diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
index b0fa31729..290e80431 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
@@ -1243,6 +1243,13 @@ void RsGxsForumModel::setMsgReadStatus(const QModelIndex& i,bool read_status,boo
 	recursSetMsgReadStatus(entry,read_status,with_children) ;
 	recursUpdateReadStatusAndTimes(0,has_unread_below,has_read_below);
 
+    // also emit dataChanged() for parents since they need to re-draw
+
+    for(QModelIndex j = i.parent(); j.isValid(); j=j.parent())
+    {
+        emit dataChanged(j,j);
+        j = j.parent();
+    }
 }
 
 void RsGxsForumModel::recursSetMsgReadStatus(ForumModelIndex i,bool read_status,bool with_children)