diff --git a/src/gui/widget/msgbox.cpp b/src/gui/widget/msgbox.cpp
index 51480afa1..151a0cc73 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/msgbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/msgbox.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int CMsgBox::exec()
 	ccw_footer->getSelectedButtonObject()->setButtonAlias(mb_show_button);
 	int selected = ccw_footer->getSelectedButton();
 	if (timeout == NO_TIMEOUT)
-		timeout = 0;
+		timeout = MSGBOX_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 
 	uint64_t timeoutEnd = CRCInput::calcTimeoutEnd(timeout);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/msgbox.h b/src/gui/widget/msgbox.h
index 47abd9a54..5c81dfb33 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/msgbox.h
+++ b/src/gui/widget/msgbox.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #define MSGBOX_MIN_WIDTH HINTBOX_MIN_WIDTH
 #define MSGBOX_MIN_HEIGHT HINTBOX_MIN_HEIGHT + 75
 
+#define MSGBOX_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT g_settings.timing[SNeutrinoSettings::TIMING_STATIC_MESSAGES]
 #define DEFAULT_MSGBOX_TEXT_MODE (CMsgBox::CENTER | CMsgBox::AUTO_WIDTH | CMsgBox::AUTO_HIGH)
 
 //! Sub class of CHintBox. Shows a window as a messagebox
diff --git a/src/system/locals.h b/src/system/locals.h
index 5621aa1e5..d638c71c3 100644
--- a/src/system/locals.h
+++ b/src/system/locals.h
@@ -2434,6 +2434,7 @@ typedef enum
 	LOCALE_TIMING_MENU,
 	LOCALE_TIMING_NUMERICZAP,
 	LOCALE_TIMING_POPUP_MESSAGES,
+	LOCALE_TIMING_STATIC_MESSAGES,
 	LOCALE_TIMING_VOLUMEBAR,
 	LOCALE_TMDB_API_KEY,
 	LOCALE_TMDB_ENABLED,
diff --git a/src/system/locals_intern.h b/src/system/locals_intern.h
index 875066c28..ef44b6316 100644
--- a/src/system/locals_intern.h
+++ b/src/system/locals_intern.h
@@ -2434,6 +2434,7 @@ const char * locale_real_names[] =
 	"timing.menu",
 	"timing.numericzap",
 	"timing.popup_messages",
+	"timing.static_messages",
 	"timing.volumebar",
 	"tmdb.api_key",
 	"tmdb.enabled",
diff --git a/src/system/settings.h b/src/system/settings.h
index fbb47ee6e..488bf97a2 100644
--- a/src/system/settings.h
+++ b/src/system/settings.h
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ struct SNeutrinoSettings
 		TIMING_FILEBROWSER	= 7,
 		TIMING_NUMERICZAP	= 8,
 		TIMING_POPUP_MESSAGES	= 9,
+		TIMING_STATIC_MESSAGES	= 10,
 
 		TIMING_SETTING_COUNT
 	};
@@ -875,7 +876,8 @@ const time_settings_struct_t timing_setting[SNeutrinoSettings::TIMING_SETTING_CO
  	{ 3,	LOCALE_TIMING_VOLUMEBAR   },
 	{ 60,	LOCALE_TIMING_FILEBROWSER },
 	{ 3,	LOCALE_TIMING_NUMERICZAP  },
-	{ 6,	LOCALE_TIMING_POPUP_MESSAGES}
+	{ 6,	LOCALE_TIMING_POPUP_MESSAGES},
+	{ 0,	LOCALE_TIMING_STATIC_MESSAGES}
 };
 
 // lcdd