diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc19e69a62..433d9cc7d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
   to fetch during clone. If present, the first matching branch is used as the
   working-copy parent.
 
+* `jj status` supports hiding the list of untracked files with flag `--hide-untracked`
+  and config option `ui.status-hide-untracked`.
+
 ### Fixed bugs
 
 * `jj metaedit --author-timestamp` twice with the same value no longer
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/status.rs b/cli/src/commands/status.rs
index 041a2cac69..d5dee2fac0 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/status.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/status.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ pub(crate) struct StatusArgs {
     /// Restrict the status display to these paths
     #[arg(value_name = "FILESETS", value_hint = clap::ValueHint::AnyPath)]
     paths: Vec<String>,
+
+    /// Hide untracked paths
+    #[arg(long)]
+    hide_untracked: bool,
 }
 
 #[instrument(skip_all)]
@@ -75,13 +79,15 @@ pub(crate) fn cmd_status(
     ui.request_pager();
     let mut formatter = ui.stdout_formatter();
     let formatter = formatter.as_mut();
+    let hide_untracked =
+        args.hide_untracked || command.settings().get_bool("ui.status-hide-untracked")?;
 
     if let Some(wc_commit) = &maybe_wc_commit {
         let parent_tree = wc_commit.parent_tree(repo.as_ref())?;
         let tree = wc_commit.tree()?;
 
         let wc_has_changes = tree.id() != parent_tree.id();
-        let wc_has_untracked = !snapshot_stats.untracked_paths.is_empty();
+        let wc_has_untracked = !snapshot_stats.untracked_paths.is_empty() && !hide_untracked;
         if !wc_has_changes && !wc_has_untracked {
             writeln!(formatter, "The working copy has no changes.")?;
         } else {
diff --git a/cli/src/config-schema.json b/cli/src/config-schema.json
index cf473dcd2f..255894d501 100644
--- a/cli/src/config-schema.json
+++ b/cli/src/config-schema.json
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@
                             "committer-date-"
                         ]
                     }
+                },
+                "status-hide-untracked": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "default": false,
+                    "description": "Whether the status command should behave as if the --hide-untracked flag was passed."
                 }
             }
         },
diff --git a/cli/src/config/misc.toml b/cli/src/config/misc.toml
index 0a1ad432a8..d76505e6c6 100644
--- a/cli/src/config/misc.toml
+++ b/cli/src/config/misc.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ conflict-marker-style = "diff"
 # signature verification is slow, disable by default
 show-cryptographic-signatures = false
 bookmark-list-sort-keys = ["name"]
+status-hide-untracked = false
 
 [ui.movement]
 edit = false
diff --git a/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap b/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
index 43724b69d1..8b318e02a4 100644
--- a/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
+++ b/cli/tests/cli-reference@.md.snap
@@ -2772,12 +2772,16 @@ This includes:
 
 [Conflicted bookmarks]: https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/bookmarks/#conflicts
 
-**Usage:** `jj status [FILESETS]...`
+**Usage:** `jj status [OPTIONS] [FILESETS]...`
 
 ###### **Arguments:**
 
 * `<FILESETS>` — Restrict the status display to these paths
 
+###### **Options:**
+
+* `--hide-untracked` — Hide untracked paths
+
 
 
 ## `jj tag`
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_status_command.rs b/cli/tests/test_status_command.rs
index 5244202737..939e62faf6 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_status_command.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_status_command.rs
@@ -478,3 +478,43 @@ fn test_status_untracked_files() {
     [EOF]
     ");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_status_hide_untracked() {
+    let test_env = TestEnvironment::default();
+    test_env.add_config(r#"snapshot.auto-track = "none()""#);
+
+    test_env.run_jj_in(".", ["git", "init", "repo"]).success();
+    let work_dir = test_env.work_dir("repo");
+
+    work_dir.write_file("untracked-file", "...");
+    let sub_dir = work_dir.create_dir("sub");
+    sub_dir.write_file("untracked-file", "...");
+
+    let output = work_dir.run_jj(["status"]);
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(output.normalize_backslash(), @r"
+    Untracked paths:
+    ? sub/
+    ? untracked-file
+    Working copy  (@) : qpvuntsm e8849ae1 (empty) (no description set)
+    Parent commit (@-): zzzzzzzz 00000000 (empty) (no description set)
+    [EOF]
+    ");
+
+    let output = work_dir.run_jj(["status", "--hide-untracked"]);
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(output.normalize_backslash(), @r"
+    The working copy has no changes.
+    Working copy  (@) : qpvuntsm e8849ae1 (empty) (no description set)
+    Parent commit (@-): zzzzzzzz 00000000 (empty) (no description set)
+    [EOF]
+    ");
+
+    test_env.add_config(r#"ui.status-hide-untracked=true"#);
+    let output = work_dir.run_jj(["status"]);
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(output.normalize_backslash(), @r"
+    The working copy has no changes.
+    Working copy  (@) : qpvuntsm e8849ae1 (empty) (no description set)
+    Parent commit (@-): zzzzzzzz 00000000 (empty) (no description set)
+    [EOF]
+    ");
+}
diff --git a/docs/paid_contributors.md b/docs/paid_contributors.md
index 1a79a5ac9f..c12a076262 100644
--- a/docs/paid_contributors.md
+++ b/docs/paid_contributors.md
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ contribute or not.
 * solson
 * spectral54
 * steadmon
+* tbodt
 * zygoloid