diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index bdcfa61d..6dd47839 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -193,4 +193,6 @@
     <string name="labels">Labels</string>
     <string name="article_img_view_caption">View Caption</string>
     <string name="light_theme_is_not_supported_on_honeycomb">Light theme is not supported on Honeycomb</string>
+    <string name="pref_headlines_mark_read_scroll">Mark read on scroll</string>
+    <string name="pref_headlines_mark_read_scroll_long">Headlines will be marked read when scrolling past them</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/res/xml/preferences.xml b/res/xml/preferences.xml
index 99ac42aa..e05fc5b6 100644
--- a/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -92,13 +92,16 @@
             android:key="headlines_show_content"
             android:summary="@string/pref_headlines_show_content_long"
             android:title="@string/pref_headlines_show_content" />
-        
         <CheckBoxPreference
             android:defaultValue="false"
             android:key="oldest_first"
             android:summary="@string/requires_api5"
             android:title="@string/offline_oldest_first" />
-        
+        <CheckBoxPreference android:key="headlines_mark_read_scroll"
+            android:title="@string/pref_headlines_mark_read_scroll"
+            android:summary="@string/pref_headlines_mark_read_scroll_long"
+            android:defaultValue="false"/>
+
     </PreferenceCategory>
     <PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/reading" >
         <ListPreference
diff --git a/src/org/fox/ttrss/HeadlinesFragment.java b/src/org/fox/ttrss/HeadlinesFragment.java
index d61a2244..bc31f0d8 100644
--- a/src/org/fox/ttrss/HeadlinesFragment.java
+++ b/src/org/fox/ttrss/HeadlinesFragment.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class HeadlinesFragment extends Fragment implements OnItemClickListener,
 	private ArticleListAdapter m_adapter;
 	private ArticleList m_articles = GlobalState.getInstance().m_loadedArticles;
 	private ArticleList m_selectedArticles = new ArticleList();
+	private ArticleList m_readArticles = new ArticleList();
 	private HeadlinesEventListener m_listener;
 	private OnlineActivity m_activity;
 	
@@ -797,11 +798,27 @@ public class HeadlinesFragment extends Fragment implements OnItemClickListener,
 		if (!m_refreshInProgress && m_articles.findById(-1) != null && firstVisibleItem + visibleItemCount == m_articles.size()) {
 			refresh(true);
 		}
+
+		if (m_prefs.getBoolean("headlines_mark_read_scroll", false) && firstVisibleItem > 0) {
+			Article a = m_articles.get(firstVisibleItem - 1);
+
+			if (a != null && a.unread) {
+				a.unread = false;
+				m_readArticles.add(a);
+				m_feed.unread--;
+			} 
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void onScrollStateChanged(AbsListView view, int scrollState) {
-		// no-op
+		if (scrollState == SCROLL_STATE_IDLE && m_prefs.getBoolean("headlines_mark_read_scroll", false)) {
+			if (!m_readArticles.isEmpty()) {
+				m_activity.toggleArticlesUnread(m_readArticles);
+				m_activity.refresh(false);
+				m_readArticles.clear();
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	public Article getActiveArticle() {