diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 45a7b8dd7..6c111d3ec 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class PostsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :member_only, :except => [:show, :show_seq, :index]
+  before_fitler :janitor_only, :only => [:ban, :unban]
   after_filter :save_recent_tags, :only => [:update]
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json
   rescue_from PostSets::SearchError, :with => :rescue_exception
@@ -68,6 +69,19 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def ban
+    @post = Post.find(params[:id])
+    @post.update_attribute(:is_banned, true)
+    redirect_to(post_path(@post), :notice => "Post was banned")
+  end
+
+  def unban
+    @post = Post.find(params[:id])
+    @post.update_attribute(:is_Banned, false)
+    redirect_to(post_path(@post), :notice => "Post was unbanned")
+  end
+
+
 private
   def tag_query
     params[:tags] || (params[:post] && params[:post][:tags])
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
index 5c05a866b..267a7c1c2 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
         <li><%= link_to "Hide from queue", moderator_post_disapproval_path(:post_id => post.id), :remote => true, :method => :post, :id => "disapprove" %></li>
       <% end %>
 
+      <% if post.is_banned? %>
+        <li><%= link_to "Unban", unban_post_path(post), :method => :post %></li>
+      <% else %>
+        <li><%= link_to "Ban", ban_post_path(post), :method => :post %></li>
+      <% end %>
+
       <% if CurrentUser.is_admin? %>
         <li><%= link_to "Expunge", expunge_moderator_post_post_path(:post_id => post.id), :remote => true, :method => :post, :id => "expunge", :confirm => "This will permanently delete this post (meaning the file will be deleted). Are you sure you want to delete this post?" %></li>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 15aacccf2..11f075bdf 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Danbooru::Application.routes.draw do
           post :expunge
           post :delete
           post :undelete
+          post :ban
+          post :unban
         end
       end
     end