diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 868cc0ad..a94696ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ This is the Changelog for the vim-airline project.
   - coc extensions can also show additional status messages as well as the current function
   - [coc-git](https://github.com/neoclide/coc-git) extension integrated into hunks extension
   - rewrote parts using Vim9 Script for performance improvements
+  - [vim-obsession](https://github.com/tpope/vim-obsession) allow to set paused indicator
 - Other
   - Changed CI from travis-ci.org to GitHub Actions
   - Introduce Vim script static analysis using [reviewdog](https://github.com/reviewdog/action-vint)
diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/obsession.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/obsession.vim
index 9b229528..aafc2519 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/obsession.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/obsession.vim
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ if !exists('g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text')
   let g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text = '$'
 endif
 
+if !exists('g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text_paused')
+  let g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text_paused = '' " vim-obsession defaults to 'S'
+endif
+
 function! airline#extensions#obsession#init(ext)
   call airline#parts#define_function('obsession', 'airline#extensions#obsession#get_status')
 endfunction
 
 function! airline#extensions#obsession#get_status()
-  return ObsessionStatus((g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text . s:spc), '')
+  return ObsessionStatus((g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text . s:spc), (g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text_paused . s:spc))
 endfunction
diff --git a/doc/airline.txt b/doc/airline.txt
index 94ce27f8..f1f3d2e6 100644
--- a/doc/airline.txt
+++ b/doc/airline.txt
@@ -999,8 +999,11 @@ vim-obsession <https://github.com/tpope/vim-obsession>
 * enable/disable vim-obsession integration >
   let g:airline#extensions#obsession#enabled = 1
 
-* set marked window indicator string >
+* set marked window indicator string when recording session>
   let g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text = '$'
+
+* set marked window indicator string when recording session is paused>
+  let g:airline#extensions#obsession#indicator_text_paused = ''
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 -------------------------------------                    *airline-omnisharp*
 OmniSharp <https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vim>