diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.vue b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.vue
index 50ee20e096..87567befac 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/filtering_tab.vue
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
             </li>
           </ul>
         </li>
+        <li>
+          <BooleanSetting path="muteBotStatuses">
+            {{ $t('settings.mute_bot_posts') }}
+          </BooleanSetting>
+        </li>
         <li>
           <BooleanSetting path="hidePostStats">
             {{ $t('settings.hide_post_stats') }}
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.js b/src/components/status/status.js
index d8f94926e5..ba85114a68 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.js
+++ b/src/components/status/status.js
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ const Status = {
     muteWordHits () {
       return muteWordHits(this.status, this.muteWords)
     },
+    botStatus () {
+      return this.status.user.bot
+    },
     mentionsLine () {
       if (!this.headTailLinks) return []
       const writtenSet = new Set(this.headTailLinks.writtenMentions.map(_ => _.url))
@@ -191,7 +194,9 @@ const Status = {
         // Thread is muted
         status.thread_muted ||
         // Wordfiltered
-        this.muteWordHits.length > 0
+        this.muteWordHits.length > 0 ||
+        // bot status
+        (this.muteBotStatuses && this.botStatus)
       return !this.unmuted && !this.shouldNotMute && reasonsToMute
     },
     userIsMuted () {
@@ -293,6 +298,9 @@ const Status = {
     hidePostStats () {
       return this.mergedConfig.hidePostStats
     },
+    muteBotStatuses () {
+      return this.mergedConfig.muteBotStatuses
+    },
     currentUser () {
       return this.$store.state.users.currentUser
     },
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline_quick_settings.js
index 7b4931ce6a..92d5ac1464 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 98996ebda2..4d67e06b6d 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/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 8eb7fcc6ea..a109ab3c38 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
     "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_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 20979174a6..79f765615b 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ 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,
diff --git a/src/modules/instance.js b/src/modules/instance.js
index 1abd784f06..d0bf10e33a 100644
--- a/src/modules/instance.js
+++ b/src/modules/instance.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   hidePostStats: false,
   hideSitename: false,
   hideUserStats: false,
+  muteBotStatuses: false,
   loginMethod: 'password',
   logo: '/static/logo.svg',
   logoMargin: '.2em',