diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/views/right_panel/user_info/UserInfoHeaderView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/views/right_panel/user_info/UserInfoHeaderView.tsx
index 275175198c..1e214223c2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/views/right_panel/user_info/UserInfoHeaderView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/views/right_panel/user_info/UserInfoHeaderView.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 import React, { type JSX } from "react";
 import { type User, type RoomMember } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { Heading, Tooltip, Text } from "@vector-im/compound-web";
-import { Flex } from "@element-hq/web-shared-components";
+import { Flex, StatusTextView } from "@element-hq/web-shared-components";
 
 import { useUserfoHeaderViewModel } from "../../../viewmodels/right_panel/user_info/UserInfoHeaderViewModel";
 import MemberAvatar from "../../avatars/MemberAvatar";
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { Container, type Member, type IDevice } from "../UserInfo";
 import PresenceLabel from "../../rooms/PresenceLabel";
 import CopyableText from "../../elements/CopyableText";
 import { UserInfoHeaderVerificationView } from "./UserInfoHeaderVerificationView";
+import { useUserStatus } from "../../../../hooks/useUserStatus";
 
 export interface UserInfoHeaderViewProps {
     member: Member;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export const UserInfoHeaderView: React.FC<UserInfoHeaderViewProps> = ({
     const vm = useUserfoHeaderViewModel({ member, roomId });
     const avatarUrl = (member as User).avatarUrl;
     const displayName = (member as RoomMember).rawDisplayName;
+    const userStatus = useUserStatus(member.userId);
 
     let presenceLabel: JSX.Element | undefined;
 
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ export const UserInfoHeaderView: React.FC<UserInfoHeaderViewProps> = ({
                             {displayName}
                         </Flex>
                     </Heading>
+                    {userStatus && <StatusTextView status={userStatus} />}
                     {presenceLabel}
                     {vm.timezoneInfo && (
                         <Tooltip label={vm.timezoneInfo?.timezone ?? ""}>
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/status/StatusTextView.stories.tsx/default-auto.png b/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/status/StatusTextView.stories.tsx/default-auto.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfcada0746
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/status/StatusTextView.stories.tsx/default-auto.png differ
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/index.ts b/packages/shared-components/src/index.ts
index 41ef3a54fb..aa638071d8 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/index.ts
@@ -92,5 +92,6 @@ export * from "./core/i18n/I18nApi";
 export * from "./core/utils/linkify";
 export type * from "./core/userStatus.ts";
 export * from "./status/SetStatusView";
+export * from "./status/StatusTextView";
 // MVVM
 export * from "./core/viewmodel";
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusPillView.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusPillView.tsx
index c76bc15f4d..2752a0c77f 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusPillView.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusPillView.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import { CloseIcon } from "@vector-im/compound-design-tokens/assets/web/icons";
 import { _t, type UserStatus } from "..";
 import styles from "./StatusPillView.module.css";
 
+/**
+ * Displays a user's status message in a pill format with a button that can be used
+ * to clear the status.
+ */
 export const StatusPillView = React.forwardRef<
     HTMLDivElement,
     {
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.module.css b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2437172197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+.statusText {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: var(--cpd-space-1x);
+
+    span {
+        font: var(--cpd-font-body-md-medium);
+        color: var(--cpd-color-text-secondary);
+    }
+
+    .menuStatusText {
+        overflow: hidden;
+        min-width: 0;
+        text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.stories.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6613b83b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import { type Meta, type StoryObj } from "@storybook/react-vite";
+
+import { StatusTextView } from "./StatusTextView";
+
+const meta = {
+    title: "Status/StatusTextView",
+    component: StatusTextView,
+    tags: ["autodocs"],
+    args: {
+        status: { emoji: "🦩", text: "Flamboyant" },
+    },
+} satisfies Meta<typeof StatusTextView>;
+
+export default meta;
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof meta>;
+
+export const Default: Story = {};
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.test.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3d380fcaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import { composeStories } from "@storybook/react-vite";
+import React from "react";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen } from "@test-utils";
+
+import * as stories from "./StatusTextView.stories";
+
+const { Default } = composeStories(stories);
+
+describe("StatusTextView", () => {
+    it("should display the status text and emoji", () => {
+        render(<Default />);
+        expect(screen.getByText("Flamboyant")).toBeInTheDocument();
+        expect(screen.getByText("🦩")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ec3937d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/status/StatusTextView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import React, { type JSX } from "react";
+import { Text } from "@vector-im/compound-web";
+
+import { type UserStatus } from "..";
+import styles from "./StatusTextView.module.css";
+
+/**
+ * Displays a user's status message and emoji in simple text format
+ */
+export const StatusTextView = React.forwardRef<
+    HTMLDivElement,
+    {
+        status: UserStatus;
+    } & React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>
+>(function StatusTextView({ status, ...props }, ref): JSX.Element {
+    return (
+        <div ref={ref} {...props} className={styles.statusText}>
+            <Text as="span" className={styles.menuStatusEmoji}>
+                {status.emoji}
+            </Text>
+            <Text as="span" className={styles.menuStatusText}>
+                {status.text}
+            </Text>
+        </div>
+    );
+});