diff --git a/inc/bans.php b/inc/bans.php
index 652d42cc..cf24f097 100644
--- a/inc/bans.php
+++ b/inc/bans.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Bans {
 		return array(inet_pton($range[0]), inet_pton($range[1]));
 	}
 	
-	private static function parse_time($str) {
+	public static function parse_time($str) {
 		if (empty($str))
 			return false;
 	
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ class Bans {
 		
 		while ($ban = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
 			if ($ban['expires'] && ($ban['seen'] || !$config['require_ban_view']) && $ban['expires'] < time()) {
-				$query = prepare("DELETE FROM ``bans`` WHERE `id` = :id");
-				$query->bindValue(':id', $ban['id'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
-				$query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
+				self::delete($ban['id']);
 			} else {
+				if ($ban['post'])
+					$ban['post'] = json_decode($ban['post'], true);
 				$ban['mask'] = self::range_to_string(array($ban['ipstart'], $ban['ipend']));
 				$ban_list[] = $ban;
 			}
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ class Bans {
 		return true;
 	}
 	
-	static public function new_ban($mask, $reason, $length = false, $board = false, $mod_id = false) {
-		global $mod, $pdo;
+	static public function new_ban($mask, $reason, $length = false, $ban_board = false, $mod_id = false, $post = false) {
+		global $mod, $pdo, $board;
 		
 		if ($mod_id === false) {
 			$mod_id = isset($mod['id']) ? $mod['id'] : -1;
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class Bans {
 		$range = self::parse_range($mask);
 		$mask = self::range_to_string($range);
 		
-		$query = prepare("INSERT INTO ``bans`` VALUES (NULL, :ipstart, :ipend, :time, :expires, :board, :mod, :reason, 0, NULL)");
+		$query = prepare("INSERT INTO ``bans`` VALUES (NULL, :ipstart, :ipend, :time, :expires, :board, :mod, :reason, 0, :post)");
 		
 		$query->bindValue(':ipstart', $range[0]);
 		if ($range[1] !== false && $range[1] != $range[0])
@@ -236,11 +236,17 @@ class Bans {
 			$query->bindValue(':expires', null, PDO::PARAM_NULL);
 		}
 		
-		if ($board)
-			$query->bindValue(':board', $board);
+		if ($ban_board)
+			$query->bindValue(':board', $ban_board);
 		else
 			$query->bindValue(':board', null, PDO::PARAM_NULL);
 		
+		if ($post) {
+			$post['board'] = $board['uri'];
+			$query->bindValue(':post', json_encode($post));
+		} else
+			$query->bindValue(':post', null, PDO::PARAM_NULL);
+		
 		$query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
 		
 		if (isset($mod['id']) && $mod['id'] == $mod_id) {
diff --git a/inc/config.php b/inc/config.php
index 2a17edfa..a354f835 100644
--- a/inc/config.php
+++ b/inc/config.php
@@ -854,14 +854,17 @@
 	//	'bottom' => '',
 	// );
 
+	// Show the post the user was banned for on the "You are banned" page.
+	$config['ban_show_post'] = false;
+
 	// Optional HTML to append to "You are banned" pages. For example, you could include instructions and/or
 	// a link to an email address or IRC chat room to appeal the ban.
 	$config['ban_page_extra'] = '';
-	
+
 	// Display flags (when available). This config option has no effect unless poster flags are enabled (see
 	// $config['country_flags']). Disable this if you want all previously-assigned flags to be hidden.
 	$config['display_flags'] = true;
-	
+
 	// Location of post flags/icons (where "%s" is the flag name). Defaults to static/flags/%s.png.
 	// $config['uri_flags'] = 'http://static.example.org/flags/%s.png';
 
diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index ac74ac91..e695cf5e 100644
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -620,22 +620,41 @@ function ago($timestamp) {
 }
 
 function displayBan($ban) {
-	global $config;
+	global $config, $board;
 
 	if (!$ban['seen']) {
 		Bans::seen($ban['id']);
 	}
 
 	$ban['ip'] = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
-
+	if ($ban['post'] && isset($ban['post']['board'], $ban['post']['id'])) {
+		openBoard($ban['post']['board']);
+		
+		$query = query(sprintf("SELECT `thumb`, `file` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `id` = " . (int)$ban['post']['id'], $board['uri']));
+		if ($_post = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
+			$ban['post'] = array_merge($ban['post'], $_post);
+		} else {
+			$ban['post']['file'] = 'deleted';
+			$ban['post']['thumb'] = false;
+		}
+		
+		if ($ban['post']['thread']) {
+			$post = new Post($ban['post']);
+		} else {
+			$post = new Thread($ban['post'], null, false, false);
+		}
+	}
 	// Show banned page and exit
 	die(
 		Element('page.html', array(
 			'title' => _('Banned!'),
 			'config' => $config,
+			'nojavascript' => true,
 			'body' => Element('banned.html', array(
 				'config' => $config,
-				'ban' => $ban
+				'ban' => $ban,
+				'board' => $board,
+				'post' => isset($post) ? $post->build(true) : false
 			)
 		))
 	));
diff --git a/inc/mod/pages.php b/inc/mod/pages.php
index 5166a348..3d1fd41a 100644
--- a/inc/mod/pages.php
+++ b/inc/mod/pages.php
@@ -1275,7 +1275,8 @@ function mod_ban_post($board, $delete, $post, $token = false) {
 	
 	$security_token = make_secure_link_token($board . '/ban/' . $post);
 	
-	$query = prepare(sprintf('SELECT `ip`, `thread` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `id` = :id', $board));
+	$query = prepare(sprintf('SELECT ' . ($config['ban_show_post'] ? '*' : '`ip`, `thread`') .
+		' FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `id` = :id', $board));
 	$query->bindValue(':id', $post);
 	$query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
 	if (!$_post = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
@@ -1290,11 +1291,12 @@ function mod_ban_post($board, $delete, $post, $token = false) {
 		if (isset($_POST['ip']))
 			$ip = $_POST['ip'];
 		
-		Bans::new_ban($_POST['ip'], $_POST['reason'], $_POST['length'], $_POST['board'] == '*' ? false : $_POST['board']);
+		Bans::new_ban($_POST['ip'], $_POST['reason'], $_POST['length'], $_POST['board'] == '*' ? false : $_POST['board'],
+			false, $config['ban_show_post'] ? $_post : false);
 		
 		if (isset($_POST['public_message'], $_POST['message'])) {
 			// public ban message
-			$length_english = parse_time($_POST['length']) ? 'for ' . until(parse_time($_POST['length'])) : 'permanently';
+			$length_english = Bans::parse_time($_POST['length']) ? 'for ' . until(Bans::parse_time($_POST['length'])) : 'permanently';
 			$_POST['message'] = preg_replace('/[\r\n]/', '', $_POST['message']);
 			$_POST['message'] = str_replace('%length%', $length_english, $_POST['message']);
 			$_POST['message'] = str_replace('%LENGTH%', strtoupper($length_english), $_POST['message']);
diff --git a/templates/banned.html b/templates/banned.html
index 065d61e2..79648156 100644
--- a/templates/banned.html
+++ b/templates/banned.html
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
 	</p>
 	<p>{% trans %}Your IP address is{% endtrans %} <strong>{{ ban.ip }}</strong>.</p>
 
+	{% if post %}
+		<hr>
+		<p>You were banned for the following post on {{ board.url }}:</p>
+		{{ post }}
+		<br>
+	{% endif %}
+	
 	{% if config.ban_page_extra %}
 		<p>{{ config.ban_page_extra }}</p>
 	{% endif %}