diff --git a/js/util.js b/js/util.js
index 3ad0386122..81139744ff 100644
--- a/js/util.js
+++ b/js/util.js
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 																				$("#form_notice").addClass("warning");
 																				return false;
 																		   }
+																		   $("#form_notice").addClass("processing");
 																		   $("#notice_action-submit").attr("disabled", "disabled");
 																		   $("#notice_action-submit").addClass("disabled");
 																		   return true;
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 													NoticeHover();
 													NoticeReply();
 												}
+												$("#form_notice").removeClass("processing");
 												$("#notice_action-submit").removeAttr("disabled");
 												$("#notice_action-submit").removeClass("disabled");
 											 }
diff --git a/theme/base/images/icons/icon_processing.gif b/theme/base/images/icons/icon_processing.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0bce15423
Binary files /dev/null and b/theme/base/images/icons/icon_processing.gif differ
diff --git a/theme/identica/css/display.css b/theme/identica/css/display.css
index 576a2e14be..69be116233 100644
--- a/theme/identica/css/display.css
+++ b/theme/identica/css/display.css
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ color:#333;
 #form_notice.warning #notice_text-count {
 color:#000;
 }
-
+#form_notice.processing #notice_action-submit {
+background:#fff url(../../base/images/icons/icon_processing.gif) no-repeat 47% 47%;
+cursor:wait;
+text-indent:-9999px;
+}
 
 #nav_register a {
 text-decoration:none;