diff --git a/conf/okular.kcfg b/conf/okular.kcfg
index 859f12fe8..a045af78d 100644
--- a/conf/okular.kcfg
+++ b/conf/okular.kcfg
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@
   <entry key="TocPageColumn" type="Bool" >
    <default>true</default>
   </entry>
+  <entry key="SidebarShowText" type="Bool" >
+   <default>true</default>
+  </entry>
  </group>
  <group name="PageView" >
   <entry key="CenterFirstPageInRow" type="Bool" >
diff --git a/ui/sidebar.cpp b/ui/sidebar.cpp
index 3e8c6a6dd..5f12d7967 100644
--- a/ui/sidebar.cpp
+++ b/ui/sidebar.cpp
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ Sidebar::Sidebar( QWidget *parent )
     d->list->setMouseTracking( true );
     d->list->viewport()->setAttribute( Qt::WA_Hover );
     d->sideDelegate = new SidebarDelegate( d->list );
+    d->sideDelegate->setShowText( Okular::Settings::sidebarShowText() );
     d->list->setItemDelegate( d->sideDelegate );
     d->list->setUniformItemSizes( true );
     d->list->setSelectionMode( QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection );
@@ -569,6 +570,8 @@ void Sidebar::showTextToggled( bool on )
     d->adjustListSize( on );
     d->list->reset();
     d->list->update();
+    Okular::Settings::setSidebarShowText( on );
+    Okular::Settings::self()->writeConfig();
 }
 
 #include "sidebar.moc"