diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e6d5486d1..8efe45500 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-02-22  Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
+
+	* doc/scanimage.man frontend/scanimage.c: Added support for asking
+	  for pressing a key before scanning a page in a batch scan. Patch
+	  from Dominik Fischer <dom_fischer@web.de>.
+
 2004-02-20  Oliver Schirrmeister <oschirr@abm.de>
 
 	* backend/fujitsu.c backend/fujitsu.h backend/fujitsu-scsi.h:
@@ -11,8 +17,8 @@
 	* backend/umax_pp_low.h backend/umax_pp_low.c backend/umax_pp.conf
 	  backend/umax_pp.c tools/umax_pp.c: added initial ECP support for
 	   scanner, laid groundwork for 610P support.
-
 	* backend/mustek_pp_ccd300.c: forgot parameters to wait_bank_change
+
 2004-02-14  Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
 
 	* doc/descriptions/unsupported.desc: Added HP ScanJet 4670 and
diff --git a/doc/scanimage.man b/doc/scanimage.man
index 5bbbf055e..2d7538fc2 100644
--- a/doc/scanimage.man
+++ b/doc/scanimage.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH scanimage 1 "15 Apr 2003" "@PACKAGEVERSION@" "SANE Scanner Access Now Easy"
+.TH scanimage 1 "22 Feb 2004" "@PACKAGEVERSION@" "SANE Scanner Access Now Easy"
 .IX scanimage
 .SH NAME
 scanimage \- scan an image
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ on a single-sided document feeder.  A specific command is provided to
 aid this:
 .B \-\-batch-double
 will automatically set the increment to 2.
+.B \-\-batch-prompt
+will ask for pressing RETURN before scanning a page. This can be used for
+scanning multiple pages without an automatic document feeder.
 .PP
 The
 .B \-\-accept-md5-only
diff --git a/frontend/scanimage.c b/frontend/scanimage.c
index fc94f4a84..bd2741276 100644
--- a/frontend/scanimage.c
+++ b/frontend/scanimage.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Image;
 #define OPTION_BATCH_START_AT	1004
 #define OPTION_BATCH_DOUBLE	1005
 #define OPTION_BATCH_INCREMENT	1006
+#define OPTION_BATCH_PROMPT    1007
 
 #define BATCH_COUNT_UNLIMITED -1
 
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ static struct option basic_options[] = {
   {"batch-start", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_BATCH_START_AT},
   {"batch-double", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_BATCH_DOUBLE},
   {"batch-increment", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_BATCH_INCREMENT},
+  {"batch-prompt", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_BATCH_PROMPT},
   {"format", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_FORMAT},
   {"accept-md5-only", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_MD5},
   {"icc-profile", required_argument, NULL, 'i'},
@@ -1466,7 +1468,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   const char *devname = 0;
   const char *defdevname = 0;
   const char *format = 0;
+  char readbuf[2];
+  char *readbuf2;
   int batch = 0;
+  int batch_prompt = 0;
   int batch_count = BATCH_COUNT_UNLIMITED;
   int batch_start_at = 1;
   int batch_increment = 1;
@@ -1520,6 +1525,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	case 'n':
 	  dont_scan = 1;
 	  break;
+	case OPTION_BATCH_PROMPT:
+          batch_prompt = 1;
+          break;
 	case OPTION_BATCH_INCREMENT:
 	  batch_increment = atoi (optarg);
 	  break;
@@ -1692,6 +1700,7 @@ standard output.\n\
     --batch-increment=#    increase number in filename by an amount of #\n\
     --batch-double         increment page number by two for 2sided originals\n\
                            being scanned in a single sided scanner\n\
+    --batch-prompt         ask for pressing a key before scanning a page\n\
     --accept-md5-only      only accept authorization requests using md5\n\
 -n, --dont-scan            only set options, don't actually scan\n\
 -T, --test                 test backend thoroughly\n\
@@ -1970,6 +1979,12 @@ List of available devices:", prog_name);
 
 	  if (batch)
 	    {
+	      if (batch_prompt)
+                {
+                  fprintf (stderr, "Place document no. %d on the scanner.\n", n);
+                  fprintf (stderr, "Press <RETURN> to continue.\n");
+                  readbuf2=fgets(readbuf, 2, stdin);
+                }
 	      fprintf (stderr, "Scanning page %d\n", n);
 	    }
 	  status = scan_it ();