diff --git a/ui/pageview.h b/ui/pageview.h
--- a/ui/pageview.h
+++ b/ui/pageview.h
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@
         void slotAutoScroll();
         // activated by the dragScroll timer
         void slotDragScroll();
+        // activated by the mouseBrowse timer when scrolling with the mouse
+        void slotMouseBrowse();
         // show the welcome message
         void slotShowWelcome();
         // activated by left click timer
diff --git a/ui/pageview.cpp b/ui/pageview.cpp
--- a/ui/pageview.cpp
+++ b/ui/pageview.cpp
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@
     QPoint dragScrollVector;
     QTimer dragScrollTimer;
 
+    // timer and vector for latency-free scolling
+    QPoint mouseBrowseVector;
+    QTimer mouseBrowseTimer;
+
     // left click depress
     QTimer leftClickTimer;
 
@@ -416,6 +420,8 @@
     connect(horizontalScrollBar(), &QAbstractSlider::valueChanged, this, &PageView::slotRequestVisiblePixmaps);
     connect(verticalScrollBar(), &QAbstractSlider::valueChanged, this, &PageView::slotRequestVisiblePixmaps);
     connect( &d->dragScrollTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &PageView::slotDragScroll );
+    connect( &d->mouseBrowseTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &PageView::slotMouseBrowse );
+    d->mouseBrowseTimer.setInterval(1000/60);
 
     d->leftClickTimer.setSingleShot( true );
     connect( &d->leftClickTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &PageView::slotShowSizeAllCursor );
@@ -2202,7 +2208,8 @@
                     d->mouseGrabPos = mousePos;
 
                     // scroll page by position increment
-                    scrollTo( horizontalScrollBar()->value() + delta.x(), verticalScrollBar()->value() + delta.y() );
+                    // add position increment to the total delta, to be updated by the timer
+                    d->mouseBrowseVector+=delta;
                 }
             }
             else if ( rightButton && !d->mousePressPos.isNull() && d->aMouseSelect )
@@ -2328,6 +2335,7 @@
             PageViewItem * pageItem = pickItemOnPoint( eventPos.x(), eventPos.y() );
             if ( leftButton )
             {
+                d->mouseBrowseTimer.start();
                 if ( pageItem )
                 {
                     d->mouseAnnotation->routeMousePressEvent( pageItem, eventPos );
@@ -2489,6 +2497,9 @@
     // stop the drag scrolling
     d->dragScrollTimer.stop();
 
+    d->mouseBrowseTimer.stop();
+    slotMouseBrowse();
+
     d->leftClickTimer.stop();
 
     const bool leftButton = e->button() == Qt::LeftButton;
@@ -4930,6 +4941,15 @@
     updateSelection( p );
 }
 
+void PageView::slotMouseBrowse()
+{
+    if(d->mouseBrowseVector == QPoint(0,0))
+        return;
+
+    scrollTo( horizontalScrollBar()->value() + d->mouseBrowseVector.x(), verticalScrollBar()->value() + d->mouseBrowseVector.y() );
+    d->mouseBrowseVector={0,0};
+}
+
 void PageView::slotShowWelcome()
 {
     // show initial welcome text