diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/user.json b/public/language/en-GB/user.json
index 466f6c27e4..d1bf34e94a 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/user.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/user.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"banned": "Banned",
 	"offline": "Offline",
+	"deleted": "Deleted",
 	"username": "User Name",
 	"joindate": "Join Date",
 	"postcount": "Post Count",
diff --git a/src/messaging/data.js b/src/messaging/data.js
index 88b6683a11..e18d71113f 100644
--- a/src/messaging/data.js
+++ b/src/messaging/data.js
@@ -51,11 +51,14 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 					return msg && msg.fromuid;
 				});
 
-				user.getUsersFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'status'], next);
+				user.getUsersFields(uids, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'picture', 'status', 'banned'], next);
 			},
 			function (users, next) {
 				messages.forEach(function (message, index) {
 					message.fromUser = users[index];
+					message.fromUser.banned = !!parseInt(message.fromUser.banned, 10);
+					message.fromUser.deleted = parseInt(message.fromuid, 10) !== message.fromUser.uid && message.fromUser.uid === 0;
+
 					var self = parseInt(message.fromuid, 10) === parseInt(uid, 10);
 					message.self = self ? 1 : 0;
 					message.timestampISO = utils.toISOString(message.timestamp);