diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.jsx
index 9b1e2e0265..955bf661ca 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.jsx
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class StatusContent extends PureComponent {
 
       if (mention) {
         link.addEventListener('click', this.onMentionClick.bind(this, mention), false);
-        link.setAttribute('title', mention.get('acct'));
+        link.setAttribute('title', `@${mention.get('acct')}`);
         if (rewriteMentions !== 'no') {
           while (link.firstChild) link.removeChild(link.firstChild);
           link.appendChild(document.createTextNode('@'));