diff --git a/css/app.css b/css/app.css
index d25b31f48..9b576ec15 100644
--- a/css/app.css
+++ b/css/app.css
@@ -298,6 +298,11 @@ form.hide {
 .margin1 {margin: 10px;}
 .margin2 {margin: 20px;}
 
+.loading {
+    background: url(../img/loader_bg.gif);
+    background-size:5px 5px;
+}
+
 /* Buttons */
 
 button {
diff --git a/img/loader_bg.gif b/img/loader_bg.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d88f3d12
Binary files /dev/null and b/img/loader_bg.gif differ
diff --git a/js/id/ui/geocoder.js b/js/id/ui/geocoder.js
index f11b026e4..d73c19dce 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/geocoder.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/geocoder.js
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ iD.ui.Geocoder = function(context) {
             if (d3.event.keyCode !== 13) return;
             d3.event.preventDefault();
             var searchVal = this.value;
+            inputNode.classed('loading', true);
             d3.json('http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search/' +
                 encodeURIComponent(searchVal) + '?limit=10&format=json', function(err, resp) {
+                    inputNode.classed('loading', false);
                     if (err) return hide();
                     if (!resp.length) {
                         return iD.ui.flash(context.container())