diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
index 045c1478d2..1b887a534b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import android.widget.CheckBox;
 import android.widget.ImageButton;
 import android.widget.SeekBar;
 import android.widget.TextView;
+import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -2612,6 +2613,11 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferences.
                 selectionTracker.clearSelection();
                 for (long id : ids)
                     selectionTracker.select(id);
+
+                ToastEx.makeText(getContext(),
+                        getContext().getResources().getQuantityString(
+                                R.plurals.title_selected_messages, ids.size(), ids.size()),
+                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 51a6c5f98d..707807164e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
         <item quantity="other">%1$d new</item>
     </plurals>
 
+    <plurals name="title_selected_messages">
+        <item quantity="one">Selected %1$d message</item>
+        <item quantity="other">Selected %1$d messages</item>
+    </plurals>
+
     <plurals name="title_moving_messages">
         <item quantity="one">Move %1$d message to %2$s?</item>
         <item quantity="other">Move %1$d messages to %2$s?</item>