diff --git a/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue b/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
index 33a43e15b..331cce99c 100644
--- a/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
+++ b/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="panel-body">
       <div class="timeline">
-        <status v-for="status in conversation" :key="status.id" v-bind:statusoid="status":expandable='false':focused="focused(status.id)"></status>
+        <status v-for="status in conversation" :key="status.id" :statusoid="status" :expandable='false' :focused="focused(status.id)" :inConversation='true'></status>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.js b/src/components/settings/settings.js
index c1b88f823..3d373283f 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.js
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const settings = {
   data () {
     return {
       hideAttachmentsLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideAttachments,
+      hideAttachmentsInConvLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideAttachmentsInConv,
       hideNsfwLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideNsfw
     }
   },
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ const settings = {
     hideAttachmentsLocal (value) {
       this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideAttachments', value })
     },
+    hideAttachmentsInConvLocal (value) {
+      this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideAttachmentsInConv', value })
+    },
     hideNsfwLocal (value) {
       this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideNsfw', value })
     }
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.vue b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
index 89b89a39f..478d761a9 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
@@ -10,10 +10,20 @@
       </div>
       <div class="setting-item">
         <h2>Attachments</h2>
-        <input type="checkbox" id="hideAttachments" v-model="hideAttachmentsLocal">
-        <label for="hideAttachments">Hide Attachments</label>
-        <input type="checkbox" id="hideNsfw" v-model="hideNsfwLocal">
-        <label for="hideNsfw">Enable clickthrough NSFW attachment hiding</label>
+        <ul class="setting-list">
+            <li>
+                <input type="checkbox" id="hideAttachments" v-model="hideAttachmentsLocal">
+                <label for="hideAttachments">Hide attachments in timeline</label>
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <input type="checkbox" id="hideAttachmentsInConv" v-model="hideAttachmentsInConvLocal">
+                <label for="hideAttachmentsInConv">Hide attachments in conversations</label>
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <input type="checkbox" id="hideNsfw" v-model="hideNsfwLocal">
+                <label for="hideNsfw">Enable clickthrough NSFW attachment hiding</label>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
@@ -26,4 +36,7 @@
  .setting-item {
    margin: 1em 1em 1.4em;
  }
+ .setting-list {
+   list-style-type: none;
+ }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.js b/src/components/status/status.js
index 6faebf61c..87fff8792 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.js
+++ b/src/components/status/status.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const Status = {
   props: [
     'statusoid',
     'expandable',
+    'inConversation',
     'focused'
   ],
   data: () => ({
@@ -18,7 +19,10 @@ const Status = {
     userExpanded: false
   }),
   computed: {
-    hideAttachments () { return this.$store.state.config.hideAttachments },
+    hideAttachments () {
+      return (this.$store.state.config.hideAttachments && !this.inConversation) ||
+        (this.$store.state.config.hideAttachmentsInConv && this.inConversation)
+    },
     retweet () { return !!this.statusoid.retweeted_status },
     retweeter () { return this.statusoid.user.name },
     status () {
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index c180262e8..62a555052 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <div class="status-el base00-background base03-border" v-if="!status.deleted" v-bind:class="[{ 'expanded-status': !expandable }, { 'base01-background': focused }]" >
+  <div class="status-el base00-background base03-border" v-if="!status.deleted" v-bind:class="[{ 'base01-background': focused }, { 'status-conversation': inConversation }]" >
     <template v-if="muted">
       <div class="media status container muted">
         <small><router-link :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: status.user.id } }">{{status.user.screen_name}}</router-link></small>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
      }
  }
 
- .expanded-status {
+ .status-conversation {
    border-left-style: solid;
  }
 
diff --git a/src/components/status_or_conversation/status_or_conversation.vue b/src/components/status_or_conversation/status_or_conversation.vue
index 4aaaf2ffb..9647d5eb4 100644
--- a/src/components/status_or_conversation/status_or_conversation.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_or_conversation/status_or_conversation.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
   <div>
     <conversation v-if="expanded" @toggleExpanded="toggleExpanded" :collapsable="true" :statusoid="statusoid"></conversation>
-    <status v-if="!expanded" @toggleExpanded="toggleExpanded" :expandable="true" :statusoid="statusoid" :focused="false"></status>
+    <status v-if="!expanded" @toggleExpanded="toggleExpanded" :expandable="true" :inConversation="false" :focused="false" :statusoid="statusoid"></status>
   </div>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 30929f0bd..ab0fd6c08 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Vue.use(VueTimeago, {
 const persistedStateOptions = {
   paths: [
     'config.hideAttachments',
+    'config.hideAttachmentsInConv',
     'config.hideNsfw',
     'statuses.notifications',
     'users.users'
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 896a6978e..05b4ab3bb 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   name: 'Pleroma FE',
   colors: {},
   hideAttachments: false,
+  hideAttachmentsInConv: false,
   hideNsfw: true
 }