diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/ListsActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/ListsActivity.kt
index 3894f652d..994069f7a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/ListsActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/ListsActivity.kt
@@ -130,9 +130,7 @@ class ListsActivity : BaseActivity(), Injectable, HasAndroidInjector {
                         else R.string.action_rename_list) { _, _ ->
                     onPickedDialogName(editText.text, list?.id)
                 }
-                .setNegativeButton(android.R.string.cancel) { d, _ ->
-                    d.dismiss()
-                }
+                .setNegativeButton(android.R.string.cancel, null)
                 .show()
 
         val positiveButton = dialog.getButton(Dialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE)
@@ -143,6 +141,16 @@ class ListsActivity : BaseActivity(), Injectable, HasAndroidInjector {
         editText.text?.let { editText.setSelection(it.length) }
     }
 
+    private fun showListDeleteDialog(list: MastoList) {
+        AlertDialog.Builder(this)
+                .setMessage(getString(R.string.dialog_delete_list_warning, list.title))
+                .setPositiveButton(R.string.action_delete){ _, _ ->
+                    viewModel.deleteList(list.id)
+                }
+                .setNegativeButton(android.R.string.cancel, null)
+                .show()
+    }
+
 
     private fun update(state: ListsViewModel.State) {
         adapter.submitList(state.lists)
@@ -199,7 +207,7 @@ class ListsActivity : BaseActivity(), Injectable, HasAndroidInjector {
                 when (item.itemId) {
                     R.id.list_edit -> openListSettings(list)
                     R.id.list_rename -> renameListDialog(list)
-                    R.id.list_delete -> viewModel.deleteList(list.id)
+                    R.id.list_delete -> showListDeleteDialog(list)
                     else -> return@setOnMenuItemClickListener false
                 }
                 true
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index d0bc048dd..7f1ec78fc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -594,5 +594,6 @@
     <string name="wellbeing_hide_stats_posts">Hide quantitative stats on posts</string>
     <string name="wellbeing_hide_stats_profile">Hide quantitative stats on profiles</string>
     <string name="error_upload_max_media_reached">You cannot upload more than %1$d media attachments.</string>
+    <string name="dialog_delete_list_warning">Do you really want to delete the list %s?</string>
 
 </resources>