diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/compact/unhide.png b/r2/r2/public/static/compact/unhide.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68eb55c54
Binary files /dev/null and b/r2/r2/public/static/compact/unhide.png differ
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.css b/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.css
index 1f6bf4db1..8ba4c793e 100644
--- a/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.css
+++ b/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.css
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ button.button { padding: 0 5px; }
 .comment .child .options_link, .message .child .options_link { top: 8px; }
 .comment .options_expando, .message .options_expando { margin: 10px -50px 10px 0px; }
 
-.options_icons, .email-icon, .report-icon, .save-icon, .unsave-icon, .domain-icon, .edit-icon, .reply-icon, .permalink-icon, .collapse-icon, .context-icon, .parent-icon, .unread-icon, .hide-icon { display: block; width: 24px; height: 24px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; }
+.options_icons, .email-icon, .report-icon, .save-icon, .unsave-icon, .domain-icon, .edit-icon, .reply-icon, .permalink-icon, .collapse-icon, .context-icon, .parent-icon, .unread-icon, .hide-icon, .unhide-icon { display: block; width: 24px; height: 24px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; }
 
 .email-icon { background-image: url("/static/compact/email.png"); /*SPRITE*/ }
 
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ button.button { padding: 0 5px; }
 
 .hide-icon { background-image: url("/static/compact/hide.png"); /*SPRITE*/ }
 
+.unhide-icon { background-image: url("/static/compact/unhide.png"); /*SPRITE*/ }
+
 /*Toolbar*/
 #topbar { height: 45px; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; background-color: #A8C4E0; background-color: #7f7f7f; background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, color-stop(0%, #cee3f8), color-stop(100%, #a8c4e0)); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #cee3f8, #a8c4e0); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #cee3f8, #a8c4e0); background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #cee3f8, #a8c4e0); background: linear-gradient(top, #cee3f8, #a8c4e0); border-bottom: 1px solid #7599BD; border-top: 1px solid #DCEAF7; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -ms-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px; }
 
diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.scss b/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.scss
index f6b718334..1597aa40c 100644
--- a/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.scss
+++ b/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.scss
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ button.button {
     @extend .options_icons;
     @include sprite($static + 'hide.png');
 }
+.unhide-icon {
+    @extend .options_icons;
+    @include sprite($static + 'unhide.png');
+}
 
 /*Toolbar*/
 #topbar {
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/link.compact b/r2/r2/templates/link.compact
index f8a8a1a54..f1b87cee2 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/link.compact
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/link.compact
@@ -115,14 +115,24 @@ there's also a discussion going on here:
 
         ${icon_button("Share", "email-icon", "mailto:?subject=${urllib.quote(_force_utf8(subject))}&body=${urllib.quote(_force_utf8(body))}")}
         ${self.save_button()}
-        ${icon_button("Hide","hide-icon", onclick="change_state(this, 'hide', hide_thing)")}
+        ${self.hide_button()}
         ${icon_button("Report","report-icon",onclick="return change_state(this, 'report', hide_thing)")}
 
       
 
   </div>
 </div>
-
+<%def name="hide_button()">
+    %if c.user_is_loggedin:
+        %if thing.hidden:
+            ${icon_button("Hide","hide-icon", onclick="change_state(this, 'hide', hide_thing)", outer_class="hide-button", style="display: none;")}
+            ${icon_button("Unhide","unhide-icon", onclick="change_state(this, 'unhide', hide_thing)", outer_class="unhide-button")}
+        %else:
+            ${icon_button("Hide","hide-icon", onclick="change_state(this, 'hide', hide_thing)", outer_class="hide-button", herp="derp")}
+            ${icon_button("Unhide","unhide-icon", onclick="change_state(this, 'unhide', hide_thing)", outer_class="unhide-button", style="display: none;")}
+        %endif
+    %endif
+</%def>
 <%def name="save_button()">
     %if c.user_is_loggedin:
         %if thing.saved: