diff --git a/ChangeLog.asciidoc b/ChangeLog.asciidoc
index 3d1c7ccf2..802b8a0cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.asciidoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.asciidoc
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ http://weechat.org/files/releasenotes/ReleaseNotes-devel.html[release notes]
 * alias: change default command for alias /beep to "/print -beep"
 * exec: add exec plugin: new command /exec and file exec.conf
 * guile: fix module used after unload of a script
+* irc: display locally away status changes in private buffers (in addition to
+  channels) (closes #117)
 * irc: add value "+" for option irc.look.smart_filter_mode to use modes from
   server prefixes (this is now the default value) (closes #90)
 * irc: fix extract of channel in parser for JOIN/PART messages when there is a
diff --git a/src/plugins/irc/irc-command.c b/src/plugins/irc/irc-command.c
index ecb20011a..109f38b6c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc/irc-command.c
+++ b/src/plugins/irc/irc-command.c
@@ -671,7 +671,8 @@ irc_command_display_away (struct t_irc_server *server, const char *string1,
     for (ptr_channel = server->channels; ptr_channel;
          ptr_channel = ptr_channel->next_channel)
     {
-        if (ptr_channel->type == IRC_CHANNEL_TYPE_CHANNEL)
+        if ((ptr_channel->type == IRC_CHANNEL_TYPE_CHANNEL)
+            || (ptr_channel->type == IRC_CHANNEL_TYPE_PRIVATE))
         {
             weechat_printf_tags (ptr_channel->buffer,
                                  "away_info",