diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 89281958d..8ae41f9b0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@
     <string name="pref_title_appearance_settings">Appearance</string>
     <string name="pref_title_app_theme">App Theme</string>
 
+    <string name="pref_appearance_long_posts_title">Collapse long posts</string>
+    <string name="pref_appearance_long_posts_enabled">Long posts will only show the first 500 characters.</string>
+    <string name="pref_appearance_long_posts_disabled">Long posts (over 500 characters) will not be collapsed to save space.</string>
+
+
     <string-array name="app_theme_names">
         <item>Dark</item>
         <item>Light</item>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index 1dd472b85..8b209c614 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
             android:key="alwaysShowSensitiveMedia"
             android:title="@string/pref_title_alway_show_sensitive_media" />
 
+        <CheckBoxPreference
+            android:defaultValue="true"
+            android:key="collapseLongStatuses"
+            android:title="@string/pref_appearance_long_posts_title"
+            android:summaryOn="@string/pref_appearance_long_posts_enabled"
+            android:summaryOff="@string/pref_appearance_long_posts_disabled"/>
     </PreferenceCategory>
 
     <PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/pref_publishing">