diff --git a/doc/geany.txt b/doc/geany.txt
index 8e0c52a758..13078502ec 100644
--- a/doc/geany.txt
+++ b/doc/geany.txt
@@ -2693,6 +2693,9 @@ Placeholder   Description
   ``%r``      Shows whether the document is read-only (RO) or nothing.
   ``%Y``      The Scintilla style number at the caret position. This is
               useful if you're debugging color schemes or related code.
+  ``%z``      Shows ``Zoom: (zoomlevel)%`` if the document's current zoom
+              level is not 100%. If the zoom level gets back to 100%
+              then nothing will be displayed for ``%z``.
 ============  ===========================================================
 
 Terminal (VTE) preferences
diff --git a/src/editor.c b/src/editor.c
index df25c88083..a644d9904c 100644
--- a/src/editor.c
+++ b/src/editor.c
@@ -1187,6 +1187,7 @@ static gboolean on_editor_notify(G_GNUC_UNUSED GObject *object, GeanyEditor *edi
 		case SCN_ZOOM:
 			/* recalculate line margin width */
 			sci_set_line_numbers(sci, editor_prefs.show_linenumber_margin);
+			ui_update_statusbar(doc, -1);
 			break;
 	}
 	/* we always return FALSE here to let plugins handle the event too */
diff --git a/src/sciwrappers.c b/src/sciwrappers.c
index 52e7346ec3..5dc59b93ee 100644
--- a/src/sciwrappers.c
+++ b/src/sciwrappers.c
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ void sci_zoom_off(ScintillaObject *sci)
 	SSM(sci, SCI_SETZOOM, 0, 0);
 }
 
+gint sci_get_zoom(ScintillaObject *sci)
+{
+	return SSM(sci, SCI_GETZOOM, 0, 0);
+}
 
 /** Sets a line marker.
  * @param sci Scintilla widget.
@@ -964,6 +968,12 @@ void sci_set_font(ScintillaObject *sci, gint style, const gchar *font, gint size
 }
 
 
+gdouble sci_get_font_size(ScintillaObject *sci, gint style)
+{
+	return SSM(sci, SCI_STYLEGETSIZEFRACTIONAL, (uptr_t) style, 0) / (gdouble) SC_FONT_SIZE_MULTIPLIER;
+}
+
+
 /** Jumps to the specified line in the document.
  * If @a unfold is set and @a line is hidden by a fold, it is unfolded
  * first to ensure it is visible.
diff --git a/src/sciwrappers.h b/src/sciwrappers.h
index f74e23221b..fa2a88a296 100644
--- a/src/sciwrappers.h
+++ b/src/sciwrappers.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ void 				sci_set_eol_mode			(ScintillaObject *sci, gint eolmode);
 void 				sci_zoom_in					(ScintillaObject *sci);
 void 				sci_zoom_out				(ScintillaObject *sci);
 void 				sci_zoom_off				(ScintillaObject *sci);
+gint 				sci_get_zoom				(ScintillaObject *sci);
 void				sci_toggle_marker_at_line	(ScintillaObject *sci, gint line, gint marker);
 gint				sci_marker_next				(ScintillaObject *sci, gint line, gint marker_mask, gboolean wrap);
 gint				sci_marker_previous			(ScintillaObject *sci, gint line, gint marker_mask, gboolean wrap);
@@ -218,6 +219,8 @@ void				sci_move_selected_lines_up      (ScintillaObject *sci);
 
 void				sci_set_font_fractional		(ScintillaObject *sci, gint style, const gchar *font, gdouble size);
 
+gdouble				sci_get_font_size			(ScintillaObject *sci, gint style);
+
 #endif /* GEANY_PRIVATE */
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/src/ui_utils.c b/src/ui_utils.c
index de8bfacc79..5f3ad4abf4 100644
--- a/src/ui_utils.c
+++ b/src/ui_utils.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ static gchar *create_statusbar_statistics(GeanyDocument *doc,
 	const gchar sp[] = "      ";
 	GString *stats_str;
 	ScintillaObject *sci = doc->editor->sci;
+	gint zoom;
 
 	if (!EMPTY(ui_prefs.statusbar_template))
 		fmt = ui_prefs.statusbar_template;
@@ -304,6 +305,21 @@ static gchar *create_statusbar_statistics(GeanyDocument *doc,
 				g_string_append_printf(stats_str, "%d",
 					sci_get_style_at(doc->editor->sci, pos));
 				break;
+			case 'z':
+				zoom = sci_get_zoom(doc->editor->sci);
+				if (zoom != 0)
+				{
+					gdouble size, percent;
+
+					size = sci_get_font_size(doc->editor->sci, STYLE_DEFAULT);
+					if (size > 0.0)
+					{
+						percent = (size + zoom) * 100 / size;
+						g_string_append_printf(stats_str, _("Zoom: %.0f%%"), percent);
+						g_string_append(stats_str, sp);
+					}
+				}
+				break;
 			default:
 				g_string_append_len(stats_str, expos, 1);
 		}