diff --git a/mobile/chrome/content/downloads.js b/mobile/chrome/content/downloads.js
index 7fc75a05ec7..1972a58b028 100644
--- a/mobile/chrome/content/downloads.js
+++ b/mobile/chrome/content/downloads.js
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ var Downloads = {
           this._dlmgr = Cc["@mozilla.org/download-manager;1"].getService(Ci.nsIDownloadManager);
         this._progressAlert = new AlertDownloadProgressListener();
         this._dlmgr.addListener(this._progressAlert);
+
+        NativeWindow.toast.show(Strings.browser.GetStringFromName("alertDownloadsToast"), "long");
       }
     } else if (aTopic == "dl-done") {
       msgKey = "alertDownloadsDone";
diff --git a/mobile/locales/en-US/chrome/browser.properties b/mobile/locales/en-US/chrome/browser.properties
index fc8b0cae6da..3aaa94f6718 100644
--- a/mobile/locales/en-US/chrome/browser.properties
+++ b/mobile/locales/en-US/chrome/browser.properties
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ alertDownloadsDone=%S has finished downloading
 alertCantOpenDownload=Can't open file. Tap to save it.
 alertDownloadsSize=Download too big
 alertDownloadsNoSpace=Not enough storage space
+alertDownloadsToast=Download started…
 
 downloadCancelPromptTitle=Cancel Download
 downloadCancelPromptMessage=Do you want to cancel this download?