diff --git a/src/games/arimaa.ts b/src/games/arimaa.ts
index a37de9ed7..e62688e6b 100644
--- a/src/games/arimaa.ts
+++ b/src/games/arimaa.ts
@@ -1800,7 +1800,15 @@ export class ArimaaGame extends GameBase {
     }
 
     public sidebarStatuses(): IStatus[] {
-        return [{ key: this.neutralAreaLabel("apgames:status.arimaa.HARLOG"), value: [this.harlog().toFixed(2)] } as IStatus];
+        const key = this.neutralAreaLabel("apgames:status.arimaa.HARLOG");
+        const harlog = this.harlog();
+        const magnitude = Math.abs(harlog).toFixed(2);
+        // The glyph's colour stands in for the sign, so omit it when the displayed value is all zeros
+        if (Number.isNaN(harlog) || Number(magnitude) === 0) {
+            return [{ key, value: [magnitude] }];
+        }
+        const glyph = { glyph: "piece", colour: this.getPlayerColour(harlog > 0 ? 1 : 2) };
+        return [{ key, value: [glyph, magnitude] }];
     }
 
 
diff --git a/test/games/arimaa.test.ts b/test/games/arimaa.test.ts
index d8e79eeeb..0081fa0da 100644
--- a/test/games/arimaa.test.ts
+++ b/test/games/arimaa.test.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,50 @@ describe("Arimaa", () => {
         expect(result.valid).to.be.true;
         expect(result.complete).to.equal(1);
     });
+
+    it ("Harlog status shows the leader's colour instead of a sign", () => {
+        // balanced material: no glyph
+        let g = new ArimaaGame(undefined, ["free"]);
+        g.move("Ed2,Rd3");
+        g.move("ed7,rd6");
+        let [status] = g.sidebarStatuses();
+        expect(status.value).to.deep.equal(["0.00"]);
+
+        // nonzero but displayed as all zeros: no glyph, no sign
+        g.harlog = () => -0.004;
+        [status] = g.sidebarStatuses();
+        expect(status.value).to.deep.equal(["0.00"]);
+
+        // gold ahead
+        g = new ArimaaGame(undefined, ["free"]);
+        g.move("Ed2,Mg2,Rd3");
+        g.move("ed7,rd6");
+        [status] = g.sidebarStatuses();
+        expect(g.harlog()).to.be.greaterThan(0);
+        expect(status.value).to.deep.equal([
+            { glyph: "piece", colour: g.getPlayerColour(1) },
+            g.harlog().toFixed(2),
+        ]);
+
+        // silver ahead: the number is unsigned
+        g = new ArimaaGame(undefined, ["free"]);
+        g.move("Ed2,Rd3");
+        g.move("ed7,mg7,rd6");
+        [status] = g.sidebarStatuses();
+        expect(g.harlog()).to.be.lessThan(0);
+        expect(status.value).to.deep.equal([
+            { glyph: "piece", colour: g.getPlayerColour(2) },
+            Math.abs(g.harlog()).toFixed(2),
+        ]);
+
+        // infinite values keep the leader's glyph; NaN has no leader
+        g.harlog = () => Infinity;
+        expect(g.sidebarStatuses()[0].value).to.deep.equal([{ glyph: "piece", colour: g.getPlayerColour(1) }, "Infinity"]);
+        g.harlog = () => -Infinity;
+        expect(g.sidebarStatuses()[0].value).to.deep.equal([{ glyph: "piece", colour: g.getPlayerColour(2) }, "Infinity"]);
+        g.harlog = () => NaN;
+        expect(g.sidebarStatuses()[0].value).to.deep.equal(["NaN"]);
+    });
 });