diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
index 88994c2ac61..5b69ac4da04 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             parseClick={parseClick}
             disabled={!router}
             tagLinks={settings.get('tag_misleading_links')}
+            rewriteMentions={settings.get('rewrite_mentions')}
           />
           {!isCollapsed || !(muted || !settings.getIn(['collapsed', 'show_action_bar'])) ? (
             <StatusActionBar
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.js
index 95a4fe3fa09..e45a9fc42a9 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.js
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ export default class StatusContent extends React.PureComponent {
     disabled: PropTypes.bool,
     onUpdate: PropTypes.func,
     tagLinks: PropTypes.bool,
+    rewriteMentions: PropTypes.string,
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
     tagLinks: true,
+    rewriteMentions: 'no',
   };
 
   state = {
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ export default class StatusContent extends React.PureComponent {
 
   _updateStatusLinks () {
     const node = this.contentsNode;
-    const { tagLinks } = this.props;
+    const { tagLinks, rewriteMentions } = this.props;
 
     if (!node) {
       return;
@@ -99,6 +101,13 @@ export default class StatusContent extends React.PureComponent {
       if (mention) {
         link.addEventListener('click', this.onMentionClick.bind(this, mention), false);
         link.setAttribute('title', mention.get('acct'));
+        if (rewriteMentions !== 'no') {
+          while (link.firstChild) link.removeChild(link.firstChild);
+          link.appendChild(document.createTextNode('@'));
+          const acctSpan = document.createElement('span');
+          acctSpan.textContent = rewriteMentions === 'acct' ? mention.get('acct') : mention.get('username');
+          link.appendChild(acctSpan);
+        }
       } else if (link.textContent[0] === '#' || (link.previousSibling && link.previousSibling.textContent && link.previousSibling.textContent[link.previousSibling.textContent.length - 1] === '#')) {
         link.addEventListener('click', this.onHashtagClick.bind(this, link.text), false);
       } else {
@@ -242,6 +251,7 @@ export default class StatusContent extends React.PureComponent {
       parseClick,
       disabled,
       tagLinks,
+      rewriteMentions,
     } = this.props;
 
     const hidden = this.props.onExpandedToggle ? !this.props.expanded : this.state.hidden;
@@ -340,7 +350,7 @@ export default class StatusContent extends React.PureComponent {
         >
           <div
             ref={this.setContentsRef}
-            key={`contents-${tagLinks}`}
+            key={`contents-${tagLinks}-${rewriteMentions}`}
             dangerouslySetInnerHTML={content}
             lang={status.get('language')}
             className='status__content__text'
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
index bd92a81c2a1..64ed688760f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   filters_upstream: { id: 'settings.filtering_behavior.upstream', defaultMessage: 'Show "filtered" like vanilla Mastodon' },
   filters_hide: { id: 'settings.filtering_behavior.hide', defaultMessage: 'Show "filtered" and add a button to display why' },
   filters_cw: { id: 'settings.filtering_behavior.cw', defaultMessage: 'Still display the post, and add filtered words to content warning' },
+  rewrite_mentions_no: { id: 'settings.rewrite_mentions_no', defaultMessage: 'Do not rewrite mentions' },
+  rewrite_mentions_acct: { id: 'settings.rewrite_mentions_acct', defaultMessage: 'Rewrite with username and domain (when the account is remote)' },
+  rewrite_mentions_username: { id: 'settings.rewrite_mentions_username', defaultMessage:  'Rewrite with username' },
 });
 
 @injectIntl
@@ -75,6 +78,19 @@ export default class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
           <FormattedMessage id='settings.tag_misleading_links' defaultMessage='Tag misleading links' />
           <span className='hint'><FormattedMessage id='settings.tag_misleading_links.hint' defaultMessage="Add a visual indication with the link target host to every link not mentioning it explicitly" /></span>
         </LocalSettingsPageItem>
+        <LocalSettingsPageItem
+          settings={settings}
+          item={['rewrite_mentions']}
+          id='mastodon-settings--rewrite_mentions'
+          options={[
+            { value: 'no', message: intl.formatMessage(messages.rewrite_mentions_no) },
+            { value: 'acct', message: intl.formatMessage(messages.rewrite_mentions_acct) },
+            { value: 'username', message: intl.formatMessage(messages.rewrite_mentions_username) },
+          ]}
+          onChange={onChange}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage id='settings.rewrite_mentions' defaultMessage='Rewrite mentions in displayed statuses' />
+        </LocalSettingsPageItem>
         <section>
           <h2><FormattedMessage id='settings.notifications_opts' defaultMessage='Notifications options' /></h2>
           <LocalSettingsPageItem
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/components/detailed_status.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
index fa4ed2fd5eb..873ea35fb01 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ export default class DetailedStatus extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             parseClick={this.parseClick}
             onUpdate={this.handleChildUpdate}
             tagLinks={settings.get('tag_misleading_links')}
+            rewriteMentions={settings.get('rewrite_mentions')}
             disabled
           />
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/local_settings.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/local_settings.js
index 7477c55846d..ad94ea2433f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/local_settings.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/local_settings.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const initialState = ImmutableMap({
   show_content_type_choice: false,
   filtering_behavior: 'hide',
   tag_misleading_links: true,
+  rewrite_mentions: 'no',
   content_warnings : ImmutableMap({
     auto_unfold : false,
     filter      : null,