diff --git a/part.rc b/part.rc
--- a/part.rc
+++ b/part.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE kpartgui SYSTEM "kpartgui.dtd">
-<kpartgui name="okular_part" version="41">
+<kpartgui name="okular_part" version="42">
 <MenuBar>
   <Menu name="file"><text>&amp;File</text>
     <Action name="get_new_stuff" group="file_open"/>
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     <Action name="speak_document"/>
     <Action name="speak_current_page"/>
     <Action name="speak_stop_all"/>
+    <Action name="speak_pause_resume"/>
   </Menu>
   <Menu name="settings"><text>&amp;Settings</text>
     <Action name="show_leftpanel" group="show_merge"/>
diff --git a/ui/pageview.h b/ui/pageview.h
--- a/ui/pageview.h
+++ b/ui/pageview.h
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@
         void slotSpeakDocument();
         void slotSpeakCurrentPage();
         void slotStopSpeaks();
+        void slotPauseResumeSpeech();
 #endif
         void slotAction( Okular::Action *action );
         void externalKeyPressEvent( QKeyEvent *e );
diff --git a/ui/pageview.cpp b/ui/pageview.cpp
--- a/ui/pageview.cpp
+++ b/ui/pageview.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
     QAction * aSpeakDoc;
     QAction * aSpeakPage;
     QAction * aSpeakStop;
+    QAction * aSpeakPauseResume;
     KActionCollection * actionCollection;
     QActionGroup * mouseModeActionGroup;
     QAction * aFitWindowToPage;
@@ -372,6 +373,7 @@
     d->aSpeakDoc = nullptr;
     d->aSpeakPage = nullptr;
     d->aSpeakStop = nullptr;
+    d->aSpeakPauseResume = nullptr;
     d->actionCollection = nullptr;
     d->aPageSizes=nullptr;
     d->setting_viewCols = Okular::Settings::viewColumns();
@@ -698,10 +700,16 @@
     ac->addAction( QStringLiteral("speak_stop_all"), d->aSpeakStop );
     d->aSpeakStop->setEnabled( false );
     connect( d->aSpeakStop, &QAction::triggered, this, &PageView::slotStopSpeaks );
+
+    d->aSpeakPauseResume = new QAction( QIcon::fromTheme( QStringLiteral("media-playback-pause") ), i18n( "Pause/Resume Speaking" ), this );
+    ac->addAction( QStringLiteral("speak_pause_resume"), d->aSpeakPauseResume );
+    d->aSpeakPauseResume->setEnabled( false );
+    connect( d->aSpeakPauseResume, &QAction::triggered, this, &PageView::slotPauseResumeSpeech );
 #else
     d->aSpeakDoc = 0;
     d->aSpeakPage = 0;
     d->aSpeakStop = 0;
+    d->aSpeakPauseResume = 0;
 #endif
 
     // Other actions
@@ -1246,6 +1254,7 @@
         const bool enablettsactions = haspages ? Okular::Settings::useTTS() : false;
         d->aSpeakDoc->setEnabled( enablettsactions );
         d->aSpeakPage->setEnabled( enablettsactions );
+        d->aSpeakPauseResume->setEnabled( enablettsactions );
     }
 #endif
     if (d->aMouseMagnifier)
@@ -2603,7 +2612,7 @@
                     {
                         // handle click over a image
                     }
-/*		Enrico and me have decided this is not worth the trouble it generates
+/*              Enrico and me have decided this is not worth the trouble it generates
                     else
                     {
                         // if not on a rect, the click selects the page
@@ -2812,6 +2821,7 @@
             QAction *textToClipboard = nullptr;
 #ifdef HAVE_SPEECH
             QAction *speakText = nullptr;
+            QAction *pauseResumeSpeech = nullptr;
 #endif
             QAction *imageToClipboard = nullptr;
             QAction *imageToFile = nullptr;
@@ -2828,7 +2838,10 @@
                 }
 #ifdef HAVE_SPEECH
                 if ( Okular::Settings::useTTS() )
+                {
                     speakText = menu.addAction( QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("text-speak")), i18n( "Speak Text" ) );
+                    pauseResumeSpeech = menu.addAction( QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("text-speak")), i18n( "Pause/Resume Speech" ) );
+                }
 #endif
                 if ( copyAllowed )
                 {
@@ -2898,6 +2911,11 @@
                     // [2] speech selection using TTS
                     d->tts()->say( selectedText );
                 }
+                else if ( choice == pauseResumeSpeech )
+                {
+                    // [3] pause or resume speech synthesis
+                    d->tts()->pauseResumeSpeech();
+                }
 #endif
             }
             }
@@ -3812,7 +3830,7 @@
 void PageView::scrollPosIntoView( const QPoint & pos )
 {
     // this number slows the speed of the page by its value, chosen not to be too fast or too slow, the actual speed is determined from the mouse position, not critical
-    const int damping=6; 
+    const int damping=6;
 
     if (pos.x() < horizontalScrollBar()->value()) d->dragScrollVector.setX((pos.x() - horizontalScrollBar()->value())/damping);
     else if (horizontalScrollBar()->value() + viewport()->width() < pos.x()) d->dragScrollVector.setX((pos.x() - horizontalScrollBar()->value() - viewport()->width())/damping);
@@ -5474,6 +5492,15 @@
 
     d->m_tts->stopAllSpeechs();
 }
+
+void PageView::slotPauseResumeSpeech()
+{
+    if ( !d->m_tts )
+        return;
+
+    d->m_tts->pauseResumeSpeech();
+}
+
 #endif
 
 void PageView::slotAction( Okular::Action *action )
diff --git a/ui/tts.h b/ui/tts.h
--- a/ui/tts.h
+++ b/ui/tts.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
         void say( const QString &text );
         void stopAllSpeechs();
+        void pauseResumeSpeech();
 
     public slots:
         void slotSpeechStateChanged(QTextToSpeech::State state);
diff --git a/ui/tts.cpp b/ui/tts.cpp
--- a/ui/tts.cpp
+++ b/ui/tts.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@
     d->speech->stop();
 }
 
+void OkularTTS::pauseResumeSpeech()
+{
+    if ( !d->speech )
+        return;
+
+    if ( d->speech->state() == QTextToSpeech::Speaking )
+        d->speech->pause();
+    else
+        d->speech->resume();
+}
+
 void OkularTTS::slotSpeechStateChanged(QTextToSpeech::State state)
 {
     if (state == QTextToSpeech::Speaking)