diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 8e7acb42..e9248967 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import UserPanel from './components/user_panel/user_panel.vue'
 import NavPanel from './components/nav_panel/nav_panel.vue'
 import Notifications from './components/notifications/notifications.vue'
 import UserFinder from './components/user_finder/user_finder.vue'
+import InstanceSpecificPanel from './components/instance_specific_panel/instance_specific_panel.vue'
 import ChatPanel from './components/chat_panel/chat_panel.vue'
 
 export default {
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ export default {
     NavPanel,
     Notifications,
     UserFinder,
-    ChatPanel
+    ChatPanel,
+    InstanceSpecificPanel
   },
   data: () => ({
     mobileActivePanel: 'timeline'
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ export default {
     logoStyle () { return { 'background-image': `url(${this.$store.state.config.logo})` } },
     style () { return { 'background-image': `url(${this.background})` } },
     sitename () { return this.$store.state.config.name },
-    chat () { return this.$store.state.chat.channel.state === 'joined' }
+    chat () { return this.$store.state.chat.channel.state === 'joined' },
+    showInstanceSpecificPanel () { return this.$store.state.config.showInstanceSpecificPanel }
   },
   methods: {
     activatePanel (panelName) {
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index ec403519..2a910bc0 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             <div class="sidebar">
               <user-panel></user-panel>
               <nav-panel></nav-panel>
+              <instance-specific-panel v-if="showInstanceSpecificPanel"></instance-specific-panel>
               <chat-panel v-if="currentUser && chat"></chat-panel>
               <notifications v-if="currentUser"></notifications>
             </div>
diff --git a/src/components/instance_specific_panel/instance_specific_panel.js b/src/components/instance_specific_panel/instance_specific_panel.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abd408c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/instance_specific_panel/instance_specific_panel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const InstanceSpecificPanel = {
+  computed: {
+    instanceSpecificPanelContent () {
+      return this.$store.state.config.instanceSpecificPanelContent
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default InstanceSpecificPanel
diff --git a/src/components/instance_specific_panel/instance_specific_panel.vue b/src/components/instance_specific_panel/instance_specific_panel.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3ea019d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/instance_specific_panel/instance_specific_panel.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="instance-specific-panel">
+    <div class="panel panel-default base01-background">
+      <div class="panel-body">
+        <div v-html="instanceSpecificPanelContent">
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script src="./instance_specific_panel.js" ></script>
+
+<style lang="scss">
+</style>
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 7fb9a047..6f8c00f0 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ window.fetch('/api/statusnet/config.json')
 window.fetch('/static/config.json')
   .then((res) => res.json())
   .then((data) => {
-    const {theme, background, logo} = data
+    const {theme, background, logo, showInstanceSpecificPanel} = data
     store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'theme', value: theme })
     store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'background', value: background })
     store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'logo', value: logo })
+    store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'showInstanceSpecificPanel', value: showInstanceSpecificPanel })
     if (data['chatDisabled']) {
       store.dispatch('disableChat')
     }
@@ -163,3 +164,10 @@ window.fetch('/static/emoji.json')
     })
     store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'emoji', value: emoji })
   })
+
+window.fetch('/instance/panel.html')
+  .then((res) => res.text())
+  .then((html) => {
+    store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'instanceSpecificPanelContent', value: html })
+  })
+
diff --git a/static/config.json b/static/config.json
index 8e4b21ca..6c9c27da 100644
--- a/static/config.json
+++ b/static/config.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "background": "/static/bg.jpg",
   "logo": "/static/logo.png",
   "defaultPath": "/main/all",
-  "chatDisabled": false
+  "chatDisabled": false,
+  "showInstanceSpecificPanel": false
 }