diff --git a/examples/snaps/v2-find-name=mosquitto.json b/examples/snaps/v2-find-name=mosquitto.json
index e1ba3849..76d0f911 100644
--- a/examples/snaps/v2-find-name=mosquitto.json
+++ b/examples/snaps/v2-find-name=mosquitto.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "id": "l5m6dy7O2H7mosoJSwmhRa2ZA0H6yGt1",
         "username": "ralight",
         "display-name": "Roger Light",
-        "validation": "unproven"
+        "validation": "starred"
       },
       "developer": "ralight",
       "status": "available",
diff --git a/examples/snaps/v2-find-name=prometheus.json b/examples/snaps/v2-find-name=prometheus.json
index 2fbe1bd5..1bd07c70 100644
--- a/examples/snaps/v2-find-name=prometheus.json
+++ b/examples/snaps/v2-find-name=prometheus.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "id": "IJ1Iesv3hhEPHuegj7b3zvPLOh8wZs34",
         "username": "jacek",
         "display-name": "Jacek Nykis",
-        "validation": "unproven"
+        "validation": "starred"
       },
       "developer": "jacek",
       "status": "available",
diff --git a/examples/snaps/v2-find-section=server.json b/examples/snaps/v2-find-section=server.json
index e5f55c43..9bfea99d 100644
--- a/examples/snaps/v2-find-section=server.json
+++ b/examples/snaps/v2-find-section=server.json
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@
         "id": "l5m6dy7O2H7mosoJSwmhRa2ZA0H6yGt1",
         "username": "ralight",
         "display-name": "Roger Light",
-        "validation": "unproven"
+        "validation": "starred"
       },
       "developer": "ralight",
       "status": "available",
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@
         "id": "IJ1Iesv3hhEPHuegj7b3zvPLOh8wZs34",
         "username": "jacek",
         "display-name": "Jacek Nykis",
-        "validation": "unproven"
+        "validation": "starred"
       },
       "developer": "jacek",
       "status": "available",
diff --git a/subiquity/common/types.py b/subiquity/common/types.py
index bafc7ed9..76c44aee 100644
--- a/subiquity/common/types.py
+++ b/subiquity/common/types.py
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ class SnapInfo:
     summary: str = ''
     publisher: str = ''
     verified: bool = False
+    starred: bool = False
     description: str = ''
     confinement: str = ''
     license: str = ''
diff --git a/subiquity/models/snaplist.py b/subiquity/models/snaplist.py
index 47ba1d7c..953b2feb 100644
--- a/subiquity/models/snaplist.py
+++ b/subiquity/models/snaplist.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class SnapListModel:
         snap.summary = data['summary']
         snap.publisher = data['developer']
         snap.verified = data['publisher']['validation'] == "verified"
+        snap.starred = data['publisher']['validation'] == "starred"
         snap.description = data['description']
         snap.confinement = data['confinement']
         snap.license = data['license']
diff --git a/subiquity/ui/views/snaplist.py b/subiquity/ui/views/snaplist.py
index 61c0ffda..8e249c72 100644
--- a/subiquity/ui/views/snaplist.py
+++ b/subiquity/ui/views/snaplist.py
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@ class SnapInfoView(WidgetWrap):
 
         publisher = [('info_minor', _("by: ")), snap.publisher]
         if snap.verified:
-            publisher.append(('verified', ' \N{check mark}'))
+            # Check extend_dec_special_charmap for the meaning of the
+            # narrow non-breakable space here.
+            publisher.append(('verified', ' \N{check mark}\N{NNBSP}'))
+        elif snap.starred:
+            publisher.append(' \N{circled white star}')
 
         title = Columns([
             Text(snap.name),
@@ -433,9 +437,13 @@ class SnapListView(BaseView):
                 continue
             box = self.snap_boxes[snap.name] = SnapCheckBox(
                 self, snap, snap.name in self.selections_by_name)
-            publisher = snap.publisher
+            publisher = [snap.publisher]
             if snap.verified:
-                publisher = [publisher, ('verified', '\N{check mark}')]
+                # Check extend_dec_special_charmap for the meaning of the
+                # narrow non-breakable space here.
+                publisher.append(('verified', '\N{check mark}\N{NNBSP}'))
+            elif snap.starred:
+                publisher.append('\N{circled white star}')
             row = [
                 box,
                 Text(publisher),
diff --git a/subiquitycore/tui.py b/subiquitycore/tui.py
index edd0d89a..ccc003e8 100644
--- a/subiquitycore/tui.py
+++ b/subiquitycore/tui.py
@@ -46,12 +46,18 @@ def extend_dec_special_charmap():
         ord('\N{BLACK LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE}'): '<',
         ord('\N{BLACK DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE}'): 'v',
         ord('\N{BLACK UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE}'): '^',
-        ord('\N{check mark}'): '+',
+        ord('\N{check mark}'): '*',
+        ord('\N{circled white star}'): '*',
         ord('\N{bullet}'): '*',
         ord('\N{lower half block}'): '=',
         ord('\N{upper half block}'): '=',
         ord('\N{FULL BLOCK}'): urwid.escape.DEC_SPECIAL_CHARMAP[
             ord('\N{BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL}')],
+        # XXX: Hack to show the verified snap publishers with two stars when
+        # unicode is not supported. In rich mode, we display ✪ followed by a
+        # mostly invisible character (i.e., NNBSP). In basic mode,
+        # both characters get translated to a star, resulting in two stars.
+        ord('\N{NNBSP}'): '*',
     })