diff --git a/ts/badges/isBadgeVisible.ts b/ts/badges/isBadgeVisible.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6903f6404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/badges/isBadgeVisible.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Signal Messenger, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import type { BadgeType } from './types';
+
+export const isBadgeVisible = (badge: Readonly<BadgeType>): boolean =>
+  'isVisible' in badge ? badge.isVisible : true;
diff --git a/ts/components/Avatar.tsx b/ts/components/Avatar.tsx
index 7a9ed648e..c25f35bb4 100644
--- a/ts/components/Avatar.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/Avatar.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import * as log from '../logging/log';
 import { assert } from '../util/assert';
 import { shouldBlurAvatar } from '../util/shouldBlurAvatar';
 import { getBadgeImageFileLocalPath } from '../badges/getBadgeImageFileLocalPath';
+import { isBadgeVisible } from '../badges/isBadgeVisible';
 import { BadgeImageTheme } from '../badges/BadgeImageTheme';
 
 export enum AvatarBlur {
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ export const Avatar: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
   }
 
   let badgeNode: ReactNode;
-  if (badge && theme && !isMe) {
+  if (badge && theme && !noteToSelf && isBadgeVisible(badge)) {
     const badgeSize = Math.ceil(size * 0.425);
     const badgeTheme =
       theme === ThemeType.light ? BadgeImageTheme.Light : BadgeImageTheme.Dark;
diff --git a/ts/components/MainHeader.stories.tsx b/ts/components/MainHeader.stories.tsx
index 71b94739a..d7407d579 100644
--- a/ts/components/MainHeader.stories.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/MainHeader.stories.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import enMessages from '../../_locales/en/messages.json';
 import type { PropsType } from './MainHeader';
 import { MainHeader } from './MainHeader';
 import { getDefaultConversation } from '../test-both/helpers/getDefaultConversation';
+import { ThemeType } from '../types/Util';
 
 const i18n = setupI18n('en', enMessages);
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const createProps = (overrideProps: Partial<PropsType> = {}): PropsType => ({
   searchConversation: overrideProps.searchConversation,
   selectedConversation: undefined,
   startSearchCounter: 0,
+  theme: ThemeType.light,
 
   phoneNumber: optionalText('phoneNumber', overrideProps.phoneNumber),
   title: requiredText('title', overrideProps.title),
diff --git a/ts/components/MainHeader.tsx b/ts/components/MainHeader.tsx
index 6ca7fd105..fe1c7ffb1 100644
--- a/ts/components/MainHeader.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/MainHeader.tsx
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 import { showSettings } from '../shims/Whisper';
 import { Avatar } from './Avatar';
 import { AvatarPopup } from './AvatarPopup';
-import type { LocalizerType } from '../types/Util';
+import type { LocalizerType, ThemeType } from '../types/Util';
 import type { AvatarColorType } from '../types/Colors';
 import type { ConversationType } from '../state/ducks/conversations';
 import { LeftPaneSearchInput } from './LeftPaneSearchInput';
+import type { BadgeType } from '../badges/types';
 
 export type PropsType = {
   searchTerm: string;
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@ export type PropsType = {
   profileName?: string;
   title: string;
   avatarPath?: string;
+  badge?: BadgeType;
   hasPendingUpdate: boolean;
+  theme: ThemeType;
 
   i18n: LocalizerType;
 
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@ export class MainHeader extends React.Component<PropsType, StateType> {
   public render(): JSX.Element {
     const {
       avatarPath,
+      badge,
       color,
       disabled,
       hasPendingUpdate,
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ export class MainHeader extends React.Component<PropsType, StateType> {
       showArchivedConversations,
       startComposing,
       startUpdate,
+      theme,
       title,
       toggleProfileEditor,
     } = this.props;
@@ -219,6 +224,7 @@ export class MainHeader extends React.Component<PropsType, StateType> {
                 <Avatar
                   acceptedMessageRequest
                   avatarPath={avatarPath}
+                  badge={badge}
                   className="module-main-header__avatar"
                   color={color}
                   conversationType="direct"
@@ -227,6 +233,7 @@ export class MainHeader extends React.Component<PropsType, StateType> {
                   name={name}
                   phoneNumber={phoneNumber}
                   profileName={profileName}
+                  theme={theme}
                   title={title}
                   // `sharedGroupNames` makes no sense for yourself, but
                   // `<Avatar>` needs it to determine blurring.
@@ -247,6 +254,7 @@ export class MainHeader extends React.Component<PropsType, StateType> {
                   {({ ref, style }) => (
                     <AvatarPopup
                       acceptedMessageRequest
+                      badge={badge}
                       innerRef={ref}
                       i18n={i18n}
                       isMe
@@ -256,6 +264,7 @@ export class MainHeader extends React.Component<PropsType, StateType> {
                       name={name}
                       phoneNumber={phoneNumber}
                       profileName={profileName}
+                      theme={theme}
                       title={title}
                       avatarPath={avatarPath}
                       size={28}
diff --git a/ts/state/smart/MainHeader.tsx b/ts/state/smart/MainHeader.tsx
index aabffb220..0c8b1e47f 100644
--- a/ts/state/smart/MainHeader.tsx
+++ b/ts/state/smart/MainHeader.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { mapDispatchToProps } from '../actions';
 import { MainHeader } from '../../components/MainHeader';
 import type { StateType } from '../reducer';
 
+import { getPreferredBadgeSelector } from '../selectors/badges';
 import {
   getQuery,
   getSearchConversation,
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import {
   getIntl,
   getRegionCode,
+  getTheme,
   getUserConversationId,
   getUserNumber,
   getUserUuid,
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ import {
 import { getMe, getSelectedConversation } from '../selectors/conversations';
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state: StateType) => {
+  const me = getMe(state);
+
   return {
     disabled: state.network.challengeStatus !== 'idle',
     hasPendingUpdate: Boolean(state.updates.didSnooze),
@@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state: StateType) => {
     ourConversationId: getUserConversationId(state),
     ourNumber: getUserNumber(state),
     ourUuid: getUserUuid(state),
-    ...getMe(state),
+    ...me,
+    badge: getPreferredBadgeSelector(state)(me.badges),
+    theme: getTheme(state),
     i18n: getIntl(state),
   };
 };
diff --git a/ts/test-both/badges/isBadgeVisible_test.ts b/ts/test-both/badges/isBadgeVisible_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..869f6725e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/test-both/badges/isBadgeVisible_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Signal Messenger, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import type { BadgeType } from '../../badges/types';
+
+import { isBadgeVisible } from '../../badges/isBadgeVisible';
+import { BadgeCategory } from '../../badges/BadgeCategory';
+
+describe('isBadgeVisible', () => {
+  const fakeBadge = (isVisible?: boolean): BadgeType => ({
+    category: BadgeCategory.Donor,
+    descriptionTemplate: 'test',
+    id: 'TEST',
+    images: [],
+    name: 'test',
+    ...(typeof isVisible === 'boolean' ? { expiresAt: 123, isVisible } : {}),
+  });
+
+  it("returns true if the visibility is unspecified (someone else's badge)", () => {
+    assert.isTrue(isBadgeVisible(fakeBadge()));
+  });
+
+  it('returns false if not visible', () => {
+    assert.isFalse(isBadgeVisible(fakeBadge(false)));
+  });
+
+  it('returns true if visible', () => {
+    assert.isTrue(isBadgeVisible(fakeBadge(true)));
+  });
+});