diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.cpp
index c807145f7..cca7dc6b2 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ void PopupChatDialog::contextMenu( QPoint point )
 
 void PopupChatDialog::resetStatusBar() 
 {
-        ui.statusLabel->setText(QString("")) ;
+        ui.statusLabel->clear();
+        ui.typingpixmapLabel->clear();
 }
 
 void PopupChatDialog::updateStatusTyping()
@@ -435,6 +436,7 @@ void PopupChatDialog::updateStatusString(const QString& peer_id, const QString&
 {
     QString status = QString::fromStdString(rsPeers->getPeerName(peer_id.toStdString())) + " " + tr(status_string.toAscii());
     ui.statusLabel->setText(status) ; // displays info for 5 secs.
+    ui.typingpixmapLabel->setPixmap(QPixmap(":images/typing.png") );
 
     QTimer::singleShot(5000,this,SLOT(resetStatusBar())) ;
 }
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.ui
index 3a7d527aa..bf96ca57b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.ui
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ border-image: url(:/images/avatarstatus_bg.png);
       <property name="frameShadow">
        <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
       </property>
-      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_4">
        <property name="leftMargin">
         <number>2</number>
        </property>
@@ -405,11 +405,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
        </property>
       </widget>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="layoutWidget">
-       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+       <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
         <property name="spacing">
-         <number>1</number>
+         <number>0</number>
         </property>
-        <item>
+        <item row="0" column="1">
          <widget class="QLabel" name="statusLabel">
           <property name="text">
            <string/>
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item>
+        <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
          <widget class="QTextEdit" name="chattextEdit">
           <property name="sizePolicy">
            <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
@@ -443,6 +443,28 @@ background: white;}</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
+        <item row="0" column="0">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="typingpixmapLabel">
+          <property name="minimumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>18</width>
+            <height>18</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+          <property name="maximumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>18</width>
+            <height>18</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>T</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="alignment">
+           <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
        </layout>
       </widget>
      </widget>
@@ -955,6 +977,10 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
   <include location="../images.qrc"/>
   <include location="../images.qrc"/>
   <include location="../images.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../images.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../images.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../images.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../images.qrc"/>
  </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images/typing.png b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images/typing.png
index 316e83d60..28580e9a6 100644
Binary files a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images/typing.png and b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images/typing.png differ