diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 614e4600..d76de3c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ALE (Asynchronous Lint Engine) is a plugin for providing linting in NeoVim
 and Vim 8 while you edit your text files.
 
-![linting example](example.gif?raw=true)
+![linting example](img/example.gif?raw=true)
 
 ALE makes use of NeoVim and Vim 8 job control functions and timers to
 run linters on the contents of text buffers and return errors as
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ vimrc file for all given linters is as follows:
 | `g:ale_sign_offset` | an offset for sign ids | `1000000` |
 | `g:ale_echo_cursor` | echo errors when the cursor is over them | `1` |
 | `g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace` | enable trailing whitespace warnings for some linters | `1` |
+| `g:ale_statusline_format` | String format to use in statusline flag | `['%d error(s)', '%d warning(s)', 'OK']` |
 
 ### Selecting Particular Linters
 
@@ -124,6 +125,31 @@ let g:ale_sign_error = '>>'
 let g:ale_sign_warning = '--'
 ```
 
+### Statusline
+
+You can use `ALEGetStatusLine()` to integrate ALE into vim statusline.  
+To enable it, you should have in your `statusline` settings
+
+```vim
+%{ALEGetStatusLine()}
+```
+
+When errors are detected a string showing the number of errors will be shown.  
+You can customize the output format using the global list `g:ale_statusline_format` where:
+
+- The 1st element is for errors
+- The 2nd element is for warnings
+- The 3rd element is for when no erros are detected
+
+e.g
+
+```vim
+let g:ale_statusline_format = ['⨉ %d', '⚠ %d', '⬥ ok']
+```
+
+![Statusline with issues](img/issues.png)  
+![Statusline with no issues](img/no_issues.png)
+
 ## Installation
 
 To install this plugin, you should use one of the following methods.
diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index 3788c2ae..402780b2 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*ale.txt*  For Vim version 8.0.  Last change: 2016 October 5
+*ale.txt*  For Vim version 8.0.  Last change: 2016 October 7
 *ale*
 
 ALE - Asychronous Lint Engine
@@ -222,6 +222,16 @@ you can disable these warnings for some linters by setting this option to `0`.
 Not all linters may respect this option. If a linter does not, please
 file a bug report, and it may be possible to add such support.
 
+g:ale_statusline_format                               *g:ale_statusline_format*
+
+Type: |List|
+Default: `['%d error(s)', '%d warning(s)', 'OK']`
+
+This variable defines the format of |`ALEGetStatusLine()`| output.
+- The 1st element is for errors
+- The 2nd element is for warnings
+- The 3rd element is for when no erros are detected
+
 ===============================================================================
 4. Linter Specific Options                                 *ale-linter-options*
 
@@ -346,6 +356,12 @@ ALEGetLinters(filetype)                                       *ALEGetLinters()*
   Return all of linters configured for a given filetype as a |List| of
   |Dictionary| values in the format specified by |ALEAddLinter()|.
 
+ALEGetStatusLine()                                           *ALEGetStatusLine()*
+  Return a formatted string that can be added to the statusline.
+	The output's format is defined in |`g:ale_statusline_format`|.
+  To enable it, the following should be present in your |statusline| settings: >
+  %{ALEGetStatusLine()}
+
 g:ale#util#stdin_wrapper                             *g:ale#util#stdin_wrapper*
   This variable names a wrapper script for sending stdin input to programs
   which cannot accept input via stdin. See |ALEAddLinter| for more.
diff --git a/example.gif b/img/example.gif
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rename from example.gif
rename to img/example.gif
diff --git a/img/issues.png b/img/issues.png
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diff --git a/img/no_issues.png b/img/no_issues.png
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diff --git a/plugin/ale/aaflags.vim b/plugin/ale/aaflags.vim
index f0c0bb7c..10d82128 100644
--- a/plugin/ale/aaflags.vim
+++ b/plugin/ale/aaflags.vim
@@ -39,3 +39,12 @@ let g:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace =
 
 " This flag can be set to 1 to keep sign gutter always open
 let g:ale_sign_column_always = get(g:, 'ale_sign_column_always', 0)
+
+" String format for statusline
+" Its a list where:
+" * The 1st element is for errors
+" * The 2nd element is for warnings
+" * The 3rd element is when there are no errors
+let g:ale_statusline_format = get(g:, 'ale_statusline_format', 
+\   ['%d error(s)', '%d warning(s)', 'OK']
+\)
diff --git a/plugin/ale/statusline.vim b/plugin/ale/statusline.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..def7db6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/ale/statusline.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+" Author: KabbAmine <amine.kabb@gmail.com>
+" Description: Statusline related function(s)
+
+function! ALEGetStatusLine() abort
+    " Returns a formatted string that can be integrated in the 
+    " statusline
+
+    let buf = bufnr('%')
+    let bufLoclist = g:ale_buffer_loclist_map
+
+    if !has_key(bufLoclist, buf)
+        return ''
+    endif
+
+    let errors = 0
+    let warnings = 0
+    for e in bufLoclist[buf]
+        if e.type ==# 'E'
+            let errors += 1
+        else
+            let warnings += 1
+        endif
+    endfor
+
+    let errors = errors ? printf(g:ale_statusline_format[0], errors) : ''
+    let warnings = warnings ? printf(g:ale_statusline_format[1], warnings) : ''
+    let noErrors = g:ale_statusline_format[2]
+
+    " Different formats if no errors or no warnings
+    if empty(errors) && empty(warnings)
+        let res = noErrors
+    elseif !empty(errors) && !empty(warnings)
+        let res = printf('%s %s', errors, warnings)
+    else
+        let res = empty(errors) ? warnings : errors
+    endif
+
+    return res
+endfunction