diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 2ddbf747..1d1bf103 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@citd.de>
  for suggesting the SVDRP command CLRE
  for reporting a bug in handling one-shot timers that were already recording
  and had their start time changed into the future
+ for suggesting to give the timer status a bit that is set when that timer
+ is currently recording
 
 Miha Setina <mihasetina@softhome.net>
  for translating OSD texts to the Slovenian language
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 32ab89fb..3e84b446 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3474,7 +3474,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added a missing cMutexLock to cRemote::HasKeys() (thanks to Wolfgang Rohdewald).
 - All log entries regarding timers now contain a short description of the timer.
 
-2005-05-05: Version 1.3.24
+2005-05-07: Version 1.3.24
 
 - Now including the optional user defined Make.config from the 'libsi' Makefile
   (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
@@ -3500,3 +3500,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   this one).
 - Since there are several places in thread.c where a timeout value is calculated,
   this has been put into a separate function.
+- The timer status now has a new bit that is set when that timer is currently
+  recording (suggested by Matthias Schniedermeyer). See man vdr(5) for details.
diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
index 2dded66e..9e31f604 100644
--- a/timers.c
+++ b/timers.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.c 1.30 2005/03/20 14:50:37 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 1.31 2005/05/07 11:10:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ void cTimer::SetEvent(const cSchedule *Schedule, const cEvent *Event)
 void cTimer::SetRecording(bool Recording)
 {
   recording = Recording;
+  if (recording)
+     SetFlags(tfRecording);
+  else
+     ClrFlags(tfRecording);
   isyslog("timer %s %s", *ToDescr(), recording ? "start" : "stop");
 }
 
diff --git a/timers.h b/timers.h
index ae83f5b6..28b3dd50 100644
--- a/timers.h
+++ b/timers.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.h 1.18 2005/03/20 14:47:45 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.h 1.19 2005/05/07 10:36:35 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TIMERS_H
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ enum eTimerFlags { tfNone      = 0x0000,
                    tfActive    = 0x0001,
                    tfInstant   = 0x0002,
                    tfVps       = 0x0004,
+                   tfRecording = 0x0008,
                    tfAll       = 0xFFFF,
                  };
 enum eTimerMatch { tmNone, tmPartial, tmFull };
diff --git a/vdr.5 b/vdr.5
index 5333be7c..96136a1a 100644
--- a/vdr.5
+++ b/vdr.5
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.5 1.35 2005/03/19 15:20:47 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 1.36 2005/05/07 10:40:23 kls Exp $
 .\"
 .TH vdr 5 "19 Mar 2005" "1.3.23" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
 .SH NAME
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ l l.
 \fB1\fR@the timer is active (and will record if it hits)
 \fB2\fR@this is an instant recording timer
 \fB4\fR@this timer uses VPS
+\fB8\fR@this timer is currently recording (may only be up-to-date with SVDRP)
 .TE
 Bits other than these can be used by external programs to mark active timers
 and recognize if the user has modified them. When a user modifies an active