diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 672a0b6a6..a6f1d8435 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 * Collapse aspect list and tag followings list when switching to other views [#4462](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4462)
 * Highlight current stream in left sidebar [#4445](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4445)
 * Added ignore user icon [#4417](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4417)
-
+* You can report a single post by clicking the correct icon in the controler section [#4517](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4517)
 
 # 0.2.0.0
 
diff --git a/app/assets/images/icons/postreport.png b/app/assets/images/icons/postreport.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c5967969
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/assets/images/icons/postreport.png differ
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post_report.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post_report.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a9705bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post_report.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+app.models.PostReport = Backbone.Model.extend({
+  urlRoot: '/post_report'
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_post_views.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_post_views.js
index 0c8faafe7..734f898ab 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_post_views.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/stream_post_views.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ app.views.StreamPost = app.views.Post.extend({
 
     "click .remove_post": "destroyModel",
     "click .hide_post": "hidePost",
+    "click .post_report": "postReport",
     "click .block_user": "blockUser"
   },
 
@@ -106,6 +107,21 @@ app.views.StreamPost = app.views.Post.extend({
     this.remove();
   },
 
+  postReport : function(evt) {
+    if(evt) { evt.preventDefault(); }
+    var text = prompt(Diaspora.I18n.t('post_report_prompt'),
+		      Diaspora.I18n.t('post_report_prompt_default'));
+
+    var postReport = new app.models.PostReport();
+    postReport.fetch({
+      data: {
+        post_id: this.model.id,
+        text: text
+      },
+      type: 'POST'
+    });
+  },
+
   focusCommentTextarea: function(evt){
     evt.preventDefault();
     this.$(".new_comment_form_wrapper").removeClass("hidden");
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
index a976a28ab..27948f2f1 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 @import 'opengraph'
 @import 'help'
 @import 'profile'
+@import 'post_report'
 
 /* ====== media ====== */
 .media
@@ -267,6 +268,13 @@ ul.as-selections
   :z-index 6
   :float right
 
+  .post_report
+    :display inline-block
+
+    .icons-postreport
+      :height 14px
+      :width 14px
+
   .block_user
     :display inline-block
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/post_report.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/post_report.css.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba865f9da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/post_report.css.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#post_report {
+  padding-top: 2em;
+  span {
+    display: block;
+  }
+  .content {
+    float: left;
+  }
+  .options {
+    float: right;
+  }
+  .clear {
+    clear: both;
+    padding-bottom: 1em;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/stream-element_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/stream-element_tpl.jst.hbs
index dae331937..21ed75fd4 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/stream-element_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/stream-element_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
     {{#if loggedIn}}
       <div class="controls">
         {{#unless authorIsCurrentUser}}
+          <a href="#" rel="nofollow" class="post_report" title="{{t "post_report"}}">
+            <div class="icons-postreport control_icon"/>
+          </a>
           <a href="#" rel="nofollow" class="block_user" title="{{t "ignore"}}">
             <div class="icons-ignoreuser control_icon"></div>
           </a>
diff --git a/app/controllers/post_report_controller.rb b/app/controllers/post_report_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd8dba827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/post_report_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+class PostReportController < ApplicationController
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!
+  before_filter :redirect_unless_admin, :except => [:create]
+
+  def index
+    @post_report = PostReport.where(reviewed: false).all
+  end
+
+  def update
+    if PostReport.exists?(post_id: params[:id])
+      mark_as_reviewed
+    end
+    redirect_to :action => :index and return
+  end
+
+  def destroy
+    if Post.exists?(params[:id])
+      delete_post
+      mark_as_reviewed
+    end
+    redirect_to :action => :index and return
+  end
+
+  def create
+    username = current_user.username
+    unless PostReport.where(post_id: params[:post_id]).exists?(user_id: username)
+      post = PostReport.new(
+        :post_id => params[:post_id],
+        :user_id => username,
+        :text => params[:text])
+      result = post.save
+      status(( 200 if result ) || ( 422 if !result ))
+    else
+      status(409)
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+    def delete_post
+      post = Post.find(params[:id])
+      current_user.retract(post)
+      flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'post_report.status.destroyed'
+    end
+
+    def mark_as_reviewed id = params[:id]
+      posts = PostReport.where(post_id: id)
+      posts.each do |post|
+        post.update_attributes(reviewed: true)
+      end
+      flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'post_report.status.marked'
+    end
+
+    def status(code)
+      if code == 200
+        flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'post_report.status.created'
+      else
+        flash[:error] = I18n.t 'post_report.status.failed'
+      end
+      render :nothing => true, :status => code
+    end
+end
diff --git a/app/mailers/post_report_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/post_report_mailer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46b6737cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/mailers/post_report_mailer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+class PostReportMailer < ActionMailer::Base
+  default :from => AppConfig.mail.sender_address
+
+  def new_report
+    Role.admins.each do |role|
+      email = User.find_by_id(role.person_id).email
+      format(email).deliver
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+    def format(email)
+      mail(to: email, subject: I18n.t('notifier.post_report_email.subject')) do |format|
+        format.text { render 'post_report/post_report_email' }
+        format.html { render 'post_report/post_report_email' }
+      end
+    end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/post_report.rb b/app/models/post_report.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a521162ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/post_report.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class PostReport < ActiveRecord::Base
+  validates :user_id, presence: true
+  validates :post_id, presence: true
+
+  belongs_to :user
+  belongs_to :post
+
+  has_many :post_reports  
+
+  after_create :send_report_notification
+
+  def send_report_notification
+    Workers::Mail::PostReportWorker.perform_async
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/role.rb b/app/models/role.rb
index 965044cf4..40438a035 100644
--- a/app/models/role.rb
+++ b/app/models/role.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 class Role < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :person
 
+  scope :admins, -> { where(name: 'admin') }
+
   def self.is_admin?(person)
     find_by_person_id_and_name(person.id, 'admin')
   end
diff --git a/app/views/admins/_admin_bar.haml b/app/views/admins/_admin_bar.haml
index 58fc53070..dff8955fa 100644
--- a/app/views/admins/_admin_bar.haml
+++ b/app/views/admins/_admin_bar.haml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       %li= link_to t('.user_search'), user_search_path
       %li= link_to t('.weekly_user_stats'), weekly_user_stats_path
       %li= link_to t('.pod_stats'), pod_stats_path
+      %li= link_to t('.post_report'), post_report_index_path
       %li= link_to t('.correlations'), correlations_path
       %li= link_to t('.sidekiq_monitor'), sidekiq_path
 	
diff --git a/app/views/post_report/index.html.haml b/app/views/post_report/index.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..538ff39b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/post_report/index.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.span-24
+  = render :partial => 'admins/admin_bar'
+
+.span-24.last
+  %h1
+    = t('post_report.title')
+  %div#post_report
+    - @post_report.each do |report|
+      %div.content
+        %span
+          = raw t('post_report.post_label', title: link_to(post_page_title(Post.find_by_id(report.post_id)), post_path(report.post_id)))
+        %span
+          = raw t('post_report.reported_label', person: link_to(report.user_id, user_profile_path(report.user_id)))
+        %span
+          = t('post_report.reason_label', text: report.text)
+      %div.options
+        %span
+          = link_to t('post_report.review_link'), post_report_path(report.post_id), method: :put
+        %span
+          = link_to t('post_report.delete_link'), post_report_path(report.post_id), method: :delete
+      %div.clear
diff --git a/app/views/post_report/post_report_email.markerb b/app/views/post_report/post_report_email.markerb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb4b688f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/post_report/post_report_email.markerb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<%= t('notifier.post_report_email.body') %>
+
diff --git a/app/workers/mail/post_report_worker.rb b/app/workers/mail/post_report_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3f841942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/mail/post_report_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module Workers
+  module Mail
+    class PostReportWorker < Base
+      sidekiq_options queue: :mail
+
+      def perform
+        PostReportMailer.new_report
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 4204c6286..d78ae4f60 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ en:
       user_search: "User Search"
       weekly_user_stats: "Weekly User Stats"
       pod_stats: "Pod Stats"
+      post_report: "Reported Posts"
       correlations: "Correlations"
       sidekiq_monitor: "Sidekiq monitor"
     correlations:
@@ -716,6 +717,9 @@ en:
     confirm_email:
         subject: "Please activate your new email address %{unconfirmed_email}"
         click_link: "To activate your new email address %{unconfirmed_email}, please follow this link:"
+    post_report_email:
+        subject: "A new post was marked as offensive"
+        body: "Please review as soon as possible!"
     accept_invite: "Accept Your diaspora* invite!"
     invited_you: "%{name} invited you to diaspora*"
     invite:
@@ -845,6 +849,19 @@ en:
         other: "%{count} photos by %{author}"
       reshare_by: "Reshare by %{author}"
 
+  post_report:
+    title: "Marked Reports Overview"
+    post_label: "<b>Post</b>: %{title}"
+    reported_label: "<b>Reported by</b> %{person}"
+    reason_label: "Reason: %{text}"
+    review_link: "Mark as reviewed"
+    delete_link: "Delete post"
+    status:
+      marked: "The report was marked as reviewed"
+      destroyed: "The post was destroyed"
+      created: "A report was created"
+      failed: "Something went wrong"
+
   share_visibilites:
     update:
       post_hidden_and_muted: "%{name}'s post has been hidden, and notifications have been muted."
diff --git a/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml b/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
index c52b13398..170b1996b 100644
--- a/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 en:
   javascripts:
     confirm_dialog: "Are you sure?"
+    post_report_prompt: "Please enter a reason:"
+    post_report_prompt_default: "offensive content"
     delete: "Delete"
     ignore: "Ignore"
+    post_report: "Report"
     ignore_user: "Ignore this user?"
     and: "and"
     comma: ","
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index a3c9b6c70..4e0921a9b 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 require 'sidekiq/web'
 
 Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
+  resources :post_report, :except => [:edit]
+
   if Rails.env.production?
     mount RailsAdmin::Engine => '/admin_panel', :as => 'rails_admin'
   end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20131017093025_create_post_reports.rb b/db/migrate/20131017093025_create_post_reports.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb68ff896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20131017093025_create_post_reports.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class CreatePostReports < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :post_reports do |t|
+      t.integer :post_id, :null => false
+      t.string :user_id
+      t.boolean :reviewed, :default => false
+      t.text :text
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+    add_index :post_reports, :post_id
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index f5b374c6b..794960fe7 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130801063213) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20131017093025) do
 
   create_table "account_deletions", :force => true do |t|
     t.string  "diaspora_handle"
@@ -283,6 +283,17 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130801063213) do
     t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
   end
 
+  create_table "post_reports", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "post_id",                       :null => false
+    t.string   "user_id"
+    t.boolean  "reviewed",   :default => false
+    t.text     "text"
+    t.datetime "created_at",                    :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",                    :null => false
+  end
+
+  add_index "post_reports", ["post_id"], :name => "index_post_reports_on_post_id"
+
   create_table "posts", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "author_id",                                              :null => false
     t.boolean  "public",                              :default => false, :null => false
@@ -316,8 +327,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130801063213) do
     t.boolean  "favorite",                            :default => false
     t.string   "facebook_id"
     t.string   "tweet_id"
-    t.text     "tumblr_ids"
     t.integer  "open_graph_cache_id"
+    t.text     "tumblr_ids"
   end
 
   add_index "posts", ["author_id", "root_guid"], :name => "index_posts_on_author_id_and_root_guid", :unique => true
diff --git a/spec/controllers/post_report_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/post_report_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..513e19164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/post_report_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe PostReportController do
+  before do
+    sign_in alice
+    @message = alice.post(:status_message, :text => "hey", :to => alice.aspects.first.id)
+  end
+
+  describe '#index' do
+    context 'admin not signed in' do
+      it 'is behind redirect_unless_admin' do
+        get :index
+        response.should redirect_to stream_path
+      end
+    end
+    
+    context 'admin signed in' do
+      before do
+        Role.add_admin(alice.person)
+      end
+      it 'succeeds and renders index' do
+        get :index
+        response.should render_template('index')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#create' do
+    context 'report offensive content' do
+      it 'succeeds' do
+        put :create, :post_id => @message.id, :text => 'offensive content'
+        response.status.should == 200
+        PostReport.exists?(:post_id => @message.id).should be_true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#update' do
+    context 'mark report as user' do
+      it 'is behind redirect_unless_admin' do
+        put :update, :id => @message.id
+        response.should redirect_to stream_path
+        PostReport.where(:reviewed => false, :post_id => @message.id).should be_true
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'mark report as admin' do
+      before do
+        Role.add_admin(alice.person)
+      end
+      it 'succeeds' do
+        put :update, :id => @message.id
+        response.status.should == 302
+        PostReport.where(:reviewed => true, :post_id => @message.id).should be_true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#destroy' do
+    context 'destroy post as user' do
+      it 'is behind redirect_unless_admin' do
+        delete :destroy, :id => @message.id
+        response.should redirect_to stream_path
+        PostReport.where(:reviewed => false, :post_id => @message.id).should be_true
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'destroy post as admin' do
+      before do
+        Role.add_admin(alice.person)
+      end
+      it 'succeeds' do
+        delete :destroy, :id => @message.id
+        response.status.should == 302
+        PostReport.where(:reviewed => true, :post_id => @message.id).should be_true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end