diff --git a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
index d76843a27..3bffc9e31 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
+++ b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
@@ -1118,7 +1118,9 @@
     "title": "Performance",
     "enable-motion": "Enable transitions and animations",
     "enable-shadows": "Enable shadows",
-    "enable-backdrop-effects": "Enable background effects for menus, popups and panels"
+    "enable-backdrop-effects": "Enable background effects for menus, popups and panels",
+    "enable-smooth-scroll": "Enable smooth scrolling",
+    "app-restart-required": "(a restart of the application is required for the change to take effect)"
   },
   "ai_llm": {
     "not_started": "Not started",
diff --git a/apps/client/src/translations/ro/translation.json b/apps/client/src/translations/ro/translation.json
index cc068831a..69dc904b9 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/translations/ro/translation.json
+++ b/apps/client/src/translations/ro/translation.json
@@ -2013,7 +2013,9 @@
     "title": "Setări de performanță",
     "enable-motion": "Activează tranzițiile și animațiile",
     "enable-shadows": "Activează umbrirea elementelor",
-    "enable-backdrop-effects": "Activează efectele de fundal pentru meniuri, popup-uri și panouri"
+    "enable-backdrop-effects": "Activează efectele de fundal pentru meniuri, popup-uri și panouri",
+    "enable-smooth-scroll": "Activează derularea lină",
+    "app-restart-required": "(este necesară repornirea aplicației pentru ca modificarea să aibă efect)"
   },
   "settings": {
     "related_settings": "Setări similare"
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/appearance.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/appearance.tsx
index a6f5a77c6..5ff2ddddc 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/appearance.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/appearance.tsx
@@ -266,9 +266,20 @@ function Performance() {
             label={t("ui-performance.enable-backdrop-effects")}
             currentValue={backdropEffectsEnabled} onChange={setBackdropEffectsEnabled}
         />
+
+        {isElectron() && <SmoothScrollEnabledOption />}
+
     </OptionsSection>
 }
 
+function SmoothScrollEnabledOption() {
+    const [ smoothScrollEnabled, setSmoothScrollEnabled ] = useTriliumOptionBool("smoothScrollEnabled");
+
+    return <FormCheckbox
+        label={`${t("ui-performance.enable-smooth-scroll")} ${t("ui-performance.app-restart-required")}`}
+        currentValue={smoothScrollEnabled} onChange={setSmoothScrollEnabled}
+    />
+}
 
 function MaxContentWidth() {
     const [ maxContentWidth, setMaxContentWidth ] = useTriliumOption("maxContentWidth");
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
index d1af78e5a..673595830 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ async function main() {
     // needed for excalidraw export https://github.com/zadam/trilium/issues/4271
     electron.app.commandLine.appendSwitch("enable-experimental-web-platform-features");
     electron.app.commandLine.appendSwitch("lang", options.getOptionOrNull("formattingLocale") ?? "en");
+    
+    // Disable smooth scroll if the option is set
+    const smoothScrollEnabled = options.getOptionOrNull("smoothScrollEnabled");
+    if (smoothScrollEnabled === "false") {
+        electron.app.commandLine.appendSwitch("disable-smooth-scrolling");
+    }
 
     // Electron 36 crashes with "Using GTK 2/3 and GTK 4 in the same process is not supported" on some distributions.
     // See https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/46538 for more info.
diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/api/options.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/api/options.ts
index 290dd5743..4f76acd68 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/api/options.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/api/options.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const ALLOWED_OPTIONS = new Set<OptionNames>([
     "monthlyBackupEnabled",
     "motionEnabled",
     "shadowsEnabled",
+    "smoothScrollEnabled",
     "backdropEffectsEnabled",
     "maxContentWidth",
     "compressImages",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/options_init.ts b/apps/server/src/services/options_init.ts
index e2c0a7389..1fd945cdd 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/options_init.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/options_init.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ const defaultOptions: DefaultOption[] = [
     { name: "motionEnabled", value: "true", isSynced: false },
     { name: "shadowsEnabled", value: "true", isSynced: false },
     { name: "backdropEffectsEnabled", value: "true", isSynced: false },
-
+    { name: "smoothScrollEnabled", value: "true", isSynced: false },
 
     // Internationalization
     { name: "locale", value: "en", isSynced: true },
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/lib/options_interface.ts b/packages/commons/src/lib/options_interface.ts
index ae63d0250..a94b25857 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/lib/options_interface.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/lib/options_interface.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export interface OptionDefinitions extends KeyboardShortcutsOptions<KeyboardActi
     motionEnabled: boolean;
     shadowsEnabled: boolean;
     backdropEffectsEnabled: boolean;
+    smoothScrollEnabled: boolean;
     codeNoteTheme: string;
 
     initialized: boolean;