diff --git a/config.inc.php b/config.inc.php
index 2bbca1e1..c7c1f6b5 100644
--- a/config.inc.php
+++ b/config.inc.php
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ $CONF['show_popimap_color']='darkgrey';
 // - add the corresponding color to show_custom_colors
 $CONF['show_custom_domains']=array("subdomain.domain.ext","domain2.ext");
 $CONF['show_custom_colors']=array("lightgreen","lightblue");
+// If you use a recipient_delimiter in your postfix config, you can also honor it when aliases are checked.
+// Example: $CONF['recipient_delimiter'] = "+";
+// Set to "" to disable this check.
+$CONF['recipient_delimiter'] = "";
 
 
 // Optional:
diff --git a/functions.inc.php b/functions.inc.php
index bd64e8ca..a0d53f4e 100644
--- a/functions.inc.php
+++ b/functions.inc.php
@@ -2140,7 +2140,13 @@ function gen_show_status ($show_alias)
         while ( ($g=array_pop($gotos)) && $stat_ok )
         {
             $stat_catchall = substr($g,strpos($g,"@"));
-            $stat_result = db_query ("SELECT address FROM $table_alias WHERE address = '$g' OR address = '$stat_catchall'");
+            $stat_delimiter = "";
+            if (!empty($CONF['recipient_delimiter'])) {
+                $delimiter = preg_quote($CONF['recipient_delimiter'], "/");
+                $stat_delimiter = preg_replace('/' .$delimiter. '[^' .$delimiter. ']*@/', "@", $g);
+                $stat_delimiter = "OR address = '$stat_delimiter'";
+            }
+            $stat_result = db_query ("SELECT address FROM $table_alias WHERE address = '$g' OR address = '$stat_catchall' $stat_delimiter");
             if ($stat_result['rows'] == 0)
             {
                 $stat_ok = 0;