diff --git a/src/pages/Compose.styles.tsx b/src/pages/Compose.styles.tsx
index 6d354ea..40ea774 100644
--- a/src/pages/Compose.styles.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Compose.styles.tsx
@@ -45,5 +45,25 @@ export const styles = (theme: Theme) =>
         },
         pollWizardFlexGrow: {
             flexGrow: 1
+        },
+        draftDisplayArea: {
+            display: "flex",
+            paddingLeft: 8,
+            paddingRight: 8,
+            paddingTop: 4,
+            paddingBottom: 4,
+            borderColor: theme.palette.action.disabledBackground,
+            borderWidth: 0.25,
+            borderStyle: "solid",
+            borderRadius: 2,
+            verticalAlign: "middle",
+            marginLeft: 16,
+            marginRight: 16
+        },
+        draftText: {
+            padding: theme.spacing.unit / 2
+        },
+        draftFlexGrow: {
+            flexGrow: 1
         }
     });
diff --git a/src/pages/Compose.tsx b/src/pages/Compose.tsx
index fa8915f..1529664 100644
--- a/src/pages/Compose.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Compose.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import {
     getConfig,
     getUserDefaultBool
 } from "../utilities/settings";
+import { draftExists, writeDraft, loadDraft } from "../utilities/compose";
 
 interface IComposerState {
     account: UAccount;
@@ -141,6 +142,31 @@ class Composer extends Component<any, IComposerState> {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if there is unsaved text and store it as a draft.
+     */
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        if (this.state.text !== "") {
+            writeDraft(
+                this.state.text,
+                this.state.reply ? Number(this.state.reply) : -999
+            );
+            this.props.enqueueSnackbar("Draft saved.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Restore the draft from session storage and pre-load it into the state.
+     */
+    restoreDraft() {
+        const draft = loadDraft();
+        const text = draft.contents;
+        const reply =
+            draft.replyId !== -999 ? draft.replyId.toString() : undefined;
+        this.setState({ text, reply });
+        this.props.enqueueSnackbar("Restored draft.");
+    }
+
     checkComposerParams(location?: string): ParsedQuery {
         let params = "";
         if (location !== undefined && typeof location === "string") {
@@ -738,6 +764,21 @@ class Composer extends Component<any, IComposerState> {
                         ) : null}
                     </Menu>
                 </Toolbar>
+                {draftExists() ? (
+                    <DialogContent className={classes.draftDisplayArea}>
+                        <Typography className={classes.draftText}>
+                            You have an unsaved post.
+                        </Typography>
+                        <div className={classes.draftFlexGrow} />
+                        <Button
+                            color="primary"
+                            size="small"
+                            onClick={() => this.restoreDraft()}
+                        >
+                            Restore
+                        </Button>
+                    </DialogContent>
+                ) : null}
                 <DialogActions>
                     <Button color="secondary" onClick={() => this.post()}>
                         Post
diff --git a/src/types/Draft.tsx b/src/types/Draft.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9148686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/Draft.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * Base draft type for a cached draft.
+ */
+export type Draft = {
+    /**
+     * The contents of the draft (i.e, its post text).
+     */
+    contents: string;
+    /**
+     * The ID of the post it replies to, if applicable. If there isn't one, it should be set to -999.
+     */
+    replyId: number;
+};
diff --git a/src/utilities/compose.tsx b/src/utilities/compose.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..114e9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/compose.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Draft } from "../types/Draft";
+
+/**
+ * Check whether a cached draft exists.
+ */
+export function draftExists(): boolean {
+    return sessionStorage.getItem("cachedDraft") !== null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Write a draft to session storage.
+ * @param draft The text of the post.
+ * @param replyId The post's reply ID, if available.
+ */
+export function writeDraft(draft: string, replyId?: number) {
+    let cachedDraft = {
+        contents: draft,
+        replyId: replyId ? replyId : -999
+    };
+    sessionStorage.setItem("cachedDraft", JSON.stringify(cachedDraft));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return the cached draft and remove it from session storage.
+ * @returns A Draft object with the draft's contents and reply ID (or -999).
+ */
+export function loadDraft(): Draft {
+    let contents = "";
+    let replyId = -999;
+    if (draftExists()) {
+        let draft = sessionStorage.getItem("cachedDraft");
+        sessionStorage.removeItem("cachedDraft");
+        if (draft != null) {
+            const draftObject = JSON.parse(draft);
+            contents = draftObject.contents;
+            replyId = draftObject.replyId;
+        }
+    }
+    return {
+        contents: contents,
+        replyId: replyId
+    };
+}