diff --git a/src/models.ts b/src/models.ts
index 39c48bf..5ce2dec 100644
--- a/src/models.ts
+++ b/src/models.ts
@@ -1162,10 +1162,13 @@ export interface ISettings {
 
 export interface IReportBars {
     actionBar?: IActionBar;
+    statusBar?: IStatusBar;
 }
 
 export interface IActionBar extends IHideable { }
 
+export interface IStatusBar extends IHideable { }
+
 export interface IReportPanes extends IPanes {
     bookmarks?: IBookmarksPane;
     fields?: IFieldsPane;
diff --git a/src/validators/core/validator.ts b/src/validators/core/validator.ts
index 821f51f..a418f7e 100644
--- a/src/validators/core/validator.ts
+++ b/src/validators/core/validator.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import { ActionBarValidator, ReportBarsValidator } from '../models/barsValidator';
+import { ActionBarValidator, StatusBarValidator, ReportBarsValidator } from '../models/barsValidator';
 import { AddBookmarkRequestValidator, ApplyBookmarkByNameRequestValidator, ApplyBookmarkStateRequestValidator, CaptureBookmarkOptionsValidator, CaptureBookmarkRequestValidator, PlayBookmarkRequestValidator } from '../models/bookmarkValidator';
 import { CommandsSettingsValidator, SingleCommandSettingsValidator, PaginatedReportCommandsValidator } from '../models/commandsSettingsValidator';
 import { CustomThemeValidator } from '../models/customThemeValidator';
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export const Validators = {
     anyFilterValidator: new AnyOfValidator([new BasicFilterValidator(), new AdvancedFilterValidator(), new IncludeExcludeFilterValidator(), new NotSupportedFilterValidator(), new RelativeDateFilterValidator(), new TopNFilterValidator(), new RelativeTimeFilterValidator(), new HierarchyFilterValidator()]),
     anyValueValidator: new AnyOfValidator([new StringValidator(), new NumberValidator(), new BooleanValidator()]),
     actionBarValidator: new ActionBarValidator(),
+    statusBarValidator: new StatusBarValidator(),
     applyBookmarkByNameRequestValidator: new ApplyBookmarkByNameRequestValidator(),
     applyBookmarkStateRequestValidator: new ApplyBookmarkStateRequestValidator(),
     applyBookmarkValidator: new AnyOfValidator([new ApplyBookmarkByNameRequestValidator(), new ApplyBookmarkStateRequestValidator()]),
diff --git a/src/validators/models/barsValidator.ts b/src/validators/models/barsValidator.ts
index 2fb4d76..71384f0 100644
--- a/src/validators/models/barsValidator.ts
+++ b/src/validators/models/barsValidator.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export class ReportBarsValidator extends ObjectValidator {
             {
                 field: "actionBar",
                 validators: [Validators.actionBarValidator]
+            },
+            {
+                field: "statusBar",
+                validators: [Validators.statusBarValidator]
             }
         ];
 
@@ -48,3 +52,25 @@ export class ActionBarValidator extends ObjectValidator {
         return multipleFieldsValidator.validate(input, path, field);
     }
 }
+
+export class StatusBarValidator extends ObjectValidator {
+    public validate(input: any, path?: string, field?: string): IValidationError[] {
+        if (input == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        const errors = super.validate(input, path, field);
+        if (errors) {
+            return errors;
+        }
+
+        const fields: IFieldValidatorsPair[] = [
+            {
+                field: "visible",
+                validators: [Validators.booleanValidator]
+            },
+        ];
+
+        const multipleFieldsValidator = new MultipleFieldsValidator(fields);
+        return multipleFieldsValidator.validate(input, path, field);
+    }
+}