diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2e3aa5515..2f3982e9e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     "selenium-server": "2.53.1",
     "semver": "5.6.0",
     "serviceworker-webpack-plugin": "1.0.1",
-    "shelljs": "0.8.4",
+    "shelljs": "0.8.5",
     "sinon": "2.4.1",
     "sinon-chai": "2.14.0",
     "stylelint": "13.6.1",
diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index cc0c7c5e2..c4a0a8009 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ const setSettings = async ({ apiConfig, staticConfig, store }) => {
   copyInstanceOption('nsfwCensorImage')
   copyInstanceOption('background')
   copyInstanceOption('hidePostStats')
+  copyInstanceOption('hideBotIndication')
   copyInstanceOption('hideUserStats')
   copyInstanceOption('hideFilteredStatuses')
   copyInstanceOption('logo')
diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.vue b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.vue
index e60a8a857..81e9543b0 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.vue
@@ -44,9 +44,22 @@
             path="hidePostStats"
             expert="1"
           >
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <BooleanSetting path="muteBotStatuses">
+            {{ $t('settings.mute_bot_posts') }}
+          </BooleanSetting>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <BooleanSetting path="hidePostStats">
             {{ $t('settings.hide_post_stats') }}
           </BooleanSetting>
         </li>
+        <li>
+          <BooleanSetting path="hideBotIndication">
+            {{ $t('settings.hide_bot_indication') }}
+          </BooleanSetting>
+        </li>
         <ChoiceSetting
           v-if="user"
           id="replyVisibility"
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.js b/src/components/status/status.js
index 7bdcb6659..4c0ef3e0b 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.js
+++ b/src/components/status/status.js
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ const Status = {
     muteWordHits () {
       return muteWordHits(this.status, this.muteWords)
     },
+    botStatus () {
+      return this.status.user.bot
+    },
+    botIndicator () {
+      return this.botStatus && !this.hideBotIndication
+    },
     mentionsLine () {
       if (!this.headTailLinks) return []
       const writtenSet = new Set(this.headTailLinks.writtenMentions.map(_ => _.url))
@@ -250,7 +256,9 @@ const Status = {
         // Thread is muted
         status.thread_muted ||
         // Wordfiltered
-        this.muteWordHits.length > 0
+        this.muteWordHits.length > 0 ||
+        // bot status
+        (this.muteBotStatuses && this.botStatus && !this.compact)
       return !this.unmuted && !this.shouldNotMute && reasonsToMute
     },
     userIsMuted () {
@@ -352,6 +360,12 @@ const Status = {
     hidePostStats () {
       return this.mergedConfig.hidePostStats
     },
+    muteBotStatuses () {
+      return this.mergedConfig.muteBotStatuses
+    },
+    hideBotIndication () {
+      return this.mergedConfig.hideBotIndication
+    },
     currentUser () {
       return this.$store.state.users.currentUser
     },
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index 45a21d339..1679834ed 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
         <UserAvatar
           v-if="retweet"
           class="left-side repeater-avatar"
+          :bot="botIndicator"
           :better-shadow="betterShadow"
           :user="statusoid.user"
         />
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
             @click.stop.prevent.capture.native="toggleUserExpanded"
           >
             <UserAvatar
+              :bot="botIndicator"
               :compact="compact"
               :better-shadow="betterShadow"
               :user="status.user"
@@ -451,7 +453,10 @@
         class="gravestone"
       >
         <div class="left-side">
-          <UserAvatar :compact="compact" />
+          <UserAvatar
+            :compact="compact"
+            :bot="botIndicator"
+          />
         </div>
         <div class="right-side">
           <div class="deleted-text">
diff --git a/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue b/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
index cca75fcb7..4ea215061 100644
--- a/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
+++ b/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       @load="onLoad"
       @error="onError"
     >
+    <slot/>
   </div>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.js
index 7b4931ce6..92d5ac146 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.js
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ const TimelineQuickSettings = {
         const value = !this.hideMutedPosts
         this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideFilteredStatuses', value })
       }
+    },
+    muteBotStatuses: {
+      get () { return this.mergedConfig.muteBotStatuses },
+      set () {
+        const value = !this.muteBotStatuses
+        this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'muteBotStatuses', value })
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.vue
index 98996ebda..4d67e06b6 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.vue
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@
             class="dropdown-divider"
           />
         </div>
+        <button
+          class="button-default dropdown-item"
+          @click="muteBotStatuses = !muteBotStatuses"
+        >
+          <span
+            class="menu-checkbox"
+            :class="{ 'menu-checkbox-checked': muteBotStatuses }"
+          />{{ $t('settings.mute_bot_posts') }}
+        </button>
         <button
           class="button-default dropdown-item"
           @click="hideMedia = !hideMedia"
diff --git a/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js b/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
index 946530048..33d9a2580 100644
--- a/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
+++ b/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 import StillImage from '../still-image/still-image.vue'
 
+import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
+
+import {
+  faRobot
+} from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
+
+library.add(
+  faRobot
+)
+
 const UserAvatar = {
   props: [
     'user',
     'betterShadow',
-    'compact'
+    'compact',
+    'bot'
   ],
   data () {
     return {
diff --git a/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.vue b/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.vue
index 4040e263c..29e03bcb2 100644
--- a/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
     :src="imgSrc(user.profile_image_url_original)"
     :class="{ 'avatar-compact': compact, 'better-shadow': betterShadow }"
     :image-load-error="imageLoadError"
-  />
+  >
+    <FAIcon v-if="bot" icon="robot" class="bot-indicator" />
+  </StillImage>
   <div
     v-else
     class="Avatar -placeholder"
@@ -36,6 +38,12 @@
     height: 100%;
   }
 
+  & > .bot-indicator {
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: 0;
+    right: 0;
+  }
+
   &.better-shadow {
     box-shadow: var(--_avatarShadowInset);
     filter: var(--_avatarShadowFilter);
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 6bdc3d9d6..76a871fb0 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@
     "hide_attachments_in_tl": "Hide attachments in timeline",
     "hide_media_previews": "Hide media previews",
     "hide_muted_posts": "Hide posts of muted users",
+    "mute_bot_posts": "Mute bot posts",
+    "hide_bot_indication": "Hide bot indication in posts",
     "hide_all_muted_posts": "Hide muted posts",
     "max_thumbnails": "Maximum amount of thumbnails per post (empty = no limit)",
     "hide_isp": "Hide instance-specific panel",
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 99255fca1..0df651dc9 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   hideMutedPosts: undefined, // instance default
   hideMutedThreads: undefined, // instance default
   hideWordFilteredPosts: undefined, // instance default
+  muteBotStatuses: undefined, // instance default
   collapseMessageWithSubject: undefined, // instance default
   padEmoji: true,
   hideAttachments: false,
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   mentionLinkShowYous: undefined, // instance default
   mentionLinkBoldenYou: undefined, // instance default
   hidePostStats: undefined, // instance default
+  hideBotIndication: undefined, // instance default
   hideUserStats: undefined, // instance default
   virtualScrolling: undefined, // instance default
   sensitiveByDefault: undefined, // instance default
diff --git a/src/modules/instance.js b/src/modules/instance.js
index f09dd0b31..79c54096a 100644
--- a/src/modules/instance.js
+++ b/src/modules/instance.js
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ const defaultState = {
   hideMutedThreads: true,
   hideWordFilteredPosts: false,
   hidePostStats: false,
+  hideBotIndication: false,
   hideSitename: false,
   hideUserStats: false,
+  muteBotStatuses: false,
   loginMethod: 'password',
   logo: '/static/logo.svg',
   logoMargin: '.2em',
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f098470cb..2d873c25b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8257,10 +8257,10 @@ shebang-regex@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shebang-regex/-/shebang-regex-1.0.0.tgz#da42f49740c0b42db2ca9728571cb190c98efea3"
 
-shelljs@0.8.4:
-  version "0.8.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shelljs/-/shelljs-0.8.4.tgz#de7684feeb767f8716b326078a8a00875890e3c2"
-  integrity sha512-7gk3UZ9kOfPLIAbslLzyWeGiEqx9e3rxwZM0KE6EL8GlGwjym9Mrlx5/p33bWTu9YG6vcS4MBxYZDHYr5lr8BQ==
+shelljs@0.8.5:
+  version "0.8.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shelljs/-/shelljs-0.8.5.tgz#de055408d8361bed66c669d2f000538ced8ee20c"
+  integrity sha512-TiwcRcrkhHvbrZbnRcFYMLl30Dfov3HKqzp5tO5b4pt6G/SezKcYhmDg15zXVBswHmctSAQKznqNW2LO5tTDow==
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.0.0"
     interpret "^1.0.0"