diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.css b/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.css
index a7aca87ff..6d287da9f 100644
--- a/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.css
+++ b/r2/r2/public/static/css/compact.css
@@ -587,6 +587,15 @@ a.author { margin-right: 0.5em; }
 
 .linkflair { font-weight: normal; max-width: 10em; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
 
+.commentspacer {
+    clear: both;
+}
+
+.showreplies {
+    padding: 0;
+    margin-left: 40px;
+}
+
 .notice-taken, .notice-available {
     display: none;
     line-height: 16px;
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/comment.compact b/r2/r2/templates/comment.compact
index f52bf2e12..a2661d401 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/comment.compact
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/comment.compact
@@ -98,8 +98,15 @@
             %endif
         </div>
   </div>
-  <div style="clear: both"></div>
-  <div class="child">
-    ${thing.childlisting}
-  </div>
+  <div class="commentspacer"></div>
+  %if thing.link.contest_mode and hasattr(thing, "child") and not thing.parent_id:
+    <button class="showreplies newbutton"
+        onclick="$(this).hide();$(this).parent().find('.noncollapsed').show();return false;">
+        ${_("show replies")}
+    </button>
+    <div class="child noncollapsed" style="display:none">
+  %else:
+    <div class="child">
+  %endif
+  ${thing.childlisting}</div>
 </div>