diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/composer.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/composer.js.es6
index caf3632ee11..bdbe52b9c89 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/composer.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/composer.js.es6
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export default DiscourseController.extend({
     }).then(function(result) {
 
       if (result.responseJson.action === "enqueued") {
-        self.send('postWasEnqueued');
+        self.send('postWasEnqueued', {pending_count: result.responseJson.pending_count });
         self.destroyDraft();
         self.close();
         return result;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/post-enqueued.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/post-enqueued.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77c79b724a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/post-enqueued.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default Ember.Controller.extend();
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/application.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/application.js.es6
index 16bbdbebc5a..55967c0dbd9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/application.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/application.js.es6
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ const ApplicationRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
       this.controllerFor('topic-entrance').send('show', data);
     },
 
-    postWasEnqueued() {
-      showModal('post-enqueued', {title: 'queue.approval.title' });
+    postWasEnqueued(details) {
+      showModal('post-enqueued', {model: details, title: 'queue.approval.title' });
     },
 
     composePrivateMessage(user, post) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/post-enqueued.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/post-enqueued.hbs
index 050d02dcf19..ad547994a39 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/post-enqueued.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/post-enqueued.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <div class="modal-body">
   <p>{{i18n "queue.approval.description"}}</p>
+
+  <p>{{{i18n "queue.approval.pending_posts" count=model.pending_count}}}
 </div>
 <div class="modal-footer">
   {{d-button action="closeModal" class="btn-primary" label="queue.approval.ok"}}
diff --git a/app/models/queued_post.rb b/app/models/queued_post.rb
index eaab5d6d6a5..7a30ceb1d53 100644
--- a/app/models/queued_post.rb
+++ b/app/models/queued_post.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ class QueuedPost < ActiveRecord::Base
     where(queue: visible_queues.to_a)
   end
 
+  def self.new_posts
+    visible.where(state: states[:new])
+  end
+
   def self.new_count
-    visible.where(state: states[:new]).count
+    new_posts.count
   end
 
   def visible?
diff --git a/app/serializers/new_post_result_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/new_post_result_serializer.rb
index ff7330cdd47..da3b7285e2e 100644
--- a/app/serializers/new_post_result_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/new_post_result_serializer.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ class NewPostResultSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   attributes :action,
              :post,
              :errors,
-             :success
+             :success,
+             :pending_count
 
   def post
     post_serializer = PostSerializer.new(object.post, scope: scope, root: false)
@@ -36,4 +37,12 @@ class NewPostResultSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     object.action
   end
 
+  def pending_count
+    object.pending_count
+  end
+
+  def include_pending_count?
+    pending_count.present?
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 1bf579bc35e..d6c6c633275 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ en:
       approval:
         title: "Post Needs Approval"
         description: "We've received your new post but it needs to be approved by a moderator before it will appear. Please be patient."
+        pending_posts:
+          one: "You have <strong>1</strong> post pending."
+          other: "You have <strong>{{count}}</strong> posts pending."
         ok: "OK"
 
     user_action:
diff --git a/lib/new_post_manager.rb b/lib/new_post_manager.rb
index cc3e7c01fd0..cde9357f6df 100644
--- a/lib/new_post_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/new_post_manager.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class NewPostManager
 
     result.queued_post = post
     result.check_errors_from(enqueuer)
+    result.pending_count = QueuedPost.new_posts.where(user_id: @user.id).count
     result
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/new_post_result.rb b/lib/new_post_result.rb
index a14f0458a54..938513078d3 100644
--- a/lib/new_post_result.rb
+++ b/lib/new_post_result.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class NewPostResult
   attr_reader :action
   attr_accessor :post
   attr_accessor :queued_post
+  attr_accessor :pending_count
 
   def initialize(action, success=false)
     @action = action
diff --git a/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb b/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
index ebc8ae5eca1..9bc7e606163 100644
--- a/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ describe NewPostManager do
       expect(enqueued.post_options['title']).to eq('this is the title of the queued post')
       expect(result.action).to eq(:enqueued)
       expect(result).to be_success
+      expect(result.pending_count).to eq(1)
       expect(result.post).to be_blank
-      expect(QueuedPost.new_count).to be(1)
+      expect(QueuedPost.new_count).to eq(1)
       expect(@counter).to be(0)
     end