diff --git a/src/intl/en-US.js b/src/intl/en-US.js
index 046a1c57..8516d6bb 100644
--- a/src/intl/en-US.js
+++ b/src/intl/en-US.js
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ export default {
   showNextMedia: 'Show next media',
   enterPinchZoom: 'Pinch-zoom mode',
   exitPinchZoom: 'Exit pinch-zoom mode',
+  showFullImageDescription: 'Show full image description',
+  hideFullImageDescription: 'Hide full image description',
   showMedia: `Show {index, select,
     1 {first}
     2 {second}
diff --git a/src/routes/_components/dialog/components/MediaDialog.html b/src/routes/_components/dialog/components/MediaDialog.html
index a2ff2886..a7ac5c97 100644
--- a/src/routes/_components/dialog/components/MediaDialog.html
+++ b/src/routes/_components/dialog/components/MediaDialog.html
@@ -25,8 +25,24 @@
         </li>
       {/each}
     </ul>
+    {#if hasDescription }
+    <div class="media-description-outside {showFullImageDescription ? 'expanded' : ''}">
+      {mediaItem.description}
+    </div>
+    {/if}
     <div class="media-controls-outside" on:click="onMediaControlsClick(event)">
-      {#if canPinchZoom}
+      {#if hasDescription }
+        <IconButton
+          className="media-control-button"
+          svgClassName="media-control-button-svg"
+          pressable={hasDescription}
+          pressed={showFullImageDescription}
+          pressedLabel="{intl.hideFullImageDescription}"
+          href="#fa-info-circle"
+          label="{intl.showFullImageDescription}"
+          on:click="toggleFullImageDescription()"
+        />
+      {:elseif canPinchZoom }
         <IconButton
           className="media-control-button media-control-button-dummy-spacer"
           svgClassName="media-control-button-svg"
@@ -77,16 +93,25 @@
             </li>
         </ul>
       {/if}
-      {#if canPinchZoom}
+      {#if canPinchZoom }
         <IconButton
           className="media-control-button"
           svgClassName="media-control-button-svg"
-          pressable={true}
+          pressable={canPinchZoom}
           pressed={pinchZoomMode}
           label="{intl.enterPinchZoom}"
           pressedLabel="{intl.exitPinchZoom}"
           href="#fa-search"
           on:click="togglePinchZoomMode()"
+          ariaHidden={!canPinchZoom}
+        />
+      {:elseif hasDescription }
+        <IconButton
+          className="media-control-button media-control-button-dummy-spacer"
+          svgClassName="media-control-button-svg"
+          href="#fa-search"
+          label=""
+          ariaHidden={true}
         />
       {/if}
     </div>
@@ -142,6 +167,20 @@
     padding: 15px 5px 5px 5px;
   }
 
+  .media-description-outside {
+    margin: 5px 15px;
+    max-height: 1.5em;
+    text-align: center;
+    color: white;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+  .media-description-outside.expanded {
+    max-height: none;
+    white-space: normal;
+  }
+
   .media-controls-outside {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: space-between;
@@ -263,12 +302,14 @@
     },
     store: () => store,
     data: () => ({
-      pinchZoomMode: false
+      pinchZoomMode: false,
+      showFullImageDescription: false
     }),
     computed: {
       length: ({ mediaItems }) => mediaItems.length,
       dots: ({ length }) => times(length, i => ({ i })),
       canPinchZoom: ({ mediaItems }) => !mediaItems.some(media => ['video', 'audio'].includes(media.type)),
+      hasDescription: ({ mediaItem }) => mediaItem.description,
       mediaItem: ({ mediaItems, scrolledItem }) => mediaItems[scrolledItem],
       nativeWidth: ({ mediaItem }) => get(mediaItem, ['meta', 'original', 'width'], 300), // TODO: Pleroma placeholder
       nativeHeight: ({ mediaItem }) => get(mediaItem, ['meta', 'original', 'height'], 200) // TODO: Pleroma placeholder
@@ -355,6 +396,9 @@
       togglePinchZoomMode () {
         this.set({ pinchZoomMode: !this.get().pinchZoomMode })
       },
+      toggleFullImageDescription () {
+        this.set({ showFullImageDescription: !this.get().showFullImageDescription })
+      },
       onImageClick (e) {
         const { nativeWidth, nativeHeight, pinchZoomMode } = this.get()
         if (pinchZoomMode) {