diff --git a/plone/app/layout/viewlets/configure.zcml b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/configure.zcml
index 3c89a6e5..63b2af04 100644
--- a/plone/app/layout/viewlets/configure.zcml
+++ b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/configure.zcml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
         />
 
     <browser:viewletManager
-        name="plone.globalstatusmessage"
-        provides=".interfaces.IGlobalStatusMessage"
+        name="plone.globalstatusmessages"
+        provides=".interfaces.IGlobalStatusMessages"
         permission="zope2.View"
         class="plone.app.viewletmanager.manager.OrderedViewletManager"
         />
@@ -318,6 +318,13 @@
         permission="zope2.View"
         />
 
+    <browser:viewlet
+        name="plone.globalstatusmessage"
+        manager=".interfaces.IGlobalStatusMessages"
+        class=".globalstatusmessage.GlobalStatusMessage"
+        permission="zope2.View"
+        />
+
     <!-- Render the document byline -->
     <browser:viewlet
         name="plone.belowcontenttitle.documentbyline"
diff --git a/plone/app/layout/viewlets/globalstatusmessage.pt b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/globalstatusmessage.pt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b136495a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/globalstatusmessage.pt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<tal:statusmsg tal:define="messages view/messages"
+    tal:repeat="message messages">
+
+    <dl tal:define="mtype message/type | nothing;"
+        tal:attributes="class string:portalMessage ${mtype};">
+        <dt i18n:translate="" tal:content="python:mtype.captialize()">Info</dt>
+        <dd tal:content="message/message | nothing" i18n:translate="">
+            The status message.
+        </dd>
+    </dl>
+
+</tal:statusmsg>
diff --git a/plone/app/layout/viewlets/globalstatusmessage.py b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/globalstatusmessage.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..587018cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/globalstatusmessage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from Products.Five.browser.pagetemplatefile import ViewPageTemplateFile
+from plone.app.layout.viewlets.common import ViewletBase
+from Products.statusmessages.interfaces import IStatusMessage
+
+
+class GlobalStatusMessage(ViewletBase):
+    """Display messages to the current user"""
+
+    index = ViewPageTemplateFile('globalstatusmessage.pt')
+
+    def update(self):
+        self.status = IStatusMessage(self.request)
+        self.messages = self.status.show()
diff --git a/plone/app/layout/viewlets/interfaces.py b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/interfaces.py
index 555283c5..29423e03 100644
--- a/plone/app/layout/viewlets/interfaces.py
+++ b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/interfaces.py
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ class IAboveContent(IViewletManager):
     """
 
 
+class IGlobalStatusMessages(IViewletManager):
+    """A viewlet manager that sits above the content area
+    """
+
+
 class IAboveContentTitle(IViewletManager):
     """A viewlet manager that sits above the content title in view templates
     """