diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
index 15302761..a8734677 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 
 		public string Name;
 		public string Domain;
+		public string Description;
 		public string LocalPath;
 		public string RemoteOriginUrl;
 		public string CurrentHash;
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 			RemoteOriginUrl = GetRemoteOriginUrl ();
 			CurrentHash     = GetCurrentHash ();
 			Domain          = GetDomain (RemoteOriginUrl);
+			Description     = GetDescription ();
 
 			if (CurrentHash == null)
 				CreateInitialCommit ();
@@ -487,6 +489,27 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 		}
 
 
+		// Gets the repository's description
+		public string GetDescription ()
+		{
+
+			string description_file_path = SparkleHelpers.CombineMore (LocalPath, ".git", "description");
+
+			if (!File.Exists (description_file_path))
+				return null;
+
+			StreamReader reader = new StreamReader (description_file_path);
+			string description = reader.ReadToEnd ();
+			reader.Close ();
+
+			if (description.StartsWith ("Unnamed"))
+				description = null;
+
+			return description;
+
+		}
+
+
 		// Gets hash of the current commit
 		public string GetCurrentHash ()
 		{
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs
index 032a97ee..8c356519 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs
@@ -215,16 +215,23 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
 				if (SparkleUI.Repositories.Count > 0) {
 
-					foreach (SparkleRepo SparkleRepo in SparkleUI.Repositories) {
+					foreach (SparkleRepo repo in SparkleUI.Repositories) {
 
-						FolderAction = new Gtk.Action ("", SparkleRepo.Name) {
+						FolderAction = new Gtk.Action ("", repo.Name) {
 							IconName    = "folder",
 							IsImportant = true
 						};
 
-						FolderAction.Activated += CreateWindowDelegate (SparkleRepo);
+						FolderAction.Activated += CreateWindowDelegate (repo);
 
-						Menu.Add (FolderAction.CreateMenuItem ());
+						MenuItem menu_item = (MenuItem) FolderAction.CreateMenuItem ();
+
+						if (repo.Description != null)
+							menu_item.TooltipText = repo.Description;
+						else
+							menu_item.TooltipText = "No description";
+
+						Menu.Add (menu_item);
 
 					}