diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
index e19c8b70982..59991b23ba8 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
@@ -1001,7 +1001,12 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
               <box flexShrink={0} flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
                 <box marginLeft={1}>
                   <Show when={kv.get("animations_enabled", true)} fallback={<text fg={theme.textMuted}>[⋯]</text>}>
-                    <spinner color={spinnerDef().color} frames={spinnerDef().frames} interval={40} />
+                    <Show
+                      when={kv.get("busy_indicator_style", "dynamic") === "static"}
+                      fallback={<spinner color={spinnerDef().color} frames={spinnerDef().frames} interval={40} />}
+                    >
+                      <text fg={theme.info}>[currently busy]</text>
+                    </Show>
                   </Show>
                 </box>
                 <box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexShrink={0}>
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/index.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/index.tsx
index 1294ab849e9..246771080c0 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/index.tsx
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ export function Session() {
   const [showScrollbar, setShowScrollbar] = kv.signal("scrollbar_visible", false)
   const [diffWrapMode, setDiffWrapMode] = createSignal<"word" | "none">("word")
   const [animationsEnabled, setAnimationsEnabled] = kv.signal("animations_enabled", true)
+  const [busyIndicatorStyle, setBusyIndicatorStyle] = kv.signal<"dynamic" | "static">("busy_indicator_style", "dynamic")
 
   const wide = createMemo(() => dimensions().width > 120)
   const sidebarVisible = createMemo(() => {
@@ -579,6 +580,15 @@ export function Session() {
         dialog.clear()
       },
     },
+    {
+      title: busyIndicatorStyle() === "dynamic" ? "Use static busy indicator" : "Use dynamic busy indicator",
+      value: "session.toggle.busy_style",
+      category: "Session",
+      onSelect: (dialog) => {
+        setBusyIndicatorStyle((prev) => (prev === "dynamic" ? "static" : "dynamic"))
+        dialog.clear()
+      },
+    },
     {
       title: "Page up",
       value: "session.page.up",