diff --git a/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.h b/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.h
index e0461903810127477b3b8e0cbe28ba3e08226dd4..55edb1b12ce2645a210bfdcc9bf8a49a8c470f8c 100644
--- a/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.h
+++ b/src/uas/QGCUASFileManager.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public:
 
 signals:
     void statusMessage(const QString& msg);
+    void resetStatusMessages();
 
 public slots:
     void receiveMessage(LinkInterface* link, mavlink_message_t message);
diff --git a/src/ui/QGCUASFileView.cc b/src/ui/QGCUASFileView.cc
index f3a73ddb909a8770cdddff0a402bc8120bf21b64..3d525cc05a003563c24c92d6dd4b547e0858c8d1 100644
--- a/src/ui/QGCUASFileView.cc
+++ b/src/ui/QGCUASFileView.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ QGCUASFileView::QGCUASFileView(QWidget *parent, QGCUASFileManager *manager) :
     connect(ui->downloadButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(downloadFiles()));
 
     connect(_manager, SIGNAL(statusMessage(QString)), ui->messageArea, SLOT(appendPlainText(QString)));
+    connect(_manager, SIGNAL(resetStatusMessages()), ui->messageArea, SLOT(clear()));
 }
 
 QGCUASFileView::~QGCUASFileView()