diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 62cb4bb3fc7..d70bb77f2dc 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Pillow is the friendly PIL fork by `Alex Clark and Contributors <https://github.
       - | |linux| |macos| |windows| |coverage|
     * - package
       - |zenodo| |version|
+    * - chat
+      - |glitter|
 
 .. |docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/pillow/badge/?version=latest
    :target: https://pillow.readthedocs.io/?badge=latest
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ Pillow is the friendly PIL fork by `Alex Clark and Contributors <https://github.
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/
    :alt: Latest PyPI version
 
+.. |glitter| image:: https://badges.gitter.im/python-pillow/Pillow.svg
+   :target: https://gitter.im/python-pillow/Pillow?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge
+   :alt: Join the chat at https://gitter.im/python-pillow/Pillow
+
 .. end-badges