diff --git a/user/view.php b/user/view.php
index fd41c1909a3..915b5490abf 100644
--- a/user/view.php
+++ b/user/view.php
@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@
     }
 
     if ($user->skype && !isset($hiddenfields['skypeid'])) {
-        print_row(get_string('skypeid').':','<a href="callto:'.urlencode($user->skype).'">'.s($user->skype).'</a>');
+        print_row(get_string('skypeid').':','<a href="callto:'.urlencode($user->skype).'">'.s($user->skype). 
+            '<img src="http://mystatus.skype.com/smallicon/'.urlencode($user->skype).'" alt="status" '.
+            ' height="16" width="16" /></a>');
     }
     if ($user->yahoo && !isset($hiddenfields['yahooid'])) {
         print_row(get_string('yahooid').':', '<a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target='.s($user->yahoo).'&amp;.src=pg">'.s($user->yahoo).'</a>');