diff --git a/web/avatars/edit-user-avatar.css b/web/avatars/edit-user-avatar.css
--- a/web/avatars/edit-user-avatar.css
+++ b/web/avatars/edit-user-avatar.css
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   position: relative;
   height: 112px;
   width: 112px;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
 }
 
 .editAvatarBadge {
@@ -24,3 +27,7 @@
 .editAvatarBadge:hover {
   filter: brightness(0.8);
 }
+
+.editAvatarLoadingSpinner {
+  position: absolute;
+}
diff --git a/web/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js b/web/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
--- a/web/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
+++ b/web/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
 // @flow
 
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
+
 import EditUserAvatarMenu from './edit-user-avatar-menu.react.js';
 import css from './edit-user-avatar.css';
 import UserAvatar from './user-avatar.react.js';
+import LoadingIndicator from '../loading-indicator.react.js';
+
+const loadingSpinner = <LoadingIndicator status="loading" size="large" />;
 
 type Props = {
   +userID: ?string,
   +disabled?: boolean,
 };
 function EditUserAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
+  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
+
+  const { userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
+
   const { userID } = props;
 
   return (
     <div className={css.editUserAvatarContainer}>
+      <div className={css.editAvatarLoadingSpinner}>
+        {userAvatarSaveInProgress ? loadingSpinner : null}
+      </div>
       <UserAvatar userID={userID} size="profile" />
       <div className={css.editAvatarBadge}>
         <EditUserAvatarMenu />