diff --git a/app/src/main/java/audio/funkwhale/ffa/playback/PlayerService.kt b/app/src/main/java/audio/funkwhale/ffa/playback/PlayerService.kt
index 75d8cc7..e88cd9a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/audio/funkwhale/ffa/playback/PlayerService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/audio/funkwhale/ffa/playback/PlayerService.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayer
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.PlaybackException
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Player
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Tracks
+import com.preference.PowerPreference
 import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers.IO
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers.Main
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
-import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.collect
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.koin.java.KoinJavaComponent.inject
@@ -422,11 +422,24 @@ class PlayerService : Service() {
     return allowed
   }
 
+  private fun skipBackwardsAfterPause(): Int {
+    val deltaPref = PowerPreference.getDefaultFile().getString("auto_skip_backwards_on_pause")
+    val delta = deltaPref.toFloatOrNull()
+    return if (delta == null) 0 else (delta * 1000).toInt()
+  }
+
   @SuppressLint("NewApi")
   inner class PlayerEventListener : Player.Listener {
     override fun onIsPlayingChanged(isPlaying: Boolean) {
       super.onIsPlayingChanged(isPlaying)
       mediaControlsManager.updateNotification(queue.current(), isPlaying)
+      if (!isPlaying) {
+        val delta = skipBackwardsAfterPause()
+        val (current, duration, _) = getProgress(true)
+        val position = if (current > delta) current - delta  else 0
+        player.seekTo(position.toLong())
+        ProgressBus.send(position, duration, ((position.toFloat()) / duration / 10).toInt())
+      }
     }
 
     override fun onPlayWhenReadyChanged(playWhenReady: Boolean, reason: Int) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index bd28840..4b4e30c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
   <string name="settings_play_order_shuffle_summary">You prefer shuffling album tracks</string>
   <string name="settings_play_order_in_order">Play albums in order</string>
   <string name="settings_play_order_in_order_summary">You prefer playing albums in order</string>
+  <string name="settings_auto_skip_backwards_on_pause">Skip backwards when pausing</string>
+  <string name="settings_auto_skip_backwards_on_pause_summary">Number of seconds to skip backwards when playing is paused</string>
   <string name="settings_other">Other</string>
   <string name="settings_night_mode">Dark mode</string>
   <string name="settings_night_mode_on">Always on (dark mode)</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/settings.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/settings.xml
index ecb8e6b..78fc4b7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/settings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/settings.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
       android:icon="@drawable/play"
       android:key="play_order"
       android:title="@string/settings_play_order" />
+    <EditTextPreference
+        android:defaultValue="0"
+        android:dialogTitle="@string/settings_auto_skip_backwards_on_pause_summary"
+        android:icon="@drawable/pause"
+        android:inputType="number"
+        android:key="auto_skip_backwards_on_pause"
+        android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
+        android:singleLine="true"
+        android:summary="@string/settings_auto_skip_backwards_on_pause_summary"
+        android:title="@string/settings_auto_skip_backwards_on_pause"
+        android:visibility="visible"
+        app:useSimpleSummaryProvider="true"/>
 
   </PreferenceCategory>
 
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/134.feature b/changes/changelog.d/134.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8957b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/134.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow backward skip after pause by configurable number of seconds (contributed by hdasch)