diff --git a/degesch.c b/degesch.c
index 74134ae..5c172f5 100644
--- a/degesch.c
+++ b/degesch.c
@@ -2425,6 +2425,11 @@ static struct config_schema g_config_behaviour[] =
 	  .comment   = "Input to strftime(3) for the date change line",
 	  .type      = CONFIG_ITEM_STRING,
 	  .default_  = "\"%F\"" },
+	{ .name      = "read_marker_char",
+	  .comment   = "The character to use for the read marker line",
+	  .type      = CONFIG_ITEM_STRING,
+	  .default_  = "\"-\"",
+	  .validate  = config_validate_nonjunk_string },
 	{ .name      = "logging",
 	  .comment   = "Log buffer contents to file",
 	  .type      = CONFIG_ITEM_BOOLEAN,
@@ -4097,7 +4102,28 @@ static void
 buffer_print_read_marker (struct app_context *ctx, FILE *stream, int flush_opts)
 {
 	struct formatter f = formatter_make (ctx, NULL);
-	formatter_add (&f, "#a-- -- -- ---\n", ATTR_READ_MARKER);
+	const int timestamp_width = 8;  // hardcoded to %T right now, simple
+	const char *marker_char = get_config_string (ctx->config.root,
+		"behaviour.read_marker_char");
+
+	// We could turn this off on FLUSH_OPT_NOWRAP, however our default pager
+	// wraps lines for us even if we don't do it ourselves, and thus there's
+	// no need to worry about inconsistency.
+	if (*marker_char)
+	{
+		struct str s = str_make ();
+		for (int i = 0; i < timestamp_width; i++)
+			str_append (&s, marker_char);
+		formatter_add (&f, "#a#s#r", ATTR_TIMESTAMP, s.str);
+		str_reset (&s);
+		for (int i = timestamp_width; i < g_terminal.columns; i++)
+			str_append (&s, marker_char);
+		formatter_add (&f, "#a#s#r\n", ATTR_READ_MARKER, s.str);
+		str_free (&s);
+	}
+	else
+		formatter_add (&f, "#a-- -- -- ---\n", ATTR_READ_MARKER);
+
 	formatter_flush (&f, stream, flush_opts);
 	// Flush the trailing formatting reset item
 	fflush (stream);