diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic_status_component.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic_status_component.js
index 2bc42f500..4724b4b04 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic_status_component.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/topic_status_component.js
@@ -9,24 +9,54 @@
 Discourse.TopicStatusComponent = Ember.Component.extend({
   classNames: ['topic-statuses'],
 
-  hasDisplayableStatus: Em.computed.or('topic.closed', 'topic.pinned', 'topic.invisible', 'topic.archetypeObject.notDefault'),
-  shouldRerender: Discourse.View.renderIfChanged('topic.closed', 'topic.pinned', 'topic.visible'),
+  hasDisplayableStatus: Em.computed.or('topic.closed', 'topic.pinned', 'topic.unpinned', 'topic.invisible', 'topic.archetypeObject.notDefault'),
+  shouldRerender: Discourse.View.renderIfChanged('topic.closed', 'topic.pinned', 'topic.visible', 'topic.unpinned'),
+
+  didInsertElement: function(){
+    var topic = this.get('topic');
+
+    // could be passed in a controller
+    if(topic.constructor.toString() !== 'Discourse.Topic') {
+      topic = topic.get('model');
+    }
+
+    this.$('a').click(function(){
+      // only pin unpin for now
+      if (topic.get('pinned')) {
+        topic.clearPin();
+      } else {
+        topic.rePin();
+      }
+
+      return false;
+    });
+  },
 
   render: function(buffer) {
     if (!this.get('hasDisplayableStatus')) { return; }
 
     var self = this,
-        renderIconIf = function(conditionProp, name, key) {
+        renderIconIf = function(conditionProp, name, key, actionable) {
       if (!self.get(conditionProp)) { return; }
       var title = I18n.t("topic_statuses." + key + ".help");
-      buffer.push("<span title='" + title + "' class='topic-status'><i class='fa fa-" + name + "'></i></span>");
+
+      var startTag = actionable ? "a href='#'" : "span";
+      var endTag = actionable ? "a" : "span";
+
+      buffer.push("<" + startTag +
+        " title='" + title +"' class='topic-status'><i class='fa fa-" + name + "'></i></" + endTag + ">");
     };
 
     // Allow a plugin to add a custom icon to a topic
     this.trigger('addCustomIcon', buffer);
 
+    var togglePin = function(){
+
+    };
+
     renderIconIf('topic.closed', 'lock', 'locked');
-    renderIconIf('topic.pinned', 'thumb-tack', 'pinned');
+    renderIconIf('topic.pinned', 'thumb-tack', 'pinned', togglePin);
+    renderIconIf('topic.unpinned', 'thumb-tack unpinned', 'unpinned', togglePin);
     renderIconIf('topic.invisible', 'eye-slash', 'invisible');
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
index a68b5155a..802641623 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
@@ -271,12 +271,35 @@ Discourse.Topic = Discourse.Model.extend({
 
     // Clear the pin optimistically from the object
     topic.set('pinned', false);
+    topic.set('unpinned', true);
 
     Discourse.ajax("/t/" + this.get('id') + "/clear-pin", {
       type: 'PUT'
     }).then(null, function() {
       // On error, put the pin back
       topic.set('pinned', true);
+      topic.set('unpinned', false);
+    });
+  },
+
+  /**
+    Re-pins a topic with a cleared pin
+
+    @method rePin
+  **/
+  rePin: function() {
+    var topic = this;
+
+    // Clear the pin optimistically from the object
+    topic.set('pinned', true);
+    topic.set('unpinned', false);
+
+    Discourse.ajax("/t/" + this.get('id') + "/re-pin", {
+      type: 'PUT'
+    }).then(null, function() {
+      // On error, put the pin back
+      topic.set('pinned', true);
+      topic.set('unpinned', false);
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
index 69064e175..51b3f565c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 @import "common/components/*";
 @import "common/admin/*";
 @import "common/input_tip";
-
+@import "common/base/*";
 /* This file doesn't actually exist, it is injected by DiscourseSassImporter. */
 @import "plugins";
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2f01d733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.fa-thumb-tack.unpinned {
+  @include fa-icon-rotate(315deg, 1);
+}
diff --git a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
index 0f1c58859..bb0dc41e6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
                                           :move_posts,
                                           :merge_topic,
                                           :clear_pin,
+                                          :re_pin,
                                           :autoclose,
                                           :bulk,
                                           :reset_new,
@@ -281,6 +282,13 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
     render nothing: true
   end
 
+  def re_pin
+    topic = Topic.where(id: params[:topic_id].to_i).first
+    guardian.ensure_can_see!(topic)
+    topic.re_pin_for(current_user)
+    render nothing: true
+  end
+
   def timings
     PostTiming.process_timings(
       current_user,
diff --git a/app/models/topic.rb b/app/models/topic.rb
index bf7a6b9dc..b6dc18dea 100644
--- a/app/models/topic.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic.rb
@@ -618,6 +618,11 @@ class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
     TopicUser.change(user.id, id, cleared_pinned_at: Time.now)
   end
 
+  def re_pin_for(user)
+    return unless user.present?
+    TopicUser.change(user.id, id, cleared_pinned_at: nil)
+  end
+
   def update_pinned(status, global=false)
     update_column(:pinned_at, status ? Time.now : nil)
     update_column(:pinned_globally, global)
diff --git a/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
index b82e2a124..713ca6327 100644
--- a/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class ListableTopicSerializer < BasicTopicSerializer
              :unread,
              :new_posts,
              :pinned,
+             :unpinned,
              :excerpt,
              :visible,
              :closed,
@@ -65,7 +66,11 @@ class ListableTopicSerializer < BasicTopicSerializer
   end
 
   def pinned
-    PinnedCheck.new(object, object.user_data).pinned?
+    PinnedCheck.pinned?(object, object.user_data)
+  end
+
+  def unpinned
+    PinnedCheck.unpinned?(object, object.user_data)
   end
 
   protected
diff --git a/app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb
index 503ff305a..dd162dcaf 100644
--- a/app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class TopicViewSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
              :draft_sequence,
              :starred,
              :posted,
+             :unpinned,
              :pinned,    # Is topic pinned and viewer hasn't cleared the pin?
              :pinned_at, # Ignores clear pin
              :details,
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class TopicViewSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
              :expandable_first_post
 
   # Define a delegator for each attribute of the topic we want
-  attributes *topic_attributes
+  attributes(*topic_attributes)
   topic_attributes.each do |ta|
     class_eval %{def #{ta}
       object.topic.#{ta}
@@ -145,7 +146,11 @@ class TopicViewSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   alias_method :include_posted?, :has_topic_user?
 
   def pinned
-    PinnedCheck.new(object.topic, object.topic_user).pinned?
+    PinnedCheck.pinned?(object.topic, object.topic_user)
+  end
+
+  def unpinned
+    PinnedCheck.unpinned?(object.topic, object.topic_user)
   end
 
   def pinned_at
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index f14463be6..a7622ad8f 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -1145,6 +1145,8 @@ en:
     topic_statuses:
       locked:
         help: "this topic is closed; it no longer accepts new replies"
+      unpinned:
+        help: "this topic is unpinned; it will displayed in default ordering"
       pinned:
         help: "this topic is pinned; it will display at the top of its category"
       archived:
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 243b70288..9a1df2aa7 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
   put "t/:slug/:topic_id/status" => "topics#status", constraints: {topic_id: /\d+/}
   put "t/:topic_id/status" => "topics#status", constraints: {topic_id: /\d+/}
   put "t/:topic_id/clear-pin" => "topics#clear_pin", constraints: {topic_id: /\d+/}
+  put "t/:topic_id/re-pin" => "topics#re_pin", constraints: {topic_id: /\d+/}
   put "t/:topic_id/mute" => "topics#mute", constraints: {topic_id: /\d+/}
   put "t/:topic_id/unmute" => "topics#unmute", constraints: {topic_id: /\d+/}
   put "t/:topic_id/autoclose" => "topics#autoclose", constraints: {topic_id: /\d+/}
diff --git a/lib/pinned_check.rb b/lib/pinned_check.rb
index d1890c58b..b1a25a4d5 100644
--- a/lib/pinned_check.rb
+++ b/lib/pinned_check.rb
@@ -2,23 +2,16 @@
 # taking into account anonymous users and users who have dismissed it
 class PinnedCheck
 
-  def initialize(topic, topic_user=nil)
-    @topic, @topic_user = topic, topic_user
+  def self.unpinned?(topic,topic_user=nil)
+    topic.pinned_at &&
+    topic_user &&
+    topic_user.cleared_pinned_at &&
+    topic_user.cleared_pinned_at > topic.pinned_at
   end
 
-  def pinned?
-
-    # If the topic isn't pinned the answer is false
-    return false if @topic.pinned_at.blank?
-
-    # If the user is anonymous or hasn't entered the topic, the value is always true
-    return true if @topic_user.blank?
-
-    # If the user hasn't cleared the pin, it's true
-    return true if @topic_user.cleared_pinned_at.blank?
-
-    # The final check is to see whether the cleared the pin before or after it was last pinned
-    @topic_user.cleared_pinned_at < @topic.pinned_at
+  def self.pinned?(topic, topic_user=nil)
+    !!topic.pinned_at &&
+    !unpinned?(topic,topic_user)
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/spec/components/pinned_check_spec.rb b/spec/components/pinned_check_spec.rb
index 2cab45ae9..f858c936c 100644
--- a/spec/components/pinned_check_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/pinned_check_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
 require 'pinned_check'
 
 describe PinnedCheck do
 
-  #let(:topic) { Fabricate.build(:topic) }
-
   let(:pinned_at) { 12.hours.ago }
   let(:unpinned_topic) { Fabricate.build(:topic) }
   let(:pinned_topic) { Fabricate.build(:topic, pinned_at: pinned_at) }
@@ -11,11 +10,11 @@ describe PinnedCheck do
   context "without a topic_user record (either anonymous or never been in the topic)" do
 
     it "returns false if the topic is not pinned" do
-      PinnedCheck.new(unpinned_topic).should_not be_pinned
+      PinnedCheck.pinned?(unpinned_topic).should be_false
     end
 
     it "returns true if the topic is pinned" do
-      PinnedCheck.new(unpinned_topic).should_not be_pinned
+      PinnedCheck.pinned?(unpinned_topic).should be_false
     end
 
   end
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ describe PinnedCheck do
       let(:topic_user) { TopicUser.new(topic: unpinned_topic, user: user) }
 
       it "returns false" do
-        PinnedCheck.new(unpinned_topic, topic_user).should_not be_pinned
+        PinnedCheck.pinned?(unpinned_topic, topic_user).should be_false
       end
 
     end
@@ -37,17 +36,17 @@ describe PinnedCheck do
       let(:topic_user) { TopicUser.new(topic: pinned_topic, user: user) }
 
       it "is pinned if the topic_user's cleared_pinned_at is blank" do
-        PinnedCheck.new(pinned_topic, topic_user).should be_pinned
+        PinnedCheck.pinned?(pinned_topic, topic_user).should be_true
       end
 
       it "is not pinned if the topic_user's cleared_pinned_at is later than when it was pinned_at" do
         topic_user.cleared_pinned_at = (pinned_at + 1.hour)
-        PinnedCheck.new(pinned_topic, topic_user).should_not be_pinned
+        PinnedCheck.pinned?(pinned_topic, topic_user).should be_false
       end
 
       it "is pinned if the topic_user's cleared_pinned_at is earlier than when it was pinned_at" do
         topic_user.cleared_pinned_at = (pinned_at - 3.hours)
-        PinnedCheck.new(pinned_topic, topic_user).should be_pinned
+        PinnedCheck.pinned?(pinned_topic, topic_user).should be_true
       end
     end