diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status.jsx
index 7115d154e2..d3acff3f0c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status.jsx
@@ -46,11 +46,17 @@ const Status = React.createClass({
     var { status, ...other } = this.props;
 
     if (status.get('reblog') !== null) {
+      let displayName = status.getIn(['account', 'display_name']);
+
+      if (displayName.length === 0) {
+        displayName = status.getIn(['account', 'username']);
+      }
+
       return (
         <div style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }} onClick={this.handleClick}>
           <div style={{ marginLeft: '68px', color: '#616b86', padding: '8px 0', paddingBottom: '2px', fontSize: '14px', position: 'relative' }}>
             <div style={{ position: 'absolute', 'left': '-26px'}}><i className='fa fa-fw fa-retweet'></i></div>
-            <a onClick={this.handleAccountClick.bind(this, status.getIn(['account', 'id']))} href={status.getIn(['account', 'url'])} className='status__display-name'><strong style={{ color: '#616b86'}}>{status.getIn(['account', 'display_name'])}</strong></a> reblogged
+            <a onClick={this.handleAccountClick.bind(this, status.getIn(['account', 'id']))} href={status.getIn(['account', 'url'])} className='status__display-name'><strong style={{ color: '#616b86'}}>{displayName}</strong></a> reblogged
           </div>
 
           <Status {...other} wrapped={true} status={status.get('reblog')} />
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/account/components/header.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/account/components/header.jsx
index 8a4a629cea..b07a4a9674 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/account/components/header.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/account/components/header.jsx
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ const Header = React.createClass({
   render () {
     const { account } = this.props;
 
+    let displayName = account.get('display_name');
+
+    if (displayName.length === 0) {
+      displayName = account.get('username');
+    }
+
     return (
       <div style={{ flex: '0 0 auto', background: '#2f3441', textAlign: 'center', backgroundImage: `url(${account.get('header')})`, backgroundSize: 'cover' }}>
         <div style={{ background: 'rgba(47, 52, 65, 0.8)', padding: '30px 10px' }}>
@@ -19,7 +25,7 @@ const Header = React.createClass({
             <img src={account.get('avatar')} alt='' style={{ display: 'block', width: '90px', height: '90px', borderRadius: '90px' }} />
           </div>
 
-          <span style={{ color: '#fff', fontSize: '20px', lineHeight: '27px', fontWeight: '500', display: 'block' }}>{account.get('display_name')}</span>
+          <span style={{ color: '#fff', fontSize: '20px', lineHeight: '27px', fontWeight: '500', display: 'block' }}>{displayName}</span>
           <span style={{ fontSize: '14px', fontWeight: '400', display: 'block', color: '#2b90d9', marginBottom: '15px' }}>@{account.get('acct')}</span>
           <p style={{ color: '#616b86', fontSize: '14px' }}>{account.get('note')}</p>
         </div>