diff --git a/proxy/interactor.c b/proxy/interactor.c
index ccd3e42e..49359c1c 100644
--- a/proxy/interactor.c
+++ b/proxy/interactor.c
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ void interactor_return_seat(Interactor *itr)
     interactor_set_seat(itr, realseat);
     tempseat_free(tempseat);
 
+    /*
+     * If we have a parent Interactor, and anyone has ever called
+     * interactor_announce, then all Interactors from now on will
+     * announce themselves even if they have nothing to say.
+     */
+    interactor_announce(itr);
+
     /*
      * We're about to hand this seat back to the parent Interactor to
      * do its own thing with. It will typically expect to start in the
@@ -44,12 +51,55 @@ void interactor_return_seat(Interactor *itr)
 InteractionReadySeat interactor_announce(Interactor *itr)
 {
     Seat *seat = interactor_get_seat(itr);
-
-    /* TODO: print an announcement of this Interactor's identity, when
-     * appropriate */
+    assert(!is_tempseat(seat) &&
+           "Shouldn't call announce when someone else is using our seat");
 
     InteractionReadySeat iseat;
     iseat.seat = seat;
 
+    /*
+     * Find the Interactor at the top of the chain, so that all the
+     * Interactors in a stack can share that one's last-to-talk field.
+     * Also, count how far we had to go to get to it, to put in the
+     * message.
+     */
+    Interactor *itr_top = itr;
+    unsigned level = 0;
+    while (itr_top->parent) {
+        itr_top = itr_top->parent;
+        level++;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Generally, we should announce ourself if the previous
+     * Interactor that said anything was not us. That includes if
+     * there was no previous Interactor to talk (i.e. if we're the
+     * first to say anything) - *except* that the primary Interactor
+     * doesn't need to announce itself, if no proxy has intervened
+     * before it.
+     */
+    bool need_announcement = (itr_top->last_to_talk != itr);
+    if (!itr->parent && !itr_top->last_to_talk)
+        need_announcement = false;
+
+    if (need_announcement) {
+        const char *prefix = "";
+        if (itr_top->last_to_talk != NULL)
+            prefix = "\r\n";
+
+        char *desc = interactor_description(itr);
+        char *adjective = (level == 0 ? dupstr("primary") :
+                           level == 1 ? dupstr("proxy") :
+                           dupprintf("proxy^%u", level));
+        char *msg = dupprintf("%sMaking %s %s", prefix, adjective, desc);
+        sfree(adjective);
+        sfree(desc);
+
+        seat_antispoof_msg(iseat, msg);
+        sfree(msg);
+
+        itr_top->last_to_talk = itr;
+    }
+
     return iseat;
 }
diff --git a/proxy/sshproxy.c b/proxy/sshproxy.c
index 5ab81e61..ff830931 100644
--- a/proxy/sshproxy.c
+++ b/proxy/sshproxy.c
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ const bool ssh_proxy_supported = true;
 /*
  * TODO for future work:
  *
- * All the interactive prompts we present to the main Seat - the host
- * key and weak-crypto dialog boxes, and all prompts presented via the
- * userpass_input system - need adjusting so that it's clear to the
- * user _which_ SSH connection they come from. At the moment, you just
- * get shown a host key fingerprint or a cryptic "login as:" prompt,
- * and you have to guess which server you're currently supposed to be
- * interpreting it relative to.
- *
  * If the user manually aborts the attempt to make the proxy SSH
  * connection (e.g. by hitting ^C at a userpass prompt, or refusing to
  * accept the proxy server's host key), then an assertion failure
@@ -607,6 +599,7 @@ Socket *sshproxy_new_connection(SockAddr *addr, const char *hostname,
      */
     if (clientitr) {
         sp->clientitr = clientitr;
+        interactor_set_child(sp->clientitr, sp->backend->interactor);
 
         sp->clientlp = interactor_logpolicy(clientitr);
 
diff --git a/putty.h b/putty.h
index edfd1171..0047156f 100644
--- a/putty.h
+++ b/putty.h
@@ -661,6 +661,19 @@ struct InteractionReadySeat {
  */
 struct Interactor {
     const InteractorVtable *vt;
+
+    /* The parent Interactor that we are a proxy for, if any. */
+    Interactor *parent;
+
+    /*
+     * If we're the top-level Interactor (parent==NULL), then this
+     * field records the last Interactor that actually did anything
+     * interactive, so that we know when to announce a changeover
+     * between levels of proxying.
+     *
+     * If parent != NULL, this field is not used.
+     */
+    Interactor *last_to_talk;
 };
 
 struct InteractorVtable {
@@ -706,6 +719,8 @@ static inline Seat *interactor_get_seat(Interactor *itr)
 static inline void interactor_set_seat(Interactor *itr, Seat *seat)
 { itr->vt->set_seat(itr, seat); }
 
+static inline void interactor_set_child(Interactor *parent, Interactor *child)
+{ child->parent = parent; }
 Seat *interactor_borrow_seat(Interactor *itr);
 void interactor_return_seat(Interactor *itr);
 InteractionReadySeat interactor_announce(Interactor *itr);