diff --git a/files/assets/js/core.js b/files/assets/js/core.js
index ef2db5155..2756439d0 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/core.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/core.js
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function reload() {
 	location.reload();
 }
 
-function sendFormXHR(form, extraActionsOnSuccess) {
+function setupFormXhr(form, extraActionsOnSuccess) {
 	if (typeof close_inline_emoji_modal === "function") {
 		close_inline_emoji_modal();
 	}
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ function sendFormXHR(form, extraActionsOnSuccess) {
 		form.classList.remove('is-submitting');
 	};
 
+	return xhr
+}
+
+function sendFormXHR(form, extraActionsOnSuccess) {
+	const xhr = setupFormXhr(form, extraActionsOnSuccess);
 	xhr.send(formData);
 }
 
diff --git a/files/assets/js/post.js b/files/assets/js/post.js
index 389534cd7..e7afa14ed 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/post.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/post.js
@@ -47,3 +47,10 @@ if (fake_textarea) {
 		location.href = fake_textarea.dataset.href;
 	});
 }
+
+function edit_post(form) {
+	const xhr = setupFormXhr(form, reload);
+	const upload_prog = document.getElementById('upload-prog-edit-post');
+	xhr.upload.onprogress = (e) => {handleUploadProgress(e, upload_prog)};
+	xhr.send(formData);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/templates/post.html b/files/templates/post.html
index ec37330c9..3ba91a05d 100644
--- a/files/templates/post.html
+++ b/files/templates/post.html
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 
 						{% if v and v.can_edit(p) %}
 							<div id="edit-post-body-{{p.id}}" class="d-none comment-write collapsed child">
-								<form id="post-edit-form-{{p.id}}" action="/edit_post/{{p.id}}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" data-nonce="{{g.nonce}}" data-onsubmit="sendFormXHRReload(this)">
+								<form id="post-edit-form-{{p.id}}" action="/edit_post/{{p.id}}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" data-nonce="{{g.nonce}}" data-onsubmit="edit_post(this)">
 									<input hidden name="formkey" value="{{v|formkey}}" class="notranslate" translate="no">
 									<input hidden name="current_page" value="{{request.path}}">
 									<textarea id="post-edit-title" autocomplete="off" maxlength="500" name="title" class="comment-box form-control rounded" required placeholder="Title">{{p.title}}</textarea>
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@
 									<a class="text-small mt-3 d-inline-block" href="/formatting" data-target="t" target="_blank">Formatting help</a>
 									<button type="submit" form="post-edit-form-{{p.id}}" class="btn btn-primary ml-2 fl-r" data-nonce="{{g.nonce}}" data-onclick="remove_dialog()">Save Edit</button>
 									<button type="button" data-nonce="{{g.nonce}}" data-onclick="togglePostEdit('{{p.id}}');remove_dialog()" class="btn btn-link text-muted ml-auto fl-r">Cancel</button>
+									<span id="upload-prog-edit-post" class="d-none mt-1 mr-2 fl-r">
+										<progress max="100"></progress>
+										<span></span>
+									</span>
 								</form>
 								<div id="post-edit-{{p.id}}" class="preview mb-3 mt-5"></div>
 							</div>