diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index 53ecc08319..a8e2bf35f5 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ const afterStoreSetup = ({ store, i18n }) => {
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'chatAvailable', value: features.includes('chat') })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'gopherAvailable', value: features.includes('gopher') })
 
+      store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'postFormats', value: metadata.postFormats })
+
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'restrictedNicknames', value: metadata.restrictedNicknames })
 
       const suggestions = metadata.suggestions
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.js b/src/components/settings/settings.js
index 6e2dff7bec..979457a56f 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.js
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.js
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ const settings = {
     currentSaveStateNotice () {
       return this.$store.state.interface.settings.currentSaveStateNotice
     },
+    postFormats () {
+      return this.$store.state.instance.postFormats || []
+    },
     instanceSpecificPanelPresent () { return this.$store.state.instance.showInstanceSpecificPanel }
   },
   watch: {
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.vue b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
index 5041b3a392..c0cfe1abd1 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
@@ -105,17 +105,9 @@
                 {{$t('settings.post_status_content_type')}}
                 <label for="postContentType" class="select">
                   <select id="postContentType" v-model="postContentTypeLocal">
-                    <option value="text/plain">
-                      {{$t('settings.status_content_type_plain')}}
-                      {{postContentTypeDefault == 'text/plain' ? $t('settings.instance_default_simple') : ''}}
-                    </option>
-                    <option value="text/html">
-                      HTML
-                      {{postContentTypeDefault == 'text/html' ? $t('settings.instance_default_simple') : ''}}
-                    </option>
-                    <option value="text/markdown">
-                      Markdown
-                      {{postContentTypeDefault == 'text/markdown' ? $t('settings.instance_default_simple') : ''}}
+                    <option v-for="postFormat in postFormats" :key="postFormat" :value="postFormat">
+                      {{$t(`settings.post_formats["${postFormat}"]`)}}
+                      {{postContentTypeDefault === postFormat ? $t('settings.instance_default_simple') : ''}}
                     </option>
                   </select>
                   <i class="icon-down-open"/>
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index c5a4a90d34..e614fb6ca2 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@
     "subject_line_email": "Like email: \"re: subject\"",
     "subject_line_mastodon": "Like mastodon: copy as is",
     "subject_line_noop": "Do not copy",
+    "post_formats": {
+      "text/plain": "Plain text",
+      "text/html": "HTML",
+      "text/markdown": "Markdown"
+    },
     "post_status_content_type": "Post status content type",
     "status_content_type_plain": "Plain text",
     "stop_gifs": "Play-on-hover GIFs",
diff --git a/src/modules/instance.js b/src/modules/instance.js
index c31d02b97f..24c52f9c11 100644
--- a/src/modules/instance.js
+++ b/src/modules/instance.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   emoji: [],
   customEmoji: [],
   restrictedNicknames: [],
+  postFormats: [],
 
   // Feature-set, apparently, not everything here is reported...
   mediaProxyAvailable: false,