diff --git a/default.glade b/default.glade
index 919e554..b6fa3db 100644
--- a/default.glade
+++ b/default.glade
@@ -261,6 +261,32 @@
 	      <property name="fill">False</property>
 	    </packing>
 	  </child>
+
+	  <child>
+	    <widget class="GtkLabel" id="verified_label">
+	      <property name="visible">True</property>
+	      <property name="label" translatable="yes">Verified Account</property>
+	      <property name="use_underline">False</property>
+	      <property name="use_markup">False</property>
+	      <property name="justify">GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT</property>
+	      <property name="wrap">False</property>
+	      <property name="selectable">False</property>
+	      <property name="xalign">0.5</property>
+	      <property name="yalign">0.5</property>
+	      <property name="xpad">0</property>
+	      <property name="ypad">0</property>
+	      <property name="ellipsize">PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE</property>
+	      <property name="width_chars">-1</property>
+	      <property name="single_line_mode">False</property>
+	      <property name="angle">0</property>
+	    </widget>
+	    <packing>
+	      <property name="padding">0</property>
+	      <property name="expand">False</property>
+	      <property name="fill">False</property>
+	      <property name="pack_type">GTK_PACK_END</property>
+	    </packing>
+	  </child>
 	</widget>
 	<packing>
 	  <property name="padding">0</property>
diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index 9bf8746..bb175b3 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class MyTwitter():
         self.search_entry = self.widget_tree.get_widget('search_entry')
         self.following_button = self.widget_tree.get_widget('following_button')
         self.at_button = self.widget_tree.get_widget('at_button')
+        self.verified_label = self.widget_tree.get_widget('verified_label')
 
         self.context_id = self.status_bar.get_context_id('message')
 
@@ -196,10 +197,12 @@ class MyTwitter():
 
         is_user = False
         following = False
+        verified = False
         if re.match('user:', name):
             is_user = True
             following = self.check_following(name)
-        new_pane = TweetPane(name, num_entries=self.num_entries, single_tweet=single_tweet, is_user=is_user, following=following)
+            verified = self.check_verified(name)
+        new_pane = TweetPane(name, num_entries=self.num_entries, single_tweet=single_tweet, is_user=is_user, following=following, verified=verified)
         self.tweet_notebook.append_page_menu(new_pane, new_pane.get_tab_label(), gtk.Label(name))
         new_pane.get_tab_label().connect('close-clicked', self.remove_view_callback, name)
         new_pane.connect('tweet-reply', self.on_reply)
@@ -230,6 +233,10 @@ class MyTwitter():
             self.at_button.show()
         else:
             self.at_button.hide()
+        if pane.get_verified():
+            self.verified_label.show()
+        else:
+            self.verified_label.hide()
 
 
     def on_search(self, event):
@@ -263,6 +270,13 @@ class MyTwitter():
         return relationship.source.following
 
 
+    # Name is the name of a pane, with the 'user: ' in place
+    def check_verified(self, name):
+        screen_name = re.sub('user: ', '', name)
+        user = self.api.GetUser(screen_name)
+        return user.verified
+
+
     def update_follow_button(self, pane):
         if not pane.get_is_user():
             self.following_button.set_label('')
@@ -358,7 +372,6 @@ class User():
         self.name = None
 
 
-
 # main
 parser = optparse.OptionParser()
 parser.add_option('-c' ,'--config', dest="filename", default="~/.mytwitter")
diff --git a/python-twitter-GetUser_verified.patch b/python-twitter-GetUser_verified.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7711cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-twitter-GetUser_verified.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -r 51ac454d5d89 twitter.py
+--- a/twitter.py	Thu Dec 31 15:06:42 2009 -0500
++++ b/twitter.py	Fri Apr 16 17:30:32 2010 -0400
+@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@
+   _CopyProperty(data, user, 'profile_link_color', 'profile.link_color')
+   _CopyProperty(data, user, 'profile_text_color', 'profile.text_color')
+   _CopyProperty(data, user, 'protected')
++  _CopyProperty(data, user, 'verified')
+   _CopyProperty(data, user, 'utc_offset')
+   _CopyProperty(data, user, 'time_zone')
+   _CopyProperty(data, user, 'url')
+diff -r 51ac454d5d89 twitter_pb2.py
+--- a/twitter_pb2.py	Thu Dec 31 15:06:42 2009 -0500
++++ b/twitter_pb2.py	Fri Apr 16 17:30:32 2010 -0400
+@@ -253,6 +253,13 @@
+       message_type=None, enum_type=None, containing_type=None,
+       is_extension=False, extension_scope=None,
+       options=None),
++    descriptor.FieldDescriptor(
++      name='verified', full_name='twitter.User.verified', index=18,
++      number=19, type=8, cpp_type=7, label=1,
++      default_value=False,
++      message_type=None, enum_type=None, containing_type=None,
++      is_extension=False, extension_scope=None,
++      options=None),
+   ],
+   extensions=[
+   ],
diff --git a/twitterwidgets.py b/twitterwidgets.py
index c45e342..da849dc 100644
--- a/twitterwidgets.py
+++ b/twitterwidgets.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class TweetPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
     It also gets some data from its parent, including num_entries
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, list_name, num_entries=20, single_tweet=None, is_user=False, following=False):
+    def __init__(self, list_name, num_entries=20, single_tweet=None, is_user=False, following=False, verified=False):
         gtk.ScrolledWindow.__init__(self)
 
         self.updated_once = False
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class TweetPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
 
         self.is_user = is_user
         self.following = following
+        self.verified = verified
 
         self.tab_label = CloseTabLabel(self.list_name)
 
@@ -148,6 +149,10 @@ class TweetPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
         return self.following
 
 
+    def get_verified(self):
+        return self.verified
+
+
     def set_following(self, following):
         self.following = following