diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 64a9e82..038eefb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instaloader/instaloader/master/docs/logo_heading.png
 
+.. badges-start
+
+|travis| |pypi| |pyversion| |license| |aur| |contributors| |downloads| |saythanks|
+
+.. |travis| image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/instaloader/instaloader/master.svg
+   :alt: Travis-CI Build Status
+   :target: https://travis-ci.org/instaloader/instaloader
+
+.. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: Instaloader PyPI Project Page
+   :target: https://pypi.org/project/instaloader/
+
+.. |license| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/license/instaloader/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: MIT License
+   :target: https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/blob/master/LICENSE
+
+.. |pyversion| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: Supported Python Versions
+
+.. |contributors| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/instaloader/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: Contributor Count
+   :target: https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/graphs/contributors
+
+.. |saythanks| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/Say%20Thanks-!-ff7efd.svg
+   :alt: Say Thanks!
+   :target: https://saythanks.io/to/aandergr
+
+.. |aur| image:: https://img.shields.io/aur/version/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: Arch User Repository Package
+   :target: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/instaloader/
+
+.. |downloads| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/instaloader.svg
+   :alt: PyPI Download Count
+
+.. badges-end
+
 ::
 
     $ pip3 install instaloader
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 8d3eb8e..3b06be1 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Instaloader
 **Instaloader** is a tool to download pictures (or videos) along with
 their captions and other metadata from Instagram.
 
+.. include:: ../README.rst
+   :start-after: badges-start
+   :end-before: badges-end
+
 With `Python <https://www.python.org/>`__ installed, do::
 
     $ pip3 install instaloader