diff --git a/src/mirall/selectivesyncdialog.cpp b/src/mirall/selectivesyncdialog.cpp
index 23ecff969..23565cd93 100644
--- a/src/mirall/selectivesyncdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/selectivesyncdialog.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace Mirall {
 SelectiveSyncTreeView::SelectiveSyncTreeView(Account *account, QWidget* parent)
     : QTreeWidget(parent), _inserting(false), _account(account)
 {
+    _loading = new QLabel(tr("Loading ..."), this);
     connect(this, SIGNAL(itemExpanded(QTreeWidgetItem*)), this, SLOT(slotItemExpanded(QTreeWidgetItem*)));
     connect(this, SIGNAL(itemChanged(QTreeWidgetItem*,int)), this, SLOT(slotItemChanged(QTreeWidgetItem*,int)));
     header()->hide();
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ void SelectiveSyncTreeView::refreshFolders()
             this, SLOT(slotUpdateDirectories(QStringList)));
     job->start();
     clear();
+    _loading->show();
+    _loading->move(10,10);
 }
 
 static QTreeWidgetItem* findFirstChild(QTreeWidgetItem *parent, const QString& text)
@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@ void SelectiveSyncTreeView::slotUpdateDirectories(const QStringList&list)
     QScopedValueRollback<bool> isInserting(_inserting);
     _inserting = true;
 
+    _loading->hide();
+
     QTreeWidgetItem *root = topLevelItem(0);
     if (!root) {
         root = new QTreeWidgetItem(this);
diff --git a/src/mirall/selectivesyncdialog.h b/src/mirall/selectivesyncdialog.h
index 635421b5c..3bd5c09b4 100644
--- a/src/mirall/selectivesyncdialog.h
+++ b/src/mirall/selectivesyncdialog.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 class QTreeWidgetItem;
 class QTreeWidget;
+class QLabel;
 namespace Mirall {
 
 class Account;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ private:
     QStringList _oldBlackList;
     bool _inserting; // set to true when we are inserting new items on the list
     Account *_account;
+    QLabel *_loading;
 };
 
 class SelectiveSyncDialog : public QDialog {