diff --git a/app/browsemainpage.h b/app/browsemainpage.h
--- a/app/browsemainpage.h
+++ b/app/browsemainpage.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     void saveConfig() const;
 
     void setFullScreenMode(bool);
+    void setStatusBarVisible(bool);
 
     QToolButton* toggleSideBarButton() const;
 
diff --git a/app/browsemainpage.cpp b/app/browsemainpage.cpp
--- a/app/browsemainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/browsemainpage.cpp
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@
     }
 }
 
+void BrowseMainPage::setStatusBarVisible(bool visible)
+{
+    d->mStatusBarContainer->setVisible(visible);
+}
+
 void BrowseMainPage::slotUrlsDropped(const QUrl &destUrl, QDropEvent* event)
 {
     const QList<QUrl> urlList = KUrlMimeData::urlsFromMimeData(event->mimeData());
diff --git a/app/gwenviewui.rc b/app/gwenviewui.rc
--- a/app/gwenviewui.rc
+++ b/app/gwenviewui.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE kpartgui SYSTEM "kpartgui.dtd">
-<kpartgui name="gwenview" version="55">
+<kpartgui name="gwenview" version="56">
 
 <MenuBar>
     <Menu name="file" >
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
         here, since it is already in the "view" menu.
         -->
         <Action name="options_show_menubar"/>
+        <Action name="options_show_statusbar"/>
         <Action name="options_configure_keybinding"/>
         <Action name="options_configure_toolbars"/>
         <Action name="options_configure"/>
diff --git a/app/mainwindow.h b/app/mainwindow.h
--- a/app/mainwindow.h
+++ b/app/mainwindow.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
     void preloadNextUrl();
 
     void toggleMenuBar();
+    void toggleStatusBar();
 
     void showFirstDocumentReached();
     void showLastDocumentReached();
diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
     KToggleFullScreenAction* mFullScreenAction;
     QAction * mToggleSlideShowAction;
     KToggleAction* mShowMenuBarAction;
+    KToggleAction* mShowStatusBarAction;
 #ifdef KIPI_FOUND
     KIPIExportAction* mKIPIExportAction;
 #endif
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@
                 q, SLOT(updateSlideShowAction()));
 
         mShowMenuBarAction = static_cast<KToggleAction*>(view->addAction(KStandardAction::ShowMenubar, q, SLOT(toggleMenuBar())));
+        mShowStatusBarAction = static_cast<KToggleAction*>(view->addAction(KStandardAction::ShowStatusbar, q, SLOT(toggleStatusBar())));
 
         view->addAction(KStandardAction::KeyBindings, q->guiFactory(),
                         SLOT(configureShortcuts()));
@@ -643,6 +645,7 @@
         mBrowseAction->setEnabled(enabled);
         mViewAction->setEnabled(enabled);
         mToggleSideBarAction->setEnabled(enabled);
+        mShowStatusBarAction->setEnabled(enabled);
         mFullScreenAction->setEnabled(enabled);
         mToggleSlideShowAction->setEnabled(enabled);
 
@@ -1065,6 +1068,12 @@
     d->mSideBar->setVisible(on);
 }
 
+void MainWindow::toggleStatusBar()
+{
+    d->mViewMainPage->setStatusBarVisible(d->mShowStatusBarAction->isChecked());
+    d->mBrowseMainPage->setStatusBarVisible(d->mShowStatusBarAction->isChecked());
+}
+
 void MainWindow::updateToggleSideBarAction()
 {
     SignalBlocker blocker(d->mToggleSideBarAction);
@@ -1289,6 +1298,7 @@
         d->mSaveBar->setFullScreenMode(false);
         setWindowState(d->mStateBeforeFullScreen.mWindowState);
         menuBar()->setVisible(d->mShowMenuBarAction->isChecked());
+        toggleStatusBar();
         toolBar()->setVisible(d->mStateBeforeFullScreen.mToolBarVisible);
 
         d->setScreenSaverEnabled(true);
@@ -1467,6 +1477,7 @@
 void MainWindow::saveConfig()
 {
     d->mFileOpenRecentAction->saveEntries(KConfigGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "Recent Files"));
+    GwenviewConfig::setStatusBarIsVisible(d->mShowStatusBarAction->isChecked());
     d->mViewMainPage->saveConfig();
     d->mBrowseMainPage->saveConfig();
 }
diff --git a/app/viewmainpage.h b/app/viewmainpage.h
--- a/app/viewmainpage.h
+++ b/app/viewmainpage.h
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@
 
     void captionUpdateRequested(const QString&);
 
+public Q_SLOTS:
+    void setStatusBarVisible(bool);
+
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void setThumbnailBarVisibility(bool visible);
 
diff --git a/app/viewmainpage.cpp b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
--- a/app/viewmainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
@@ -498,6 +498,11 @@
     return d->mStatusBarContainer->height();
 }
 
+void ViewMainPage::setStatusBarVisible(bool visible)
+{
+    d->mStatusBarContainer->setVisible(visible);
+}
+
 void ViewMainPage::setFullScreenMode(bool fullScreenMode)
 {
     d->mFullScreenMode = fullScreenMode;
diff --git a/lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg b/lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
--- a/lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
+++ b/lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
         <entry name="ThumbnailBarIsVisible" type="Bool">
             <default>false</default>
         </entry>
+        <entry name="StatusBarIsVisible" type="Bool">
+            <default>true</default>
+        </entry>
 
         <entry name="ThumbnailBarOrientation" type="Enum">
             <choices name="Qt::Orientation">