diff --git a/sam.c b/sam.c
index 686fa1e3a..5f9e8f9c5 100644
--- a/sam.c
+++ b/sam.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ enum {
 	OPTION_SHOW_TABS,
 	OPTION_SHOW_NEWLINES,
 	OPTION_SHOW_EOF,
+	OPTION_STATUSBAR,
 	OPTION_NUMBER,
 	OPTION_NUMBER_RELATIVE,
 	OPTION_CURSOR_LINE,
@@ -359,6 +360,11 @@ static const OptionDef options[] = {
 		NULL,
 		"show-eof"
 	},
+	[OPTION_STATUSBAR] = {
+		{ "statusbar", "sb" },
+		VIS_OPTION_TYPE_BOOL|VIS_OPTION_NEED_WINDOW,
+		VIS_HELP("Display status bar")
+	},
 	[OPTION_NUMBER] = {
 		{ "numbers", "nu" },
 		VIS_OPTION_TYPE_BOOL|VIS_OPTION_NEED_WINDOW,
diff --git a/vis-cmds.c b/vis-cmds.c
index 9e4ed21b6..05b18a5bb 100644
--- a/vis-cmds.c
+++ b/vis-cmds.c
@@ -267,12 +267,14 @@ static bool cmd_set(Vis *vis, Win *win, Command *cmd, const char *argv[], Select
 	case OPTION_SHOW_TABS:
 	case OPTION_SHOW_NEWLINES:
 	case OPTION_SHOW_EOF:
+	case OPTION_STATUSBAR:
 	{
 		const int values[] = {
 			[OPTION_SHOW_SPACES] = UI_OPTION_SYMBOL_SPACE,
 			[OPTION_SHOW_TABS] = UI_OPTION_SYMBOL_TAB|UI_OPTION_SYMBOL_TAB_FILL,
 			[OPTION_SHOW_NEWLINES] = UI_OPTION_SYMBOL_EOL,
 			[OPTION_SHOW_EOF] = UI_OPTION_SYMBOL_EOF,
+			[OPTION_STATUSBAR] = UI_OPTION_STATUSBAR,
 		};
 		int flags = view_options_get(win->view);
 		if (arg.b || (toggle && !(flags & values[opt_index])))
diff --git a/vis-lua.c b/vis-lua.c
index 7c5da2a2e..98a524993 100644
--- a/vis-lua.c
+++ b/vis-lua.c
@@ -1960,6 +1960,12 @@ static int window_options_assign(Win *win, lua_State *L, const char *key, int ne
 		else
 			flags &= ~UI_OPTION_SYMBOL_TAB;
 		view_options_set(win->view, flags);
+	} else if (strcmp(key, "statusbar") == 0) {
+		if (lua_toboolean(L, next))
+			flags |= UI_OPTION_STATUSBAR;
+		else
+			flags &= ~UI_OPTION_STATUSBAR;
+		view_options_set(win->view, flags);
 	} else if (strcmp(key, "wrapcolumn") == 0 || strcmp(key, "wc") == 0) {
 		view_wrapcolumn_set(win->view, luaL_checkint(L, next));
 	} else if (strcmp(key, "tabwidth") == 0 || strcmp(key, "tw") == 0) {
@@ -2175,6 +2181,7 @@ static const struct luaL_Reg window_funcs[] = {
  * @tfield[opt=false] boolean shownewlines
  * @tfield[opt=false] boolean showspaces
  * @tfield[opt=false] boolean showtabs
+ * @tfield[opt=true] boolean statusbar
  * @tfield[opt=8] int tabwidth {tw}
  * @tfield[opt=0] int wrapcolumn {wc}
  * @see Vis.options
@@ -2216,6 +2223,9 @@ static int window_options_index(lua_State *L) {
 		} else if (strcmp(key, "showtabs") == 0) {
 			lua_pushboolean(L, view_options_get(win->view) & UI_OPTION_SYMBOL_TAB);
 			return 1;
+		} else if (strcmp(key, "statusbar") == 0) {
+			lua_pushboolean(L, view_options_get(win->view) & UI_OPTION_STATUSBAR);
+			return 1;
 		} else if (strcmp(key, "tabwidth") == 0 || strcmp(key, "tw") == 0) {
 			lua_pushinteger(L, view_tabwidth_get(win->view));
 			return 1;