diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index 9428d8366c0f52..ba9e9514933852 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     text: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     suggestions: ImmutablePropTypes.list,
     spoiler: PropTypes.bool,
+    spoilerAlwaysOn: PropTypes.bool,
     privacy: PropTypes.string,
     spoilerText: PropTypes.string,
     focusDate: PropTypes.instanceOf(Date),
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
               <div className='compose-form__buttons'>
                 <UploadButtonContainer />
                 <PollButtonContainer />
-                <SpoilerButtonContainer />
+                {!this.props.spoilerAlwaysOn && <SpoilerButtonContainer />}
                 <ContentTypeButton />
                 <EmojiPickerDropdown onPickEmoji={this.handleEmojiPick} />
                 <CharacterCounter max={maxChars} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
index 80b84251b0cff1..0d9df213bd7373 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import ComposeForm from '../components/compose_form';
 const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   text: state.getIn(['compose', 'text']),
   suggestions: state.getIn(['compose', 'suggestions']),
-  spoiler: state.getIn(['compose', 'spoiler']),
+  spoiler: state.getIn(['local_settings', 'always_show_spoilers_field']) || state.getIn(['compose', 'spoiler']),
+  spoilerAlwaysOn: state.getIn(['local_settings', 'always_show_spoilers_field']),
   spoilerText: state.getIn(['compose', 'spoiler_text']),
   privacy: state.getIn(['compose', 'privacy']),
   focusDate: state.getIn(['compose', 'focusDate']),