diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/single-post-viewer/single_post_actions.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/single-post-viewer/single_post_actions.js
index eebd39327..8dbce4adb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/single-post-viewer/single_post_actions.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/single-post-viewer/single_post_actions.js
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ app.views.SinglePostActions = app.views.Feedback.extend({
     }, app.views.Feedback.prototype.events);
   },
 
+  presenter: function() {
+    return _.extend(this.defaultPresenter(), {
+      authorIsNotCurrentUser : this.authorIsNotCurrentUser(),
+    })
+  },
+
   renderPluginWidgets : function() {
     app.views.Base.prototype.renderPluginWidgets.apply(this);
     this.$('a').tooltip({placement: 'bottom'});
@@ -16,6 +22,10 @@ app.views.SinglePostActions = app.views.Feedback.extend({
     $('.comment_stream .comment_box').focus();
     $('html,body').animate({scrollTop: $('.comment_stream .comment_box').offset().top - ($('.comment_stream .comment_box').height() + 20)});
     return false;
+  },
+
+  authorIsNotCurrentUser: function() {
+    return app.currentUser.authenticated() && this.model.get("author").id != app.user().id
   }
 
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/single-post-viewer/single-post-actions_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/single-post-viewer/single-post-actions_tpl.jst.hbs
index be1bec2c8..908c2d4ab 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/single-post-viewer/single-post-actions_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/single-post-viewer/single-post-actions_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
         </a>
       {{/if}}
     {{/if}}
-    
-    <a href="#" data-type="post" class="post_report" title="{{t "report.name"}}">
-      <i class="entypo gray large">&#x21;</i>
-    </a>
+   
+    {{#if authorIsNotCurrentUser}}
+      <a href="#" data-type="post" class="post_report" title="{{t "report.name"}}">
+        <i class="entypo gray large">&#x21;</i>
+      </a>
+    {{/if}}
   {{/if}}
 </div>