diff --git a/content/bookmarks.js b/content/bookmarks.js
index e7b01dea..d3832fa6 100644
--- a/content/bookmarks.js
+++ b/content/bookmarks.js
@@ -167,6 +167,18 @@ vimperator.Bookmarks = function () //{{{
                 this.add(title, url);
                 vimperator.commandline.echo("Added bookmark: " + url + extra, vimperator.commandline.HL_NORMAL, vimperator.commandline.FORCE_SINGLELINE);
             }
+
+            // update the display of our "bookmarked" symbol
+            vimperator.statusline.updateUrl();
+        },
+
+        isBookmarked: function(url)
+        {
+            var uri = ioService.newURI(url, null, null);
+            var count = {};
+            bookmarksService.getBookmarkIdsForURI(uri, count);
+
+            return count.value > 0;
         },
 
         // returns number of deleted bookmarks
diff --git a/content/buffers.js b/content/buffers.js
index 4a17bc36..951e2ba8 100644
--- a/content/buffers.js
+++ b/content/buffers.js
@@ -683,6 +683,10 @@ vimperator.Buffer = function () //{{{
                 if (countFeeds)
                     info.push(countFeeds);
 
+                if (vimperator.bookmarks.isBookmarked(this.URL))
+                    info.push("bookmarked");
+
+
                 var pageInfoText = '"' + file + '" [' + info.join(", ") + "] " + title;
                 vimperator.echo(pageInfoText, vimperator.commandline.FORCE_SINGLELINE);
                 return;
diff --git a/content/ui.js b/content/ui.js
index 7ca37211..55617b66 100644
--- a/content/ui.js
+++ b/content/ui.js
@@ -1134,6 +1134,9 @@ vimperator.StatusLine = function () //{{{
                 modified += "+";
             if (sh.index < sh.count -1)
                 modified += "-";
+            if (vimperator.bookmarks.isBookmarked(url))
+                modified += "\u2764"; // a heart symbol: ❤
+                //modified += "\u2665"; // a heart symbol: ♥
 
             if (modified)
                 url += " [" + modified + "]";