diff --git a/content-status.php b/content-status.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..be6b8341f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content-status.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * The template for displaying posts in the Status post format
+ *
+ * @package WordPress
+ * @subpackage Twenty_Twelve
+ * @since Twenty Twelve 1.0
+ */
+?>
+
+	<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
+		<div class="entry-content">
+			<div class="avatar"><?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), apply_filters( 'twentytwelve_status_avatar', '48' ) ); ?></div>
+			<?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>
+		</div><!-- .entry-content -->
+
+		<footer class="entry-meta">
+			<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentytwelve' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></a>
+			<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentytwelve' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
+		</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
+	</article><!-- #post -->
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index d516090f6..52f51b434 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function twentytwelve_setup() {
 	add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' );
 
 	// This theme supports a variety of post formats.
-	add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'aside', 'image', 'link', 'quote' ) );
+	add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'aside', 'image', 'link', 'quote', 'status' ) );
 
 	// This theme uses wp_nav_menu() in one location.
 	register_nav_menu( 'primary', __( 'Primary Menu', 'twentytwelve' ) );
diff --git a/rtl.css b/rtl.css
index 15643d779..f3f9df709 100644
--- a/rtl.css
+++ b/rtl.css
@@ -77,18 +77,14 @@ td {
 	padding: 6px 0 6px 10px;
 }
 
-/* =Aside post styling
--------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+/* Aside posts */
 article.format-aside .aside {
 	border-right: 22px solid #a8bfe8;
 	border-left: none;
 }
 
-
-/* =Link post styling
--------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
+/* Link posts */
 article.format-link header {
 	float: left;
 }
@@ -96,6 +92,20 @@ article.format-link .entry-content {
 	float: right;
 }
 
+/* Status posts */
+.format-status .entry-content p {
+	margin-left: 48px;
+	margin-left: 3.428571429rem;
+	margin-right: auto;
+}
+.format-status div.avatar {
+	float: left;
+	margin-left: auto;
+	margin-right: 14px;
+	margin-right: 1rem;
+}
+
+
 /* =Comment styling
 -------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 8fef2f859..aac779636 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ img {
 
 /* Shared Post Format styling */
 article.format-quote footer.entry-meta,
-article.format-link footer.entry-meta {
+article.format-link footer.entry-meta,
+article.format-status footer.entry-meta {
 	font-size: 11px;
 	font-size: 0.785714286rem;
 	line-height: 2.181818182;
@@ -1015,6 +1016,17 @@ article.format-quote .entry-content blockquote {
 	background: #efefef;
 }
 
+/* Status posts */
+.format-status .entry-content p {
+	margin-right: 48px;
+	margin-right: 3.428571429rem;
+}
+.format-status div.avatar {
+	float: right;
+	margin-left: 14px;
+	margin-left: 1rem;
+}
+
 
 /* =Comments
 -------------------------------------------------------------- */