diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.h b/src/EditProfileDialog.h
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.h
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
 
     void scrollFullPage();
     void scrollHalfPage();
+    void toggleHighlightScrolledLines(bool enable);
 
     // keyboard page
     void editKeyBinding();
diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp b/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
@@ -1578,6 +1578,12 @@
 
     setupRadio(pageamounts, scrollFullPage);
 
+
+    const auto options = QVector<BooleanOption>{
+        {_scrollingUi->highlightScrolledLinesButton, Profile::HighlightScrolledLines, SLOT(toggleHighlightScrolledLines(bool))}
+    };
+    setupCheckBoxes(options, profile);
+
     // signals and slots
     connect(_scrollingUi->historySizeWidget, &Konsole::HistorySizeWidget::historySizeChanged, this,
             &Konsole::EditProfileDialog::historySizeChanged);
@@ -1603,6 +1609,11 @@
     updateTempProfileProperty(Profile::ScrollFullPage, Enum::ScrollPageHalf);
 }
 
+void EditProfileDialog::toggleHighlightScrolledLines(bool enable)
+{
+    updateTempProfileProperty(Profile::HighlightScrolledLines, enable);
+}
+
 void EditProfileDialog::setupMousePage(const Profile::Ptr &profile)
 {
     const auto options = QVector<BooleanOption>{
diff --git a/src/EditProfileScrollingPage.ui b/src/EditProfileScrollingPage.ui
--- a/src/EditProfileScrollingPage.ui
+++ b/src/EditProfileScrollingPage.ui
@@ -189,6 +189,45 @@
        </attribute>
       </widget>
      </item>
+     <item row="8" column="1">
+      <spacer>
+       <property name="orientation">
+        <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeType">
+        <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+        <size>
+         <width>20</width>
+         <height>16</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+      </spacer>
+     </item>
+     <item row="9" column="0" alignment="Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignVCenter">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Preferred">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Highlighting:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment">
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="9" column="1">
+      <widget class="QCheckBox" name="highlightScrolledLinesButton">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Highlight the lines coming into view</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
diff --git a/src/Profile.h b/src/Profile.h
--- a/src/Profile.h
+++ b/src/Profile.h
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@
          * height or half height.
              */
         ScrollFullPage,
+        /** (bool) Specifies whether the the lines that are scrolled into view
+         * should be highlighted.
+             */
+        HighlightScrolledLines,
         /** (bool) Specifies whether the terminal will enable Bidirectional
          * text display
          */
diff --git a/src/Profile.cpp b/src/Profile.cpp
--- a/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     , { HistorySize , "HistorySize" , SCROLLING_GROUP , QVariant::Int }
     , { ScrollBarPosition , "ScrollBarPosition" , SCROLLING_GROUP , QVariant::Int }
     , { ScrollFullPage , "ScrollFullPage" , SCROLLING_GROUP , QVariant::Bool }
+    , { HighlightScrolledLines , "HighlightScrolledLines" , SCROLLING_GROUP , QVariant::Bool }
 
     // Terminal Features
     , { UrlHintsModifiers , "UrlHintsModifiers" , TERMINAL_GROUP , QVariant::Int }
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@
     setProperty(HistorySize, 1000);
     setProperty(ScrollBarPosition, Enum::ScrollBarRight);
     setProperty(ScrollFullPage, false);
+    setProperty(HighlightScrolledLines, false);
 
     setProperty(FlowControlEnabled, true);
     setProperty(UrlHintsModifiers, 0);
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.h b/src/TerminalDisplay.h
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.h
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 
     void setScrollFullPage(bool fullPage);
     bool scrollFullPage() const;
+    void setHighlightScrolledLines(bool highlight);
 
     /**
      * Returns the display's filter chain.  When the image for the display is updated,
@@ -605,6 +606,8 @@
     void drawContents(QPainter &painter, const QRect &rect);
     // draw a transparent rectangle over the line of the current match
     void drawCurrentResultRect(QPainter &painter);
+    // draw a tranparent rectangle over the lines that have been scrolled in
+    void highlightScrolledLinesRect(QPainter& painter);
     // draws a section of text, all the text in this section
     // has a common color and style
     void drawTextFragment(QPainter &painter, const QRect &rect, const QString &text,
@@ -847,6 +850,12 @@
     IncrementalSearchBar *_searchBar;
 
     QRect _searchResultRect;
+
+    bool _highlightScrolledLines;
+    bool _needToHighlightLines;
+    QRect _highlightScrolledLinesRect;
+    int _previousScrollCount;
+
     friend class TerminalDisplayAccessible;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
         });
         connect(_screenWindow.data(), &Konsole::ScreenWindow::scrolled, this, [this]() {
             _filterUpdateRequired = true;
+            _needToHighlightLines = true;
         });
         _screenWindow->setWindowLines(_lines);
     }
@@ -483,6 +484,10 @@
     , _scrollWheelState(ScrollState())
     , _searchBar(new IncrementalSearchBar(this))
     , _searchResultRect(QRect())
+    , _highlightScrolledLines(false)
+    , _needToHighlightLines(false)
+    , _highlightScrolledLinesRect(QRect())
+    , _previousScrollCount(0)
 {
     // terminal applications are not designed with Right-To-Left in mind,
     // so the layout is forced to Left-To-Right
@@ -1200,8 +1205,30 @@
         dirtyRegion |= QRect(0, _contentRect.top() + (_screenWindow->currentResultLine() - _screenWindow->currentLine()) * _fontHeight,
                              _columns * _fontWidth, _fontHeight);
     }
-    _screenWindow->resetScrollCount();
 
+    if (_highlightScrolledLines && _needToHighlightLines) {
+        if (_previousScrollCount != 0) {
+            const int nb_lines = abs(_previousScrollCount);
+            int start = 0;
+            if (_screenWindow->scrollCount() * _previousScrollCount < 0) {
+                start = _previousScrollCount > 0 ? _screenWindow->windowLines() - _previousScrollCount : 0;
+            } else {
+                start = _screenWindow->scrollCount() < 0 ? abs(_screenWindow->scrollCount()) :
+                        _screenWindow->windowLines() - _screenWindow->scrollCount() - _previousScrollCount;
+            }
+            dirtyRegion |= QRect(0, _contentRect.top() + start * _fontHeight, _columns * _fontWidth, nb_lines * _fontHeight);
+        }
+        if (_screenWindow->scrollCount() != 0) {
+            const int nb_lines = abs(_screenWindow->scrollCount());
+            const int start = _screenWindow->scrollCount() > 0 ? _screenWindow->windowLines() - _screenWindow->scrollCount() : 0;
+            _highlightScrolledLinesRect.setRect(0, _contentRect.top() + start * _fontHeight, _columns * _fontWidth, nb_lines * _fontHeight);
+            dirtyRegion |= _highlightScrolledLinesRect;
+        } else {
+            _highlightScrolledLinesRect.setRect(0, 0, 0, 0);
+        }
+        _previousScrollCount = _screenWindow->scrollCount();
+    }
+    _screenWindow->resetScrollCount();
 
     // update the parts of the display which have changed
     update(dirtyRegion);
@@ -1265,6 +1292,7 @@
         drawContents(paint, rect);
     }
     drawCurrentResultRect(paint);
+    highlightScrolledLinesRect(paint);
     drawInputMethodPreeditString(paint, preeditRect());
     paintFilters(paint);
 
@@ -1682,6 +1710,19 @@
     painter.fillRect(_searchResultRect, QColor(0, 0, 255, 80));
 }
 
+void TerminalDisplay::highlightScrolledLinesRect(QPainter& painter)
+{
+    if (!_highlightScrolledLines || !_needToHighlightLines) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    _needToHighlightLines = false;
+
+    QColor color = QColor(_colorTable[DEFAULT_FORE_COLOR]);
+    color.setAlpha(20);
+    painter.fillRect(_highlightScrolledLinesRect, color);
+}
+
 QRect TerminalDisplay::imageToWidget(const QRect& imageArea) const
 {
     QRect result;
@@ -2050,6 +2091,12 @@
     return _scrollFullPage;
 }
 
+
+void TerminalDisplay::setHighlightScrolledLines(bool highlight)
+{
+    _highlightScrolledLines = highlight;
+}
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /*                                                                           */
 /*                                  Mouse                                    */
@@ -2690,6 +2737,7 @@
 {
     Q_ASSERT(_sessionController != nullptr);
     _sessionController->setSearchStartToWindowCurrentLine();
+    _needToHighlightLines = true;
 }
 
 /* Moving left/up from the line containing pnt, return the starting
@@ -3904,4 +3952,7 @@
     // mouse wheel zoom
     _mouseWheelZoom = profile->mouseWheelZoomEnabled();
     setAlternateScrolling(profile->property<bool>(Profile::AlternateScrolling));
+
+    // hightlight lines scrolled in view
+    setHighlightScrolledLines(profile->property<bool>(Profile::HighlightScrolledLines));
 }