diff --git a/CHANGELOG.develop b/CHANGELOG.develop
index 12f7a062a..6ad7f421b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.develop
+++ b/CHANGELOG.develop
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ In org-agenda-mode
     performance in emacs 27 (thanks to Maximilian Wolff)
   - New variable =dotspacemacs-show-trailing-whitespace= (thanks to duianto)
   - New var =dotspacemacs-startup-buffer-multi-digit-delay= (thanks to duianto)
+  - New variable =dotspacemacs-scroll-bar-while-scrolling= (thanks to duianto)
 - Removed Variables:
   - Removed unused variable =dotspacemacs-verbose-loading= from
     =.spacemacs.template= (thanks to Ying Qu)
diff --git a/core/core-dotspacemacs.el b/core/core-dotspacemacs.el
index c2c09af23..49ba396ea 100644
--- a/core/core-dotspacemacs.el
+++ b/core/core-dotspacemacs.el
@@ -500,6 +500,12 @@ screen."
   'boolean
   'spacemacs-dotspacemacs-init)
 
+(spacemacs|defc dotspacemacs-scroll-bar-while-scrolling t
+  "Show the scroll bar while scrolling. The auto hide time can be configured by
+setting this variable to a number."
+  '(choice boolean number)
+  'spacemacs-dotspacemacs-init)
+
 (spacemacs|defc dotspacemacs-line-numbers nil
   "Control line numbers activation.
 If set to `t' or `relative' line numbers are turned on in all `prog-mode' and
diff --git a/core/templates/.spacemacs.template b/core/templates/.spacemacs.template
index b38cbb5ec..3e3b442af 100644
--- a/core/templates/.spacemacs.template
+++ b/core/templates/.spacemacs.template
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ It should only modify the values of Spacemacs settings."
    ;; when it reaches the top or bottom of the screen. (default t)
    dotspacemacs-smooth-scrolling t
 
+   ;; Show the scroll bar while scrolling. The auto hide time can be configured
+   ;; by setting this variable to a number. (default t)
+   dotspacemacs-scroll-bar-while-scrolling t
+
    ;; Control line numbers activation.
    ;; If set to `t', `relative' or `visual' then line numbers are enabled in all
    ;; `prog-mode' and `text-mode' derivatives. If set to `relative', line
diff --git a/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-defaults/funcs.el b/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-defaults/funcs.el
index 3d9c7fe0e..b3c3fab89 100644
--- a/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-defaults/funcs.el
+++ b/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-defaults/funcs.el
@@ -1442,6 +1442,7 @@ using a visual block/rectangle selection."
 (defun spacemacs//scroll-bar-hide ()
   " Hide the scroll bar."
   (scroll-bar-mode -1))
+
 (defun spacemacs//scroll-bar-show-delayed-hide (&rest _ignore)
   "Show the scroll bar for a couple of seconds, before hiding it.
 
@@ -1451,8 +1452,14 @@ This can be used to temporarily show the scroll bar when mouse wheel scrolling.
 The advice can be removed with:
 (advice-remove 'mwheel-scroll #'spacemacs//scroll-bar-show-delayed-hide)"
   (scroll-bar-mode 1)
-  (run-with-idle-timer 3 nil #'spacemacs//scroll-bar-hide))
-(when (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode)
+  (run-with-idle-timer
+   (if (numberp dotspacemacs-scroll-bar-while-scrolling)
+       dotspacemacs-scroll-bar-while-scrolling
+     3)
+   nil
+   #'spacemacs//scroll-bar-hide))
+(when (and (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode)
+           dotspacemacs-scroll-bar-while-scrolling)
   (advice-add 'mwheel-scroll :after #'spacemacs//scroll-bar-show-delayed-hide))
 
 ;; BEGIN linum mouse helpers