diff --git a/github/display.go b/github/display.go
index 2fa4528e..b158ee29 100644
--- a/github/display.go
+++ b/github/display.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package github
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-github/github"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf"
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) displayMyPullRequests(repo *GithubRepo, username string) s
 
 	str := ""
 	for _, pr := range prs {
-		str = str + fmt.Sprintf(" [green]%4d[white] %s\n", *pr.Number, *pr.Title)
+		str = str + fmt.Sprintf(" %s[green]%4d[white] %s\n", mergeString(pr), *pr.Number, *pr.Title)
 	}
 
 	return str
@@ -72,3 +73,24 @@ func (widget *Widget) displayStats(repo *GithubRepo) string {
 func (widget *Widget) title(repo *GithubRepo) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("[green]%s - %s[white]", repo.Owner, repo.Name)
 }
+
+func showStatus() bool {
+	return wtf.Config.UBool("wtf.mods.github.enableStatus", false)
+}
+
+var mergeIcons = map[string]string{
+	"dirty":    "[red]![white] ",
+	"clean":    "[green]✔[white] ",
+	"unstable": "[red]✖[white] ",
+	"blocked":  "[red]✖[white] ",
+}
+
+func mergeString(pr *github.PullRequest) string {
+	if !showStatus() {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if str, ok := mergeIcons[pr.GetMergeableState()]; ok {
+		return str
+	}
+	return "? "
+}
diff --git a/github/github_repo.go b/github/github_repo.go
index af2db77e..80640f5a 100644
--- a/github/github_repo.go
+++ b/github/github_repo.go
@@ -103,9 +103,35 @@ func (repo *GithubRepo) myPullRequests(username string) []*ghb.PullRequest {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if showStatus() {
+		prs = repo.individualPRs(prs)
+	}
+
 	return prs
 }
 
+// individualPRs takes a list of pull requests (presumably returned from
+// github.PullRequests.List) and fetches them individually to get more detailed
+// status info on each. see: https://developer.github.com/v3/git/#checking-mergeability-of-pull-requests
+func (repo *GithubRepo) individualPRs(prs []*ghb.PullRequest) []*ghb.PullRequest {
+	github, err := repo.githubClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return prs
+	}
+
+	var ret []*ghb.PullRequest
+	for i := range prs {
+		pr, _, err := github.PullRequests.Get(context.Background(), repo.Owner, repo.Name, prs[i].GetNumber())
+		if err != nil {
+			// worst case, just keep the original one
+			ret = append(ret, prs[i])
+		} else {
+			ret = append(ret, pr)
+		}
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
 // myReviewRequests returns a list of pull requests for which username has been
 // requested to do a code review
 func (repo *GithubRepo) myReviewRequests(username string) []*ghb.PullRequest {