diff --git a/src/components/status/status.js b/src/components/status/status.js
index c52e026a..a3596b69 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.js
+++ b/src/components/status/status.js
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ const Status = {
         this.statusFromGlobalRepository.rebloggedBy
       )
       return uniqBy(combinedUsers, 'id')
+    },
+    ownStatus () {
+      return this.status.user.id === this.$store.state.users.currentUser.id
     }
   },
   components: {
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index 0a2562c0..0443e758 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
                 <a :href="status.external_url" target="_blank" v-if="!status.is_local && !isPreview" class="source_url" title="Source">
                   <i class="button-icon icon-link-ext-alt"></i>
                 </a>
-                <div class="button-icon button-action-icon" v-if="!status.pinned" @click.prevent="pinStatus" title="Pin">
+                <div class="button-icon button-action-icon" v-if="!status.pinned && ownStatus" @click.prevent="pinStatus" title="Pin">
                   <i class="fa icon-pin"></i>
                 </div>
-                <div class="button-icon button-action-icon" v-else @click.prevent="unpinStatus" title="Unpin">
+                <div class="button-icon button-action-icon" v-if="status.pinned && ownStatus" @click.prevent="unpinStatus" title="Unpin">
                   <i class="fa icon-cancel"></i>
                 </div>
                 <div class="button-icon button-action-icon" v-if="expandable && !isPreview" @click.prevent="toggleExpanded" title="Expand">