diff --git a/app/controllers/post_appeals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/post_appeals_controller.rb
index 14d367688..0a8f8cc86 100644
--- a/app/controllers/post_appeals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/post_appeals_controller.rb
@@ -31,4 +31,17 @@ class PostAppealsController < ApplicationController
       fmt.html { redirect_to post_appeals_path(search: { id: @post_appeal.id }) }
     end
   end
+
+  def edit
+    @post_appeal = authorize PostAppeal.find(params[:id])
+    respond_with(@post_appeal)
+  end
+
+  def update
+    @post_appeal = authorize PostAppeal.find(params[:id])
+    @post_appeal.update(permitted_attributes(@post_appeal))
+    respond_with(@post_appeal) do |fmt|
+      fmt.html { redirect_to post_path(@post_appeal.post) }
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/policies/post_appeal_policy.rb b/app/policies/post_appeal_policy.rb
index f9f125acb..fa18feaf1 100644
--- a/app/policies/post_appeal_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/post_appeal_policy.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 class PostAppealPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
-  def permitted_attributes
+  def edit?
+    update?
+  end
+
+  def update?
+    unbanned? && record.pending? && record.creator_id == user.id
+  end
+
+  def permitted_attributes_for_create
     [:post_id, :reason]
   end
+
+  def permitted_attributes_for_update
+    [:reason]
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/post_appeals/_reasons.html.erb b/app/views/post_appeals/_reasons.html.erb
index 9e6fb87a1..675a9b8b4 100644
--- a/app/views/post_appeals/_reasons.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/post_appeals/_reasons.html.erb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
       <span class="prose"><em>no reason</em></span>
     <% end %>
 
+    <% if policy(appeal).edit? %>
+      (<%= link_to "edit", edit_post_appeal_url(appeal) %>)
+    <% end %>
+    
     (<%= link_to_user(appeal.creator) %>, <%= time_ago_in_words_tagged(appeal.created_at) %>)
   </li>
 </ul>
diff --git a/app/views/post_appeals/edit.html.erb b/app/views/post_appeals/edit.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5554fd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/post_appeals/edit.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<div id="c-post-appeals">
+  <div id="a-edit">
+    <h1>Edit Appeal</h1>
+
+    <p>
+      Editing appeal for <%= link_to "post ##{@post_appeal.post_id}", @post_appeal.post %>.
+    </p>
+
+    <%= edit_form_for(@post_appeal) do |f| %>
+      <%= f.input :reason, as: :dtext, inline: true %>
+      <%= f.button :submit, "Submit" %>
+      <%= dtext_preview_button "post_appeal_reason" %>
+    <% end %>
+  </div>
+</div>