diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index cc7637d5a..c086e7e28 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {State as Store} from './reducers/index';
 import {StaticView} from './reducers/connections';
 import PluginManager from './chrome/PluginManager';
 import BaseDevice from './devices/BaseDevice';
+import StatusBar from './chrome/StatusBar';
 const version = remote.app.getVersion();
 
 type OwnProps = {
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ export class App extends React.Component<Props> {
             <PluginContainer logger={this.props.logger} />
           )}
         </FlexRow>
+        <StatusBar />
         <ErrorBar text={this.props.error} />
       </FlexColumn>
     );
diff --git a/src/chrome/StatusBar.tsx b/src/chrome/StatusBar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34c70a6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chrome/StatusBar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import {colors} from '../ui/components/colors';
+import {styled} from '../ui';
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import {State} from '../reducers';
+import React, {ReactElement} from 'react';
+import Text from '../ui/components/Text';
+
+const StatusBarContainer = styled(Text)({
+  backgroundColor: colors.macOSTitleBarBackgroundBlur,
+  borderTop: '1px solid #b3b3b3',
+  lineHeight: '26px',
+  padding: '0 10px',
+  textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
+  overflow: 'hidden',
+});
+
+type Props = {
+  statusMessage: string | null;
+};
+
+export function statusBarView(props: Props): ReactElement | null {
+  const {statusMessage} = props;
+  if (statusMessage) {
+    return (
+      <StatusBarContainer italic={true} whiteSpace="nowrap">
+        {statusMessage}
+      </StatusBarContainer>
+    );
+  } else {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export default connect<Props, void, void, State>(
+  ({application: {statusMessages}}) => {
+    if (statusMessages.length > 0) {
+      return {statusMessage: statusMessages[statusMessages.length - 1]};
+    }
+    return {
+      statusMessage: null,
+    };
+  },
+)(statusBarView);
diff --git a/src/chrome/__tests__/StatusBar.node.tsx b/src/chrome/__tests__/StatusBar.node.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f97231576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chrome/__tests__/StatusBar.node.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import {statusBarView} from '../StatusBar';
+
+test('statusBarView returns null for empty status messages', () => {
+  const view = statusBarView({statusMessage: null});
+  expect(view).toBeNull();
+});
+
+test('statusBarView returns non null view when the list of messages is non empty', () => {
+  const view = statusBarView({statusMessage: 'Last Message'});
+  expect(view).toBeDefined();
+});
diff --git a/src/reducers/__tests__/applications.electron.tsx b/src/reducers/__tests__/applications.electron.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..151bccc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers/__tests__/applications.electron.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ * @format
+ */
+import reducer from '../application';
+import {
+  initialState,
+  addStatusMessage,
+  removeStatusMessage,
+} from '../application';
+
+test('ADD_STATUS_MSG, to check if the status messages get pushed to the state', () => {
+  const state = reducer(
+    initialState(),
+    addStatusMessage({msg: 'Status Msg', sender: 'Test'}),
+  );
+  expect(state.statusMessages).toEqual(['Test: Status Msg']);
+  const updatedstate = reducer(
+    state,
+    addStatusMessage({msg: 'Status Msg 2', sender: 'Test'}),
+  );
+  expect(updatedstate.statusMessages).toEqual([
+    'Test: Status Msg',
+    'Test: Status Msg 2',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('REMOVE_STATUS_MSG, to check if the status messages gets removed from the state', () => {
+  const initState = initialState();
+  const state = reducer(
+    initState,
+    removeStatusMessage({msg: 'Status Msg', sender: 'Test'}),
+  );
+  expect(state).toEqual(initState);
+  const stateWithMessages = reducer(
+    reducer(
+      initialState(),
+      addStatusMessage({msg: 'Status Msg', sender: 'Test'}),
+    ),
+    addStatusMessage({msg: 'Status Msg 2', sender: 'Test'}),
+  );
+  const updatedState = reducer(
+    stateWithMessages,
+    removeStatusMessage({msg: 'Status Msg', sender: 'Test'}),
+  );
+  expect(updatedState.statusMessages).toEqual(['Test: Status Msg 2']);
+  const updatedStateWithNoMessages = reducer(
+    updatedState,
+    removeStatusMessage({msg: 'Status Msg 2', sender: 'Test'}),
+  );
+  expect(updatedStateWithNoMessages.statusMessages).toEqual([]);
+});
diff --git a/src/reducers/application.tsx b/src/reducers/application.tsx
index df7b21483..28975188e 100644
--- a/src/reducers/application.tsx
+++ b/src/reducers/application.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ export type ServerPorts = {
   secure: number;
 };
 
+type StatusMessageType = {
+  msg: string;
+  sender: string;
+};
+
 type SubShareType =
   | {
       type: 'file';
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ export type State = {
   downloadingImportData: boolean;
   launcherMsg: LauncherMsg;
   flipperRating: number | null;
+  statusMessages: Array<string>;
 };
 
 type BooleanActionType =
@@ -124,9 +130,17 @@ export type Action =
   | {
       type: 'SET_EXPORT_URL';
       payload: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'ADD_STATUS_MSG';
+      payload: {msg: string; sender: string};
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'REMOVE_STATUS_MSG';
+      payload: {msg: string; sender: string};
     };
 
-const initialState: () => State = () => ({
+export const initialState: () => State = () => ({
   leftSidebarVisible: true,
   rightSidebarVisible: true,
   rightSidebarAvailable: false,
@@ -144,8 +158,20 @@ const initialState: () => State = () => ({
     message: '',
   },
   flipperRating: null,
+  statusMessages: [],
 });
 
+function statusMessage(sender: string, msg: string): string {
+  const messageTrimmed = msg.trim();
+  const senderTrimmed = sender.trim();
+  let statusMessage = senderTrimmed.length > 0 ? senderTrimmed : '';
+  statusMessage =
+    statusMessage.length > 0 && messageTrimmed.length > 0
+      ? `${statusMessage}: ${messageTrimmed}`
+      : '';
+  return statusMessage;
+}
+
 export default function reducer(
   state: State | undefined,
   action: Actions,
@@ -221,6 +247,25 @@ export default function reducer(
       return {...state, share: {...share, url: action.payload}};
     }
     return state;
+  } else if (action.type === 'ADD_STATUS_MSG') {
+    const {sender, msg} = action.payload;
+    const statusMsg = statusMessage(sender, msg);
+    if (statusMsg.length > 0) {
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        statusMessages: [...state.statusMessages, statusMsg],
+      };
+    }
+    return state;
+  } else if (action.type === 'REMOVE_STATUS_MSG') {
+    const {sender, msg} = action.payload;
+    const statusMsg = statusMessage(sender, msg);
+    if (statusMsg.length > 0) {
+      const statusMessages = [...state.statusMessages];
+      statusMessages.splice(statusMessages.indexOf(statusMsg), 1);
+      return {...state, statusMessages};
+    }
+    return state;
   } else {
     return state;
   }
@@ -288,3 +333,13 @@ export const setExportURL = (result: string): Action => ({
   type: 'SET_EXPORT_URL',
   payload: result,
 });
+
+export const addStatusMessage = (payload: StatusMessageType): Action => ({
+  type: 'ADD_STATUS_MSG',
+  payload,
+});
+
+export const removeStatusMessage = (payload: StatusMessageType): Action => ({
+  type: 'REMOVE_STATUS_MSG',
+  payload,
+});