diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 3057f185b..47e26469f 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Ruby 2.0 is no longer officially supported.
 * Remove some old temporary workarounds [#5964](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5964)
 * Remove unused `hasPhotos` and `hasText` functions [#5969](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5969)
 * Replace foreman with eye [#5966](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5966)
+* Improved handling of reshares with deleted roots [#5968](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5968)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Disable auto follow back on aspect deletion [#5846](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5846)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/content_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/content_view.js
index 75a4632cc..e93f6bfa6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/content_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/content_view.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ app.views.Content = app.views.Base.extend({
       text : app.helpers.textFormatter(this.model.get("text"), this.model.get("mentioned_people")),
       largePhoto : this.largePhoto(),
       smallPhotos : this.smallPhotos(),
-      location: this.location()
+      location: this.location(),
+      isReshare : this.model.get("post_type") === "Reshare"
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/single-post-view.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/single-post-view.scss
index c5a5684a1..7ddcb9576 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/single-post-view.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/single-post-view.scss
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@
     padding-top: 20px;
     width: auto;
 
+    #real-post-content div.reshare {
+      border-left: 2px solid #DDD;
+      padding-left: 10px;
+    }
+
     .oembed { width: 95%; }
     .photo_attachments {
       img.big_stream_photo { max-width: 90%; }
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/reshare_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/reshare_tpl.jst.hbs
index a1a661658..b1334fa0a 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/reshare_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/reshare_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 <div class="reshare">
-
-  {{#if root}}
-
-    <div class="media">
-
+  <div class="media">
+    {{#if root}}
       {{#with root}}
         <a href="/people/{{author.guid}}" class="img {{{hovercardable this}}}">
           {{{personImage author 'small'}}}
         </a>
-      {{/with}}
 
-      {{#with root}}
         <div class="bd">
           <div>
             {{#linkToAuthor author}}
@@ -33,14 +28,10 @@
 
         {{> status-message}}
       </div>
-
-    </div>
-
-  {{else}}
-
-    <p>
-      {{t "stream.original_post_deleted"}}
-    </p>
-  {{/if}}
-
+    {{else}}
+      <p>
+        {{t "stream.original_post_deleted"}}
+      </p>
+    {{/if}}
+  </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/status-message_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/status-message_tpl.jst.hbs
index a750289cc..f6689bf30 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/status-message_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/status-message_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@
 
 <div class="collapsible">
   <div class="markdown-content">
-    {{{text}}}
+    {{#if text}}
+      {{{text}}}
+    {{else if isReshare}}
+      <div class="reshare">
+        <p>
+          {{t "stream.original_post_deleted"}}
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    {{/if}}
   </div>
   <div class="oembed"></div>
   <div class="opengraph"></div>
diff --git a/app/models/reshare.rb b/app/models/reshare.rb
index c10cde1f0..93803af1d 100644
--- a/app/models/reshare.rb
+++ b/app/models/reshare.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Reshare < Post
   end
 
   def root_diaspora_id
-    self.root.author.diaspora_handle
+    root.try(:author).try(:diaspora_handle)
   end
 
   delegate :o_embed_cache, :open_graph_cache,
diff --git a/app/views/reshares/_reshare.mobile.haml b/app/views/reshares/_reshare.mobile.haml
index 6d8a11549..36ee8c2e6 100644
--- a/app/views/reshares/_reshare.mobile.haml
+++ b/app/views/reshares/_reshare.mobile.haml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
       - if !post.activity_streams?
         = render 'status_messages/status_message', :post => post, :photos => post.photos
   - else
-    = t('.deleted')
+    .content
+      = t('.deleted')
 
   .reshare_via
     %span
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/content_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/content_view_spec.js
index 8f42a247f..6a701aaa3 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/content_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/content_view_spec.js
@@ -10,4 +10,19 @@ describe("app.views.Content", function(){
       expect(this.view.smallPhotos().length).toEqual(1);
     });
   });
+
+  describe("presenter", function(){
+    beforeEach(function(){
+      this.post.set({text : ""}); // for textFormatter
+    });
+
+    it("provides isReshare", function(){
+      expect(this.view.presenter().isReshare).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
+    it("provides isReshare and be true when the post is a reshare", function(){
+      this.post.set({post_type : "Reshare"});
+      expect(this.view.presenter().isReshare).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb b/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
index 155ac527d..ff1781b9a 100644
--- a/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ describe Reshare, :type => :model do
     expect(FactoryGirl.create(:reshare, :public => false).public).to be true
   end
 
+  describe "#root_diaspora_id" do
+    it "should return the root diaspora id" do
+      reshare = FactoryGirl.create(:reshare, root: FactoryGirl.build(:status_message, author: bob.person, public: true))
+      expect(reshare.root_diaspora_id).to eq(bob.person.diaspora_handle)
+    end
+
+    it "should be nil if no root found" do
+      reshare = FactoryGirl.create(:reshare, root: FactoryGirl.build(:status_message, author: bob.person, public: true))
+      reshare.root = nil
+      expect(reshare.root_diaspora_id).to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#receive" do
     let(:receive_reshare) { @reshare.receive(@root.author.owner, @reshare.author) }