diff --git a/alot/db/message.py b/alot/db/message.py
index 6b1a3d9b8..e86dabf78 100644
--- a/alot/db/message.py
+++ b/alot/db/message.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Message:
     It it uses a :class:`~alot.db.DBManager` for cached manipulation
     and lazy lookups.
     """
-    def __init__(self, dbman, msg, thread=None):
+    def __init__(self, dbman, msg, thread=None, parent=None):
         """
         :param dbman: db manager that is used for further lookups
         :type dbman: alot.db.DBManager
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ def __init__(self, dbman, msg, thread=None):
         :type msg: notmuch2.Message
         :param thread: this messages thread (will be looked up later if `None`)
         :type thread: :class:`~alot.db.Thread` or `None`
+        :param parent: this message's parent (if it was a reply, and we have the
+                                              message it was a reply to)
+        :type parent: :class:`~alot.db.Message` or `None`
         """
         self._dbman = dbman
         self._id = msg.messageid
         self._thread_id = msg.threadid
         self._thread = thread
+        self._parent = parent
         try:
             self._datetime = datetime.fromtimestamp(msg.date)
         except ValueError:
@@ -50,6 +54,11 @@ def __init__(self, dbman, msg, thread=None):
         self._mime_tree = None  # will be read upon first use
         self._tags = msg.tags
 
+        try:
+            self._subject = decode_header(msg.header('subject'))
+        except LookupError:  # No Subject on Email
+            self._subject = ''
+
         self._session_keys = [
             value for _, value in msg.properties.getall(prefix="session-key",
                                                         exact=True)
@@ -110,6 +119,10 @@ def get_email(self):
                     warning, policy=email.policy.SMTP)
         return self._email
 
+    def get_parent(self):
+        """returns parent Message if this is a reply or None otherwise"""
+        return self._parent
+
     def get_date(self):
         """returns Date header value as :class:`~datetime.datetime`"""
         return self._datetime
@@ -118,6 +131,10 @@ def get_filename(self):
         """returns absolute path of message files location"""
         return self._filename
 
+    def get_subject(self):
+        """returns Subject header (str)"""
+        return self._subject
+
     def get_message_id(self):
         """returns messages id (str)"""
         return self._id
diff --git a/alot/db/thread.py b/alot/db/thread.py
index be91cdf12..ed9bcb0ed 100644
--- a/alot/db/thread.py
+++ b/alot/db/thread.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _refresh(self, thread):
             try:
                 first_msg = list(thread.toplevel())[0]
                 subject = first_msg.header('subject')
-            except IndexError:
+            except (IndexError, LookupError):
                 subject = ''
         self._subject = subject
 
@@ -236,11 +236,11 @@ def get_messages(self):
         if not self._messages:  # if not already cached
             with self._dbman._with_notmuch_thread(self._id) as thread:
 
-                def accumulate(acc, msg):
-                    M = Message(self._dbman, msg, thread=self)
+                def accumulate(acc, msg, parent=None):
+                    M = Message(self._dbman, msg, thread=self, parent=parent)
                     acc[M] = []
                     for m in msg.replies():
-                        acc[M].append(accumulate(acc, m))
+                        acc[M].append(accumulate(acc, m, M))
                     return M
 
                 self._messages = {}
diff --git a/alot/widgets/thread.py b/alot/widgets/thread.py
index c5276df83..b5244fffd 100644
--- a/alot/widgets/thread.py
+++ b/alot/widgets/thread.py
@@ -78,9 +78,21 @@ def _render_wrap(size, focus=False):
     def __str__(self):
         author, address = self.message.get_author()
         date = self.message.get_datestring()
+        subject = self.message.get_subject()
         rep = author if author != '' else address
         if date is not None:
             rep += " (%s)" % date
+
+        # Hide Subjects which are replies to the parent message.
+        # This allows threads containing multiple messages with distinct
+        # subjects to be displayed without adding noise to the replies.
+        parent = self.message.get_parent()
+        if parent:
+            psubject = parent.get_subject()
+            subject = subject.replace(psubject, "...")
+
+        rep += ": " + subject
+
         return rep
 
     def selectable(self):