diff --git a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
index 6f6d04a7..1888f8c6 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
+++ b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ export default {
       set (color) {
         this.$store.dispatch('setHighlight', { user: this.user.screen_name, color })
       }
+    },
+    visibleRole () {
+      const validRole = (this.user.role === 'admin' || this.user.role === 'moderator')
+      const showRole = this.isOtherUser || this.user.show_role
+
+      return validRole && showRole && this.user.role
     }
   },
   components: {
diff --git a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
index ce65ec2f..7f9909c4 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
           </div>
 
           <router-link class='user-screen-name' :to="userProfileLink(user)">
-            <span class="handle">@{{user.screen_name}}</span><span v-if="user.locked"><i class="icon icon-lock"></i></span>
+            <span class="handle">@{{user.screen_name}}
+              <span class="alert staff" v-if="!hideBio && !!visibleRole">{{visibleRole}}</span>
+            </span><span v-if="user.locked"><i class="icon icon-lock"></i></span>
             <span v-if="!hideUserStatsLocal && !hideBio" class="dailyAvg">{{dailyAvg}} {{ $t('user_card.per_day') }}</span>
           </router-link>
         </div>
@@ -247,6 +249,15 @@
       text-overflow: ellipsis;
       overflow: hidden;
     }
+
+    // TODO use proper colors
+    .staff {
+      text-transform: capitalize;
+      color: $fallback--text;
+      color: var(--btnText, $fallback--text);
+      background-color: $fallback--fg;
+      background-color: var(--btn, $fallback--fg);
+    }
   }
 
   .user-meta {
diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
index a2a23c6f..d20bf308 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const UserSettings = {
       newDefaultScope: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.default_scope,
       hideFollows: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.hide_follows,
       hideFollowers: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.hide_followers,
+      showRole: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.show_role,
+      role: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.role,
       followList: null,
       followImportError: false,
       followsImported: false,
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ const UserSettings = {
       const no_rich_text = this.newNoRichText
       const hide_follows = this.hideFollows
       const hide_followers = this.hideFollowers
+      const show_role = this.showRole
+
       /* eslint-enable camelcase */
       this.$store.state.api.backendInteractor
         .updateProfile({
@@ -83,7 +87,8 @@ const UserSettings = {
             default_scope,
             no_rich_text,
             hide_follows,
-            hide_followers
+            hide_followers,
+            show_role
             /* eslint-enable camelcase */
           }}).then((user) => {
             if (!user.error) {
diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
index 19b7bdbd..ea5b3de5 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
               <input type="checkbox" v-model="hideFollowers" id="account-hide-followers">
               <label for="account-hide-followers">{{$t('settings.hide_followers_description')}}</label>
             </p>
+            <p>
+              <input type="checkbox" v-model="showRole" id="account-show-role">
+              <label for="account-show-role" v-if="role === 'admin'">{{$t('settings.show_admin_badge')}}</label>
+              <label for="account-show-role" v-if="role === 'moderator'">{{$t('settings.show_moderator_badge')}}</label>
+            </p>
             <button :disabled='newName && newName.length === 0' class="btn btn-default" @click="updateProfile">{{$t('general.submit')}}</button>
           </div>
           <div class="setting-item">
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 8e8fd3ae..1ebe94c3 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@
     "no_rich_text_description": "Strip rich text formatting from all posts",
     "hide_follows_description": "Don't show who I'm following",
     "hide_followers_description": "Don't show who's following me",
+    "show_admin_badge": "Show Admin badge in my profile",
+    "show_moderator_badge": "Show Moderator badge in my profile",
     "nsfw_clickthrough": "Enable clickthrough NSFW attachment hiding",
     "panelRadius": "Panels",
     "pause_on_unfocused": "Pause streaming when tab is not focused",
diff --git a/src/i18n/ru.json b/src/i18n/ru.json
index e86eaff9..4b0bd4b4 100644
--- a/src/i18n/ru.json
+++ b/src/i18n/ru.json
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@
     "no_rich_text_description": "Убрать форматирование из всех постов",
     "hide_follows_description": "Не показывать кого я читаю",
     "hide_followers_description": "Не показывать кто читает меня",
+    "show_admin_badge": "Показывать значок администратора в моем профиле",
+    "show_moderator_badge": "Показывать значок модератора в моем профиле",
     "nsfw_clickthrough": "Включить скрытие NSFW вложений",
     "panelRadius": "Панели",
     "pause_on_unfocused": "Приостановить загрузку когда вкладка не в фокусе",
diff --git a/src/services/api/api.service.js b/src/services/api/api.service.js
index 24ff0f74..92daa04e 100644
--- a/src/services/api/api.service.js
+++ b/src/services/api/api.service.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ const updateBanner = ({credentials, params}) => {
 // description
 const updateProfile = ({credentials, params}) => {
   // Always include these fields, because they might be empty or false
-  const fields = ['description', 'locked', 'no_rich_text', 'hide_follows', 'hide_followers']
+  const fields = ['description', 'locked', 'no_rich_text', 'hide_follows', 'hide_followers', 'show_role']
   let url = PROFILE_UPDATE_URL
 
   const form = new FormData()
diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index bba6b363..828c48f9 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
     output.statusnet_blocking = data.statusnet_blocking
 
     output.is_local = data.is_local
+    output.role = data.role
+    output.show_role = data.show_role
 
     output.follows_you = data.follows_you