diff --git a/src/controller/buffersController.py b/src/controller/buffersController.py
index 1d500a87..e7475c2d 100644
--- a/src/controller/buffersController.py
+++ b/src/controller/buffersController.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class baseBufferController(bufferController):
   if tweet.has_key("long_uri"):
    uri = tweet["long_uri"]
   try:
-   tweet = self.session.twitter.twitter.show_status(id=tweet_id)
+   tweet = self.session.twitter.twitter.show_status(id=tweet_id, include_ext_alt_text=True)
    urls = utils.find_urls_in_text(tweet["text"])
    for url in range(0, len(urls)):
     try:  tweet["text"] = tweet["text"].replace(urls[url], tweet["entities"]["urls"][url]["expanded_url"])
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class baseBufferController(bufferController):
    tweetsList.append(tweet)
    id = tweets.get_id(l)
    try:
-    tweet = self.session.twitter.twitter.show_status(id=id)
+    tweet = self.session.twitter.twitter.show_status(id=id, include_ext_alt_text=True)
     urls = utils.find_urls_in_text(tweet["text"])
     for url in range(0, len(urls)):
      try:  tweet["text"] = tweet["text"].replace(urls[url], tweet["entities"]["urls"][url]["expanded_url"])
diff --git a/src/controller/messages.py b/src/controller/messages.py
index 7c8854ea..01b27c5c 100644
--- a/src/controller/messages.py
+++ b/src/controller/messages.py
@@ -166,12 +166,17 @@ class dm(basicTweet):
 class viewTweet(basicTweet):
  def __init__(self, tweet, tweetList, is_tweet=True):
   if is_tweet == True:
+   image_description = []
    text = ""
    for i in xrange(0, len(tweetList)):
     if tweetList[i].has_key("retweeted_status"):
      text = text + "rt @%s: %s\n" % (tweetList[i]["retweeted_status"]["user"]["screen_name"], tweetList[i]["retweeted_status"]["text"])
     else:
      text = text + "@%s: %s\n" % (tweetList[i]["user"]["screen_name"], tweetList[i]["text"])
+    if tweetList[i].has_key("extended_entities") and tweetList[i]["extended_entities"].has_key("media"):
+     for z in tweetList[i]["extended_entities"]["media"]:
+      if z.has_key("ext_alt_text") and z["ext_alt_text"] != None:
+       image_description.append(z["ext_alt_text"])
    rt_count = str(tweet["retweet_count"])
    favs_count = str(tweet["favorite_count"])
    source = str(re.sub(r"(?s)<.*?>", "", tweet["source"].encode("utf-8")))
@@ -181,8 +186,13 @@ class viewTweet(basicTweet):
     else:
      text = tweet["text"]
    text = self.clear_text(text)
+   if tweet.has_key("extended_entities") and tweet["extended_entities"].has_key("media"):
+    for z in tweet["extended_entities"]["media"]:
+     if z.has_key("ext_alt_text") and z["ext_alt_text"] != None:
+      image_description.append(z["ext_alt_text"])
    self.message = message.viewTweet(text, rt_count, favs_count, source.decode("utf-8"))
    self.message.set_title(len(text))
+   [self.message.set_image_description(i) for i in image_description]
   else:
    text = tweet
    self.message = message.viewNonTweet(text)
diff --git a/src/wxUI/dialogs/message.py b/src/wxUI/dialogs/message.py
index bcc6340e..084a853f 100644
--- a/src/wxUI/dialogs/message.py
+++ b/src/wxUI/dialogs/message.py
@@ -260,6 +260,17 @@ class viewTweet(widgetUtils.BaseDialog):
   textBox.Add(self.text, 1, wx.EXPAND, 5)
   mainBox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
   mainBox.Add(textBox, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
+  label2 = wx.StaticText(panel, -1, _(u"Image description"))
+  self.image_description = wx.TextCtrl(panel, -1, style=wx.TE_READONLY|wx.TE_MULTILINE, size=(250, 180))
+  dc = wx.WindowDC(self.image_description)
+  dc.SetFont(self.image_description.GetFont())
+  (x, y, z) = dc.GetMultiLineTextExtent("0"*450)
+  self.image_description.SetSize((x, y))
+  self.image_description.Enable(False)
+  iBox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
+  iBox.Add(label2, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
+  iBox.Add(self.image_description, 1, wx.EXPAND, 5)
+  mainBox.Add(iBox, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
   rtCountLabel = wx.StaticText(panel, -1, _(u"Retweets: "))
   rtCount = wx.TextCtrl(panel, -1, rt_count, size=wx.DefaultSize, style=wx.TE_READONLY|wx.TE_MULTILINE)
   rtBox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
@@ -307,6 +318,13 @@ class viewTweet(widgetUtils.BaseDialog):
  def get_text(self):
   return self.text.GetValue()
 
+ def set_image_description(self, desc):
+  self.image_description.Enable(True)
+  if len(self.image_description.GetValue()) == 0:
+   self.image_description.SetValue(desc)
+  else:
+   self.image_description.SetValue(self.image_description.GetValue()+"\n"+desc)
+
  def text_focus(self):
   self.text.SetFocus()