diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 4135a89e4..f94dfa4eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Added
     * `colors -> downloads.bg.system`
 - New command `:download-retry` to retry a failed download.
 - New command `:download-clear` which replaces `:download-remove --all`.
+- `:set-cmd-text` has a new `--append` argument to append to the current
+  statusbar text.
 
 Changed
 ~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
index f47bdabd3..98081479d 100644
--- a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ If the option name ends with '?', the value of the option is shown instead. If t
 
 [[set-cmd-text]]
 === set-cmd-text
-Syntax: +:set-cmd-text [*--space*] 'text'+
+Syntax: +:set-cmd-text [*--space*] [*--append*] 'text'+
 
 Preset the statusbar to some text.
 
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ Preset the statusbar to some text.
 
 ==== optional arguments
 * +*-s*+, +*--space*+: If given, a space is added to the end.
+* +*-a*+, +*--append*+: If given, the text is appended to the current text.
 
 ==== note
 * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
diff --git a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py
index 1d8105c2f..0a06aed79 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Command(misc.MinimalLineEditMixin, misc.CommandLineEdit):
 
     @cmdutils.register(instance='status-command', name='set-cmd-text',
                        scope='window', maxsplit=0)
-    def set_cmd_text_command(self, text, space=False):
+    def set_cmd_text_command(self, text, space=False, append=False):
         """Preset the statusbar to some text.
 
         //
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class Command(misc.MinimalLineEditMixin, misc.CommandLineEdit):
         Args:
             text: The commandline to set.
             space: If given, a space is added to the end.
+            append: If given, the text is appended to the current text.
         """
         tabbed_browser = objreg.get('tabbed-browser', scope='window',
                                     window=self._win_id)
@@ -122,8 +123,14 @@ class Command(misc.MinimalLineEditMixin, misc.CommandLineEdit):
             # I'm not sure what's the best thing to do here
             # https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/issues/123
             text = text.replace('{url}', url)
+
         if space:
             text += ' '
+        if append:
+            if not self.text():
+                raise cmdexc.CommandError("No current text!")
+            text = self.text() + text
+
         if not text or text[0] not in modeparsers.STARTCHARS:
             raise cmdexc.CommandError(
                 "Invalid command text '{}'.".format(text))