diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/keyboard_shortcuts/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/keyboard_shortcuts/index.js
index 0bb71e8721..abc3f468fa 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/keyboard_shortcuts/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/keyboard_shortcuts/index.js
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ class KeyboardShortcuts extends ImmutablePureComponent {
                 <td><kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>n</kbd></td>
                 <td><FormattedMessage id='keyboard_shortcuts.toot' defaultMessage='to start a brand new toot' /></td>
               </tr>
+              <tr>
+                <td><kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>x</kbd></td>
+                <td><FormattedMessage id='keyboard_shortcuts.spoilers' defaultMessage='to show/hide CW field' /></td>
+              </tr>
               <tr>
                 <td><kbd>backspace</kbd></td>
                 <td><FormattedMessage id='keyboard_shortcuts.back' defaultMessage='to navigate back' /></td>
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
index f8f6cff88d..bf76c0e579 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { Redirect, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { isMobile } from 'flavours/glitch/util/is_mobile';
 import { debounce } from 'lodash';
-import { uploadCompose, resetCompose } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/compose';
+import { uploadCompose, resetCompose, changeComposeSpoilerness } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/compose';
 import { expandHomeTimeline } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/timelines';
 import { expandNotifications, notificationsSetVisibility } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/notifications';
 import { fetchFilters } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/filters';
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ const keyMap = {
   new: 'n',
   search: 's',
   forceNew: 'option+n',
+  toggleComposeSpoilers: 'option+x',
   focusColumn: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'],
   reply: 'r',
   favourite: 'f',
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ class UI extends React.Component {
 
   componentDidMount () {
     this.hotkeys.__mousetrap__.stopCallback = (e, element) => {
-      return ['TEXTAREA', 'SELECT', 'INPUT'].includes(element.tagName);
+      return ['TEXTAREA', 'SELECT', 'INPUT'].includes(element.tagName) && !e.altKey;
     };
   }
 
@@ -455,6 +456,11 @@ class UI extends React.Component {
     this.props.dispatch(resetCompose());
   }
 
+  handleHotkeyToggleComposeSpoilers = e => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    this.props.dispatch(changeComposeSpoilerness());
+  }
+
   handleHotkeyFocusColumn = e => {
     const index  = (e.key * 1) + 1; // First child is drawer, skip that
     const column = this.node.querySelector(`.column:nth-child(${index})`);
@@ -569,6 +575,7 @@ class UI extends React.Component {
       new: this.handleHotkeyNew,
       search: this.handleHotkeySearch,
       forceNew: this.handleHotkeyForceNew,
+      toggleComposeSpoilers: this.handleHotkeyToggleComposeSpoilers,
       focusColumn: this.handleHotkeyFocusColumn,
       back: this.handleHotkeyBack,
       goToHome: this.handleHotkeyGoToHome,