diff --git a/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown b/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown
index 2fc60df3..c0381035 100644
--- a/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown
+++ b/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown
@@ -1118,6 +1118,10 @@ The following properties are currently supported:
 - **require-input**:    boolean Listview requires user input to be unhidden.
     The list is still present and hitting accept will activate the first entry.
 
+### Overlay widget
+
+- **timeout**: The time the widget is visible when showing a temporary message.
+
 ## Listview widget
 
 The listview widget is special container widget.
diff --git a/source/view.c b/source/view.c
index ff4f844f..59d4d663 100644
--- a/source/view.c
+++ b/source/view.c
@@ -2847,6 +2847,7 @@ static gboolean rofi_view_overlay_timeout(G_GNUC_UNUSED gpointer user_data) {
     widget_disable(WIDGET(state->overlay));
   }
   CacheState.overlay_timeout = 0;
+  rofi_view_queue_redraw();
   return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
 }
 
@@ -2859,8 +2860,9 @@ void rofi_view_set_overlay_timeout(RofiViewState *state, const char *text) {
     return;
   }
   rofi_view_set_overlay(state, text);
+  int timeout = rofi_theme_get_integer(WIDGET(state->overlay), "timeout", 3);
   CacheState.overlay_timeout =
-      g_timeout_add_seconds(3, rofi_view_overlay_timeout, state);
+      g_timeout_add_seconds(timeout, rofi_view_overlay_timeout, state);
 }
 
 void rofi_view_set_overlay(RofiViewState *state, const char *text) {