diff --git a/scripts/copy-res.js b/scripts/copy-res.js
index b461d030fd..c4b80709ae 100755
--- a/scripts/copy-res.js
+++ b/scripts/copy-res.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const COPY_LIST = [
     ["res/home/**", "webapp/home"],
     ["res/{media,vector-icons}/**", "webapp"],
     ["res/flags/*", "webapp/flags/"],
-    ["src/skins/vector/{fonts,img}/**", "webapp"],
+    ["src/skins/vector/{fonts,img,themes}/**", "webapp"],
     ["node_modules/emojione/assets/svg/*", "webapp/emojione/svg/"],
     ["node_modules/emojione/assets/png/*", "webapp/emojione/png/"],
     ["./config.json", "webapp", { directwatch: 1 }],
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/status.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/status.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 391026b2b7..0000000000
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/status.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-@import "_base.scss";
-@import "_status.scss";
-@import "../_components.scss";
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/_StatusLogin.scss b/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/_StatusLogin.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38c8a5ef5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/_StatusLogin.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// overrides for mx_Login* specific to Status.
+// Ideally this would be all Status prefixes for a Status specific version of the component
+// but given we're not doing Status as a dedicated 'skin' yet...
+.mx_Login {
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+
+    overflow: auto;
+}
+
+.mx_Login h2 {
+    color: $primary-fg-color;
+    font-weight: 300;
+    margin-top: 32px;
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_box {
+    width: 300px;
+    min-height: 450px;
+    padding-top: 50px;
+    padding-bottom: 50px;
+    margin: auto;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_logo {
+    text-align: center;
+    height: 150px;
+    margin-bottom: 45px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_logo img {
+    max-height: 100%
+}
+
+.mx_Login_support {
+    text-align: center;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    margin-top: 0px;
+    opacity: 0.7;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_field {
+    width: 280px;
+    border-radius: 3px;
+    border: 1px solid $strong-input-border-color;
+    font-weight: 300;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    padding: 9px;
+    margin-bottom: 14px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_field_disabled {
+    opacity: 0.3;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_fieldLabel {
+    margin-top: -10px;
+    margin-left: 8px;
+    margin-bottom: 14px;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    opacity: 0.8;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_submit {
+    margin-top: 35px;
+    margin-bottom: 24px;
+    width: 100%;
+    border-radius: 40px;
+    height: 40px;
+    border: 0px;
+    background-color: $accent-color;
+    font-size: 15px;
+    color: $accent-fg-color;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_submit:disabled {
+    opacity: 0.3;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_label {
+    font-size: 13px;
+    opacity: 0.8;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_checkbox,
+.mx_Login_radio {
+    margin-right: 10px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_create {
+    display: block;
+    text-align: center;
+    width: 100%;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    opacity: 0.8;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_create:link {
+    color: $primary-fg-color;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_links {
+    display: block;
+    text-align: center;
+    margin-top: 15px;
+    width: 100%;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    opacity: 0.8;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_links a:link {
+   color: $primary-fg-color;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_prompt {
+    padding-top: 15px;
+    padding-bottom: 15px;
+    font-size: 13px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_forgot {
+    font-size: 13px;
+    opacity: 0.8;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_forgot:link {
+    color: $primary-fg-color;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_loader {
+    display: inline;
+    position: relative;
+    top: 2px;
+    left: 8px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_loader .mx_Spinner {
+    display: inline;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_loader .mx_Spinner img {
+    width: 16px;
+    height: 16px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_error {
+    color: $warning-color;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-align: center;
+/*
+    height: 24px;
+*/
+    margin-top: 12px;
+    margin-bottom: 12px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_type_container {
+    display: flex;
+    margin-bottom: 14px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_type_label {
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    line-height: 35px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_type_dropdown {
+    display: inline-block;
+    min-width: 170px;
+    align-self: flex-end;
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_field_group {
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_field_prefix {
+    height: 34px;
+    padding: 0px 5px;
+    line-height: 33px;
+
+    background-color: #eee;
+    border: 1px solid #c7c7c7;
+    border-right: 0px;
+    border-radius: 3px 0px 0px 3px;
+
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_field_suffix {
+    height: 34px;
+    padding: 0px 5px;
+    line-height: 33px;
+
+    background-color: #eee;
+    border: 1px solid #c7c7c7;
+    border-left: 0px;
+    border-radius: 0px 3px 3px 0px;
+
+    text-align: center;
+    flex-grow: 1;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_username {
+    height: 16px;
+    flex-shrink: 1;
+    min-width: 0px;
+    border-radius: 3px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_phoneNumberField {
+    height: 16px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_field_has_prefix {
+    border-top-left-radius: 0px;
+    border-bottom-left-radius: 0px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_field_has_suffix {
+    border-top-right-radius: 0px;
+    border-bottom-right-radius: 0px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_phoneSection {
+    display:flex;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_phoneCountry {
+    margin-bottom: 14px;
+    width: 150px;
+
+    /* To override mx_Login_field_prefix */
+    text-align: left;
+    padding: 0px;
+    background-color: $primary-bg-color;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_field_prefix .mx_Dropdown_input {
+    /* To use prefix border instead of dropdown border */
+    border: 0;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_phoneCountry .mx_Dropdown_option {
+    /*
+        To match height of mx_Login_field
+        33px + 2px border from mx_Dropdown_option = 35px
+    */
+    height: 33px;
+    line-height: 33px;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_phoneCountry .mx_Dropdown_option img {
+    margin: 3px;
+    vertical-align: top;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_language {
+  margin-left: auto;
+  margin-right: auto;
+  min-width: 60%;
+}
+
+.mx_Login_language_div {
+  display: flex;
+  margin-top: 12px;
+  margin-bottom: 12px;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/_status.scss b/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/_status.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2ccee0d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/_status.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+@font-face {
+    font-family:PostGrotesk-Medium;
+    src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.eot');
+    src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.eot?#iefix') format("embedded-opentype"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.woff') format("woff"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.svg#PostGrotesk-Medium') format("svg");
+    font-weight: 400;
+    font-style: normal;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+    font-family:PostGrotesk-Book;
+    src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.eot');
+    src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.eot?#iefix') format("embedded-opentype"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.woff') format("woff"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.svg#PostGrotesk-Book') format("svg");
+    font-weight: 400;
+    font-style: normal;
+}
+
+// We deliberately prioritise Arial over Helvetica here due to diacritic problems (see _base.scss)
+// N.B. that the status.im website uses:
+// font-family:PostGrotesk-Book,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
+// ...but can't be bothered to work out how the apple fonts & segoe interact, so keepingn it simple for now.
+
+$font-family: PostGrotesk-Book, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
+
+// typical text (dark-on-white in light skin)
+$primary-fg-color: #70808D;
+$primary-bg-color: #EEF2F5;
+
+// ***** Status theme specifics ******
+$header-color: #49555F;
+$header-font-family: PostGrotesk-Medium, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
+
+h1,h2,h3,h4,h5 {
+    color: $header-color;
+    font-family: $header-font-family;
+    font-weight: 400 ! important;
+}
+
+// used for dialog box text
+$light-fg-color: #747474;
+
+// used for focusing form controls
+$focus-bg-color: #dddddd;
+
+// button UI (white-on-green in light skin)
+$accent-fg-color: #ffffff;
+$accent-color: #76CFA6;
+
+$selection-fg-color: $primary-bg-color;
+
+$focus-brightness: 125%;
+
+// red warning colour
+$warning-color: #ff0064;
+$mention-user-pill-bg-color: #ff0064;
+$other-user-pill-bg-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+
+$group-alert-color: #774f7e;
+
+$preview-bar-bg-color: #f7f7f7;
+
+// left-panel style muted accent color
+$secondary-accent-color: #eaf5f0;
+
+// used by RoomDirectory permissions
+$plinth-bg-color: $secondary-accent-color;
+
+// used by RoomDropTarget
+$droptarget-bg-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
+
+// used by AddressSelector
+$selected-color: #eaf5f0;
+
+// selected for hoverover & selected event tiles
+$event-selected-color: #f7f7f7;
+
+// used for the hairline dividers in RoomView
+$primary-hairline-color: #e5e5e5;
+
+// used for the border of input text fields
+$input-border-color: #f0f0f0;
+
+// apart from login forms, which have stronger border
+$strong-input-border-color: #c7c7c7;
+
+// used for UserSettings EditableText
+$input-underline-color: rgba(151, 151, 151, 0.5);
+$input-fg-color: rgba(74, 74, 74, 0.9);
+
+// context menus
+$menu-border-color: rgba(187, 187, 187, 0.5);
+$menu-bg-color: #f6f6f6;
+
+$avatar-initial-color: #ffffff;
+
+$h3-color: #3d3b39;
+
+$dialog-background-bg-color: #e9e9e9;
+$lightbox-background-bg-color: #000;
+
+$greyed-fg-color: #888;
+
+$neutral-badge-color: #dbdbdb;
+
+$preview-widget-bar-color: #ddd;
+$preview-widget-fg-color: $greyed-fg-color;
+
+$blockquote-bar-color: #ddd;
+$blockquote-fg-color: #777;
+
+$settings-grey-fg-color: #a2a2a2;
+
+$voip-decline-color: #f48080;
+$voip-accept-color: #80f480;
+
+$rte-bg-color: #e9e9e9;
+$rte-code-bg-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);
+$rte-room-pill-color: #aaa;
+
+// ********************
+
+$roomtile-name-color: rgba(69, 69, 69, 0.8);
+$roomtile-selected-bg-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
+$roomtile-focused-bg-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
+
+$roomsublist-label-fg-color: $h3-color;
+$roomsublist-label-bg-color: #d3efe1;
+
+// ********************
+
+// event tile lifecycle
+$event-encrypting-color: #abddbc;
+$event-sending-color: #ddd;
+$event-notsent-color: #f44;
+
+// event redaction
+$event-redacted-img: url('../../img/redacted.jpg');
+
+// event timestamp
+$event-timestamp-color: #acacac;
+
+$edit-button-url: "../../img/icon_context_message.svg";
+$copy-button-url: "../../img/icon_copy_message.svg";
+
+// e2e
+$e2e-verified-color: #76cfa5; // N.B. *NOT* the same as $accent-color
+$e2e-unverified-color: #e8bf37;
+$e2e-warning-color: #ba6363;
+
+/*** ImageView ***/
+$lightbox-bg-color: #454545;
+$lightbox-fg-color: #ffffff;
+$lightbox-border-color: #ffffff;
+
+// unused?
+$progressbar-color: #000;
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/status.scss b/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/status.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09f5c78f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/status.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+@import "../../../css/themes/_base.scss";
+@import "_status.scss";
+@import "../../../css/_components.scss";
+@import "_StatusLogin.scss";
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/themes/status/fonts/README b/src/skins/vector/themes/status/fonts/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7900145ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/skins/vector/themes/status/fonts/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+We link out to status.im for fonts, although ideally we'd put them here.
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 1e134495ce..2df82d9b23 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module.exports = {
         // CSS themes
         "theme-light": "./src/skins/vector/css/themes/light.scss",
         "theme-dark": "./src/skins/vector/css/themes/dark.scss",
-        "theme-status": "./src/skins/vector/css/themes/status.scss",
+        "theme-status": "./src/skins/vector/themes/status/css/status.scss",
     },
     module: {
         preLoaders: [