diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/config.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/config.ui
index 09c38fc908..4066daada2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/config.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/config.ui
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
+            <item row="8" column="0" colspan="2">
+             <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_remember_current_page">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Remember the &amp;current page when quitting</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
             <item row="3" column="1">
              <widget class="QSpinBox" name="max_view_width">
               <property name="suffix">
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
index 8ce0b46a6d..f5d986e757 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ def config(defaults=None):
     c.add_opt('hyphenate', default=False, help=_('Hyphenate text'))
     c.add_opt('hyphenate_default_lang', default='en',
             help=_('Default language for hyphenation rules'))
+    c.add_opt('remember_current_page', default=True,
+            help=_('Save the current position in the documentwhen quitting'))
 
     fonts = c.add_group('FONTS', _('Font options'))
     fonts('serif_family', default='Times New Roman' if iswindows else 'Liberation Serif',
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
 
         opts = config().parse()
         self.opt_remember_window_size.setChecked(opts.remember_window_size)
+        self.opt_remember_current_page.setChecked(opts.remember_current_page)
         self.serif_family.setCurrentFont(QFont(opts.serif_family))
         self.sans_family.setCurrentFont(QFont(opts.sans_family))
         self.mono_family.setCurrentFont(QFont(opts.mono_family))
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         c.set('fit_images', self.opt_fit_images.isChecked())
         c.set('max_view_width', int(self.max_view_width.value()))
         c.set('hyphenate', self.hyphenate.isChecked())
+        c.set('remember_current_page', self.opt_remember_current_page.isChecked())
         idx = self.hyphenate_default_lang.currentIndex()
         c.set('hyphenate_default_lang',
                 str(self.hyphenate_default_lang.itemData(idx).toString()))
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
index 96fe758ca6..f7b8a8d401 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow, Ui_EbookViewer):
         c = config().parse()
         self.frame.setMaximumWidth(c.max_view_width)
 
+    def get_remember_current_page_opt(self):
+        from calibre.gui2.viewer.documentview import config
+        c = config().parse()
+        return c.remember_current_page
+
     def print_book(self, preview):
         Printing(self.iterator.spine, preview)
 
@@ -578,7 +583,8 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow, Ui_EbookViewer):
         current_page = None
         self.existing_bookmarks = []
         for bm in bookmarks:
-            if bm[0] == 'calibre_current_page_bookmark':
+            if bm[0] == 'calibre_current_page_bookmark' and \
+                                self.get_remember_current_page_opt():
                 current_page = bm
             else:
                 self.existing_bookmarks.append(bm[0])
@@ -598,6 +604,8 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow, Ui_EbookViewer):
             self.set_bookmarks(bookmarks)
 
     def save_current_position(self):
+        if not self.get_remember_current_page_opt():
+            return
         try:
             pos = self.view.bookmark()
             bookmark = '%d#%s'%(self.current_index, pos)