diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index 846fbb6dff..aabae678f1 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 	<string name="settings_keep_screen_on">Keep screen on.</string>
 	<string name="prefs_use_arabic_names">useArabicNames</string>
 	<string name="prefs_keep_screen_on">keepScreenOn</string>
+	<string name="prefs_display_marker_popup">displayMarkerPopup</string>
 	<string name="prefs_lock_orientation">lockOrientation</string>
 	<string name="prefs_landscape_orientation">landscapeOrientation</string>
 	<string name="prefs_translation_text_size">translationTextSize</string>
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@
     <string name="no_active_translation">No active translation set, set an active translation first (Settings > Set Active Translation) and then search again.</string>
     <string name="set_active_translation">Set Active Translation</string>
     <string name="no_translations_available">You have not got any available translations, please download a translation first (Menu > Get More Translations) and then search again.</string>
+    <string name="prefs_category_reading">Reading Preferences</string>
     <string name="prefs_category_translation">Translation Preferences</string>
     <string name="prefs_category_display_settings">Display Settings</string>
     <string name="prefs_active_translation">activeTranslation</string>
diff --git a/res/xml/quran_preferences.xml b/res/xml/quran_preferences.xml
index 99506422ca..f8d7afdb18 100644
--- a/res/xml/quran_preferences.xml
+++ b/res/xml/quran_preferences.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 		<CheckBoxPreference android:title="Lock Screen Orientation" android:summaryOn="Quran page will be in  fixed orientation mode" android:summaryOff="Adaptive to current orientation mode" android:key="@string/prefs_lock_orientation" android:defaultValue="false" android:persistent="true" android:disableDependentsState="false"></CheckBoxPreference>
 		<CheckBoxPreference android:key="@string/prefs_landscape_orientation" android:title="Landscape Orientation" android:persistent="true" android:summaryOn="Landscape orientation will be used" android:summaryOff="Portrait orientation will be used" android:dependency="@string/prefs_lock_orientation"></CheckBoxPreference>
 	</PreferenceCategory>
+	<PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/prefs_category_reading">
+		<CheckBoxPreference 
+			android:title="Display Marker Popups" 
+			android:summaryOn="Display popup when reaching Juz', Hizb, etc." android:summaryOff="Don't display popup when reaching Juz', Hizb, etc." 
+			android:persistent="true" android:key="@string/prefs_display_marker_popup">
+		</CheckBoxPreference>
+	</PreferenceCategory>
 	<PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/prefs_category_translation">
 		<com.quran.labs.androidquran.widgets.SelectTranslationPreference
 	    android:key="@string/prefs_active_translation"