionSwitchStatusBar">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="checked">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Status bar</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
diff --git a/src/miscellaneous/settings.cpp b/src/miscellaneous/settings.cpp
index bc040936e..bf1179f07 100755
--- a/src/miscellaneous/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/miscellaneous/settings.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ DVALUE(bool) GUI::ToolbarsVisibleDef      = true;
 DKEY GUI::ListHeadersVisible              = "enable_list_headers";
 DVALUE(bool) GUI::ListHeadersVisibleDef   = true;
 
+DKEY GUI::StatusBarVisible                = "enable_status_bar";
+DVALUE(bool) GUI::StatusBarVisibleDef     = true;
+
 DKEY GUI::HideMainWindowWhenMinimized             = "hide_when_minimized";
 DVALUE(bool) GUI::HideMainWindowWhenMinimizedDef  = false;
 
diff --git a/src/miscellaneous/settings.h b/src/miscellaneous/settings.h
index b3a977520..35746dd5b 100755
--- a/src/miscellaneous/settings.h
+++ b/src/miscellaneous/settings.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ namespace GUI {
   KEY ListHeadersVisible;
   VALUE(bool) ListHeadersVisibleDef;
 
+  KEY StatusBarVisible;
+  VALUE(bool) StatusBarVisibleDef;
+
   KEY HideMainWindowWhenMinimized;
   VALUE(bool) HideMainWindowWhenMinimizedDef;