diff --git a/apps/files_external/css/settings.css b/apps/files_external/css/settings.css
index 11aeb10184ba246384f159fc2d03db620ae01d15..1d3489f7f57a84021704631a94fc36598808bd7d 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/css/settings.css
+++ b/apps/files_external/css/settings.css
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ td.status > span {
 	width: 16px;
 	vertical-align: text-bottom;
 }
-span.success {
-	background: #37ce02;
-	border-radius: 8px;
-}
-span.error {
-	background: #ce3702;
-}
 
 td.mountPoint, td.backend { width:160px; }
 td.remove>img { visibility:hidden; padding-top:13px; }
diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index 987a866e49beeb906ab2df44e2ee5d2dbcf296b9..891c2eb5fa1fe92afe0539239abb8f964379e7ac 100755
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ $CONFIG = array(
 /* Enable or disable the logging of IP addresses in case of webform auth failures */
 "log_authfailip" => false,
 
+/* Whether ownCloud should log the last successfull cron exec */
+"cron_log" => true,
+
 /* Whether http-basic username must equal username to login */
 "basic_auth" => true,
 
diff --git a/cron.php b/cron.php
index a0447f97f190bb54795203e14f49a5f10fd25a12..05d47124da062764b0681b7c5622085df00ef3dc 100644
--- a/cron.php
+++ b/cron.php
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ try {
 
 	// done!
 	TemporaryCronClass::$sent = true;
+	// Log the successfull cron exec
+	if (OC_Config::getValue('cron_log', true)) {
+		OC_Appconfig::setValue('core', 'lastcron', time());
+	}
 	exit();
 
 } catch (Exception $ex) {
diff --git a/settings/admin.php b/settings/admin.php
index 80b038d2ef61c2c964d18e7cc4cafb118f7061c8..23b3a2d5a0e765dab5f1fc86b1a2394d0b7e506c 100755
--- a/settings/admin.php
+++ b/settings/admin.php
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ $tmpl->assign('isWebDavWorking', OC_Util::isWebDAVWorking());
 $tmpl->assign('has_fileinfo', OC_Util::fileInfoLoaded());
 $tmpl->assign('old_php', OC_Util::isPHPoutdated());
 $tmpl->assign('backgroundjobs_mode', OC_Appconfig::getValue('core', 'backgroundjobs_mode', 'ajax'));
+$tmpl->assign('cron_log', OC_Config::getValue('cron_log', true));
+$tmpl->assign('lastcron', OC_Appconfig::getValue('core', 'lastcron', false));
 $tmpl->assign('shareAPIEnabled', OC_Appconfig::getValue('core', 'shareapi_enabled', 'yes'));
 
 // Check if connected using HTTPS
diff --git a/settings/css/settings.css b/settings/css/settings.css
index a47e7bf6563e9cde389b48d9a48fddbdfe9b899b..280d022af4eaa840a54976144b7048e79c01142d 100644
--- a/settings/css/settings.css
+++ b/settings/css/settings.css
@@ -167,6 +167,26 @@ table.shareAPI td { padding-bottom: 0.8em; }
 	width: 40px;
 }
 
+.cronlog {
+	margin-left: 10px;
+}
+
+.cronstatus {
+	display: inline-block;
+	height: 16px;
+	width: 16px;
+	vertical-align: text-bottom;
+}
+
+span.success {
+        background: #37ce02;
+        border-radius: 8px;
+}
+
+span.error {
+        background: #ce3702;
+}
+
 /* HELP */
 .pressed {background-color:#DDD;}
 
diff --git a/settings/templates/admin.php b/settings/templates/admin.php
index 6e816c1fff6472b818fbc82b23d71095e5ea9374..9092d2833fd38c7f68190afabf37a816ff00a303 100644
--- a/settings/templates/admin.php
+++ b/settings/templates/admin.php
@@ -157,7 +157,24 @@ if (!$_['internetconnectionworking']) {
 ;?>
 
 <fieldset class="personalblock" id="backgroundjobs">
-	<h2><?php p($l->t('Cron'));?></h2>
+	<h2 class="inlineblock"><?php p($l->t('Cron'));?></h2>
+	<?php if ($_['cron_log']): ?>
+	<p class="cronlog inlineblock">
+		<?php if ($_['lastcron'] !== false):
+			$human_time = OC_Util::formatDate($_['lastcron']) . " UTC";
+			if (time() - $_['lastcron'] <= 3600): ?>
+				<span class="cronstatus success"></span>
+				<?php p($l->t("Last cron was executed at %s.", array($human_time)));
+			else: ?>
+				<span class="cronstatus error"></span>
+				<?php p($l->t("Last cron was executed at %s. This is more than an hour ago, something seems wrong.", array($human_time)));
+			endif;
+		else: ?>
+			<span class="cronstatus error"></span>
+			<?php p($l->t("Cron was not executed yet!"));
+		endif; ?>
+	</p>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 	<p>
 				<input type="radio" name="mode" value="ajax"
 					   id="backgroundjobs_ajax" <?php if ($_['backgroundjobs_mode'] === "ajax") {