diff --git a/src/d2m/actions/create-space.js b/src/d2m/actions/create-space.js
index ce86789..85f9621 100644
--- a/src/d2m/actions/create-space.js
+++ b/src/d2m/actions/create-space.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ async function createSpace(guild, kstate) {
 	const topic = kstate["m.room.topic/"]?.topic || undefined
 	assert(name)
 
+	const memberCount = guild["member_count"] ?? guild.approximate_member_count ?? 0
+	const enablePresenceByDefault = +(memberCount < 150) // could increase this later on if it doesn't cause any problems
 	const globalAdmins = select("member_power", "mxid", {room_id: "*"}).pluck().all()
 
 	const roomID = await createRoom.postApplyPowerLevels(kstate, async kstate => {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ async function createSpace(guild, kstate) {
 			initial_state: await ks.kstateToState(kstate)
 		})
 	})
-	db.prepare("INSERT INTO guild_space (guild_id, space_id) VALUES (?, ?)").run(guild.id, roomID)
+	db.prepare("INSERT INTO guild_space (guild_id, space_id, presence) VALUES (?, ?, ?)").run(guild.id, roomID, enablePresenceByDefault)
 	return roomID
 }
 
diff --git a/src/d2m/actions/set-presence.js b/src/d2m/actions/set-presence.js
index e62456a..6ff912d 100644
--- a/src/d2m/actions/set-presence.js
+++ b/src/d2m/actions/set-presence.js
@@ -11,11 +11,22 @@ const presenceDelay = 1500
 /** @type {Map<string, NodeJS.Timeout>} user ID -> cancelable timeout */
 const presenceDelayMap = new Map()
 
+// Access the list of enabled guilds as needed rather than like multiple times per second when a user changes presence
+/** @type {Set<string>} */
+let presenceEnabledGuilds
+function checkPresenceEnabledGuilds() {
+	presenceEnabledGuilds = new Set(select("guild_space", "guild_id", {presence: 1}).pluck().all())
+}
+checkPresenceEnabledGuilds()
+
 /**
  * @param {string} userID Discord user ID
+ * @param {string} guildID Discord guild ID that this presence applies to (really, the same presence applies to every single guild, but is delivered separately)
  * @param {string} status status field from Discord's PRESENCE_UPDATE event
  */
-function setPresence(userID, status) {
+function setPresence(userID, guildID, status) {
+	// check if we care about this guild
+	if (!presenceEnabledGuilds.has(guildID)) return
 	// cancel existing timer if one is already set
 	if (presenceDelayMap.has(userID)) {
 		clearTimeout(presenceDelayMap.get(userID))
@@ -43,3 +54,4 @@ function setPresenceCallback(user_id, status) {
 }
 
 module.exports.setPresence = setPresence
+module.exports.checkPresenceEnabledGuilds = checkPresenceEnabledGuilds
diff --git a/src/d2m/discord-packets.js b/src/d2m/discord-packets.js
index 20ed07f..b9aba41 100644
--- a/src/d2m/discord-packets.js
+++ b/src/d2m/discord-packets.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ const utils = {
 					await interactions.dispatchInteraction(message.d)
 
 				} else if (message.t === "PRESENCE_UPDATE") {
-					eventDispatcher.onPresenceUpdate(message.d.user.id, message.d.status)
+					eventDispatcher.onPresenceUpdate(client, message.d)
 				}
 
 			} catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/d2m/event-dispatcher.js b/src/d2m/event-dispatcher.js
index c2e6b03..889e047 100644
--- a/src/d2m/event-dispatcher.js
+++ b/src/d2m/event-dispatcher.js
@@ -374,11 +374,12 @@ module.exports = {
 	},
 
 	/**
-	 * @param {string} userID
-	 * @param {string} [status]
+	 * @param {import("./discord-client")} client
+	 * @param {DiscordTypes.GatewayPresenceUpdateDispatchData} data
 	 */
-	async onPresenceUpdate(userID, status) {
+	async onPresenceUpdate(client, data) {
+		const status = data.status
 		if (!status) return
-		setPresence.setPresence(userID, status)
+		setPresence.setPresence(data.user.id, data.guild_id, status)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/0020-add-presence-to-guild-space.sql b/src/db/migrations/0020-add-presence-to-guild-space.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea4c908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/migrations/0020-add-presence-to-guild-space.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+BEGIN TRANSACTION;
+
+ALTER TABLE guild_space ADD COLUMN presence INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1;
+
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/src/db/orm-defs.d.ts b/src/db/orm-defs.d.ts
index bab3c80..ac026f1 100644
--- a/src/db/orm-defs.d.ts
+++ b/src/db/orm-defs.d.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export type Models = {
 		guild_id: string
 		space_id: string
 		privacy_level: number
+		presence: 0 | 1
 	}
 
 	guild_active: {
diff --git a/src/web/pug/guild.pug b/src/web/pug/guild.pug
index 5a0d2fc..29ab301 100644
--- a/src/web/pug/guild.pug
+++ b/src/web/pug/guild.pug
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ block body
       #autocreate-loading
 
   if space_id
+    h3.mt32.fs-category Presence
+    .s-card
+      form.d-flex.ai-center.g8
+        label.s-label.fl-grow1(for="presence")
+          | Show online statuses on Matrix
+          p.s-description This might cause lag on really big Discord servers.
+        - let value = !!select("guild_space", "presence", {guild_id}).pluck().get()
+        input(type="hidden" name="guild_id" value=guild_id)
+        input.s-toggle-switch.order-last#autocreate(name="presence" type="checkbox" hx-post="/api/presence" hx-indicator="#presence-loading" hx-disabled-elt="this" checked=value autocomplete="off")
+        #presence-loading
+
     h3.mt32.fs-category Privacy level
     .s-card
       form(hx-post="/api/privacy-level" hx-trigger="change" hx-indicator="#privacy-level-loading" hx-disabled-elt="input")
diff --git a/src/web/routes/guild-settings.js b/src/web/routes/guild-settings.js
index bdc7148..7f2cb1d 100644
--- a/src/web/routes/guild-settings.js
+++ b/src/web/routes/guild-settings.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const {as, db, sync, select} = require("../../passthrough")
 
 /** @type {import("../auth")} */
 const auth = sync.require("../auth")
+/** @type {import("../../d2m/actions/set-presence")} */
+const setPresence = sync.require("../../d2m/actions/set-presence")
 
 /**
  * @param {H3Event} event
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ const schema = {
 		guild_id: z.string(),
 		autocreate: z.string().optional()
 	}),
+	presence: z.object({
+		guild_id: z.string(),
+		presence: z.string().optional()
+	}),
 	privacyLevel: z.object({
 		guild_id: z.string(),
 		level: z.enum(levels)
@@ -51,6 +57,17 @@ as.router.post("/api/autocreate", defineEventHandler(async event => {
 	return null // 204
 }))
 
+as.router.post("/api/presence", defineEventHandler(async event => {
+	const parsedBody = await readValidatedBody(event, schema.presence.parse)
+	const managed = await auth.getManagedGuilds(event)
+	if (!managed.has(parsedBody.guild_id)) throw createError({status: 403, message: "Forbidden", data: "Can't change settings for a guild you don't have Manage Server permissions in"})
+
+	db.prepare("UPDATE guild_space SET presence = ? WHERE guild_id = ?").run(+!!parsedBody.presence, parsedBody.guild_id)
+	setPresence.checkPresenceEnabledGuilds()
+
+	return null // 204
+}))
+
 as.router.post("/api/privacy-level", defineEventHandler(async event => {
 	const parsedBody = await readValidatedBody(event, schema.privacyLevel.parse)
 	const managed = await auth.getManagedGuilds(event)