diff --git a/core/area.cpp b/core/area.cpp
index f29cf7fda..a27bff83d 100644
--- a/core/area.cpp
+++ b/core/area.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@ NormalizedRect& NormalizedRect::operator|= (const NormalizedRect & r)
     return *this;
 }
 
+NormalizedRect NormalizedRect::operator&( const NormalizedRect & r ) const
+{
+    if ( isNull() || r.isNull() )
+        return NormalizedRect();
+
+    NormalizedRect ret;
+    ret.left = qMax( left, r.left );
+    ret.top = qMax( top, r.top );
+    ret.bottom = qMin( bottom, r.bottom );
+    ret.right = qMin( right, r.right );
+    return ret;
+}
+
 NormalizedRect & NormalizedRect::operator=( const NormalizedRect & r )
 {
     left = r.left;
diff --git a/core/area.h b/core/area.h
index 4e3603494..d13c3cdf2 100644
--- a/core/area.h
+++ b/core/area.h
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ class OKULAR_EXPORT NormalizedRect
          */
         NormalizedRect& operator|=( const NormalizedRect &other );
 
+        /**
+         * Returns the intersection of this normalized rectangle with the specified
+         * @p other. If the rects do not intersect then the result is null.
+         *
+         * @since 0.7 (KDE 4.1)
+         */
+        NormalizedRect operator&( const NormalizedRect &other ) const;
+
         /**
          * Returns whether the normalized rectangle is equal to the @p other
          * normalized rectangle.