Index: app/gwenviewui.rc
===================================================================
--- app/gwenviewui.rc
+++ app/gwenviewui.rc
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
         <Action name="view_zoom_in"/>
         <Action name="view_zoom_out"/>
         <Separator/>
+        <Action name="toggle_bird_eye_view" />
+        <Separator/>
         <Action name="sort_by"/>
         <Action name="thumbnail_details"/>
         <Separator/>
Index: app/viewmainpage.h
===================================================================
--- app/viewmainpage.h
+++ app/viewmainpage.h
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@
     void goToBrowseModeRequested();
 
     void captionUpdateRequested(const QString&);
+    
+    void birdEyeViewChanged(bool);
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void setStatusBarVisible(bool);
@@ -150,6 +152,8 @@
     void deselectView(DocumentView*);
 
     void slotDirModelItemsAddedOrRemoved();
+    
+    void toggleBirdEyeView(bool);
 
 protected:
     bool eventFilter(QObject* watched, QEvent* event) override;
Index: app/viewmainpage.cpp
===================================================================
--- app/viewmainpage.cpp
+++ app/viewmainpage.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
     ThumbnailBarView* mThumbnailBar;
     KToggleAction* mToggleThumbnailBarAction;
     KToggleAction* mSynchronizeAction;
+    KToggleAction* mToggleBirdEyeViewAction;
     QCheckBox* mSynchronizeCheckBox;
     KSqueezedTextLabel* mDocumentCountLabel;
 
@@ -254,6 +255,8 @@
         QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::hudDeselectClicked, q, &ViewMainPage::deselectView);
 
         QObject::connect(view, &DocumentView::videoFinished, mSlideShow, &SlideShow::resumeAndGoToNextUrl);
+        
+        QObject::connect(q, &ViewMainPage::birdEyeViewChanged, view, &DocumentView::toggleBirdEyeView);
 
         mDocumentViews << view;
 #ifdef KF5Activities_FOUND
@@ -465,6 +468,12 @@
             this, &ViewMainPage::slotDirModelItemsAddedOrRemoved);
     connect(d->mThumbnailBar, &ThumbnailBarView::rowsRemovedSignal,
             this, &ViewMainPage::slotDirModelItemsAddedOrRemoved);
+            
+    d->mToggleBirdEyeViewAction = view->add<KToggleAction>("toggle_bird_eye_view");
+    d->mToggleBirdEyeViewAction->setCheckable(true);
+    d->mToggleBirdEyeViewAction->setText(i18n("Bird's eye view"));
+    d->mToggleBirdEyeViewAction->setChecked(GwenviewConfig::birdEyeView());
+    connect(d->mToggleBirdEyeViewAction, &QAction::toggled, this, &ViewMainPage::toggleBirdEyeView);
 
     installEventFilter(this);
 }
@@ -715,6 +724,7 @@
         DocumentView* view = it.value();
         DocumentView::Setup savedSetup = d->mDocumentViewContainer->savedSetup(url);
         view->openUrl(url, d->mZoomMode == ZoomMode::Individual && savedSetup.valid ? savedSetup : setup);
+        view->toggleBirdEyeView(GwenviewConfig::birdEyeView());
 #ifdef KF5Activities_FOUND
         d->mActivityResources.value(view)->setUri(url);
         d->mActivityResources.value(view)->setMimetype(MimeTypeUtils::urlMimeType(url));
@@ -873,4 +883,10 @@
     d->updateDocumentCountLabel();
 }
 
+void ViewMainPage::toggleBirdEyeView(bool checked)
+{
+	GwenviewConfig::setBirdEyeView(checked);
+	emit birdEyeViewChanged(checked);
+}
+
 } // namespace
Index: lib/documentview/birdeyeview.h
===================================================================
--- lib/documentview/birdeyeview.h
+++ lib/documentview/birdeyeview.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void slotZoomOrSizeChanged();
+    void toggleBirdEyeView(bool);
 
 protected:
     void mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent* event) override;
Index: lib/documentview/birdeyeview.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/documentview/birdeyeview.cpp
+++ lib/documentview/birdeyeview.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     QRectF mVisibleRect;
     QPointF mStartDragMousePos;
     QPointF mStartDragViewPos;
+    bool enabled;
 
     void updateCursor(const QPointF& pos)
     {
@@ -69,25 +70,32 @@
     void updateVisibility()
     {
         bool visible;
-        if (!mDocView->canZoom() || mDocView->zoomToFit()) {
-            // No need to show
-            visible = false;
-        } else if (mDocView->isAnimated()) {
-            // Do not show while animated
-            visible = false;
-        } else if (mVisibleRect == q->boundingRect()) {
-            // All of the image is visible
-            visible = false;
-        } else if (q->isUnderMouse() || !mStartDragMousePos.isNull()) {
-            // User is interacting or about to interact with birdeyeview
-            visible = true;
-        } else if (mAutoHideTimer->isActive()) {
-            // User triggered some activity recently (move mouse, scroll, zoom)
-            visible = true;
-        } else {
-            // No recent activity
-            visible = false;
+        
+        if (enabled) {
+            if (!mDocView->canZoom() || mDocView->zoomToFit()) {
+                // No need to show
+                visible = false;
+            } else if (mDocView->isAnimated()) {
+                // Do not show while animated
+                visible = false;
+            } else if (mVisibleRect == q->boundingRect()) {
+                // All of the image is visible
+                visible = false;
+            } else if (q->isUnderMouse() || !mStartDragMousePos.isNull()) {
+                // User is interacting or about to interact with birdeyeview
+                visible = true;
+            } else if (mAutoHideTimer->isActive()) {
+                // User triggered some activity recently (move mouse, scroll, zoom)
+                visible = true;
+            } else {
+                // No recent activity
+                visible = false;
+            }
         }
+        else {
+            visible = false;        
+        }
+        
         qreal wantedOpacity = visible ? 1 : 0;
         if (!qFuzzyCompare(wantedOpacity, q->opacity())) {
             mOpacityAnim->setEndValue(wantedOpacity);
@@ -106,6 +114,7 @@
 {
     d->q = this;
     d->mDocView = docView;
+    d->enabled = true;
     setFlag(ItemIsSelectable);
     setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
     setAcceptHoverEvents(true);
@@ -126,6 +135,7 @@
     connect(docView, &DocumentView::zoomChanged, this, &BirdEyeView::slotZoomOrSizeChanged);
     connect(docView, &DocumentView::zoomToFitChanged, this, &BirdEyeView::slotZoomOrSizeChanged);
     connect(docView, &DocumentView::positionChanged, this, &BirdEyeView::slotPositionChanged);
+    connect(docView, &DocumentView::birdEyeViewChanged, this, &BirdEyeView::toggleBirdEyeView);
 }
 
 BirdEyeView::~BirdEyeView()
@@ -200,6 +210,12 @@
     d->updateVisibility();
 }
 
+void BirdEyeView::toggleBirdEyeView(bool enabled)
+{
+	d->enabled = enabled;
+	d->updateVisibility();	
+}
+
 void BirdEyeView::slotPositionChanged()
 {
     adjustVisibleRect();
Index: lib/documentview/documentview.h
===================================================================
--- lib/documentview/documentview.h
+++ lib/documentview/documentview.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@
 
     void setZoomToFill(bool);
     void toggleZoomToFill();
+    
+    void toggleBirdEyeView(bool);
 
     void setPosition(const QPoint&);
 
@@ -186,6 +188,8 @@
     void zoomToFitChanged(bool);
 
     void zoomToFillChanged(bool);
+    
+    void birdEyeViewChanged(bool);
 
     void positionChanged();
 
Index: lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
+++ lib/documentview/documentview.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
     connect(d->mTouch, &Touch::swipeLeftTriggered, this, &DocumentView::swipeLeft);
     connect(d->mTouch, &Touch::PanTriggered, this, &DocumentView::panGesture);
     connect(d->mTouch, &Touch::tapHoldAndMovingTriggered, this, &DocumentView::startDragFromTouch);
-
+    
     // We use an opacity effect instead of using the opacity property directly, because the latter operates at
     // the painter level, which means if you draw multiple layers in paint(), all layers get the specified
     // opacity, resulting in all layers being visible when 0 < opacity < 1.
@@ -670,6 +670,10 @@
     }
 }
 
+void DocumentView::toggleBirdEyeView(bool enabled) {
+    emit birdEyeViewChanged(enabled);
+}
+
 bool DocumentView::zoomToFit() const
 {
     return d->mAdapter->zoomToFit();
Index: lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
===================================================================
--- lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
+++ lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@
         <entry name="EnlargeSmallerImages" type="Bool">
             <default>false</default>
         </entry>
+        
+        <entry name="BirdEyeView" type="Bool">
+            <default>true</default>
+        </entry>
 
         <entry name="ApplyExifOrientation" type="Bool">
             <default>true</default>