diff --git a/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua b/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
index d84bcf08b..0715a65f0 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ local order = {
         "battery_statistics",
         "storage_stat",
         "cloud_storage",
+        "read_timer",
         "----------------------------",
         "advanced_settings",
         "developer_options",
diff --git a/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua b/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
index 151875e6c..c3cfcc48f 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ local order = {
         "highlight_options",
         "change_font",
         "hyphenation",
+        "read_timer",
     },
     setting = {
         "read_from_right_to_left",
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
index 8e21c2f89..b86783254 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Example:
         input = "default value",
         input_hint = "hint text",
         input_type = "string",
+        description = "Some more description",
         -- text_type = "password",
         buttons = {
             {
@@ -38,36 +39,39 @@ Example:
 
 ]]
 
-local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
-local FrameContainer = require("ui/widget/container/framecontainer")
-local CenterContainer = require("ui/widget/container/centercontainer")
-local VerticalGroup = require("ui/widget/verticalgroup")
+local Blitbuffer = require("ffi/blitbuffer")
 local ButtonTable = require("ui/widget/buttontable")
-local TextWidget = require("ui/widget/textwidget")
-local LineWidget = require("ui/widget/linewidget")
+local CenterContainer = require("ui/widget/container/centercontainer")
+local Font = require("ui/font")
+local FrameContainer = require("ui/widget/container/framecontainer")
+local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
+local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
 local InputText = require("ui/widget/inputtext")
+local LineWidget = require("ui/widget/linewidget")
 local RenderText = require("ui/rendertext")
+local TextBoxWidget = require("ui/widget/textboxwidget")
+local TextWidget = require("ui/widget/textwidget")
+local VerticalGroup = require("ui/widget/verticalgroup")
+local Widget = require("ui/widget/widget")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local Screen = require("device").screen
-local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
-local Font = require("ui/font")
-local Blitbuffer = require("ffi/blitbuffer")
 
 local InputDialog = InputContainer:new{
     title = "",
     input = "",
     input_hint = "",
+    description = nil,
     buttons = nil,
     input_type = nil,
     enter_callback = nil,
 
     width = nil,
-    height = nil,
 
     text_width = nil,
     text_height = nil,
 
     title_face = Font:getFace("tfont", 22),
+    description_face = Font:getFace("cfont", 20),
     input_face = Font:getFace("cfont", 20),
 
     title_padding = Screen:scaleBySize(5),
@@ -99,6 +103,21 @@ function InputDialog:init()
         }
     }
 
+    if self.description then
+        self.description = FrameContainer:new{
+            padding = self.title_padding,
+            margin = self.title_margin,
+            bordersize = 0,
+            TextBoxWidget:new{
+                text = self.description,
+                face = self.description_face,
+                width = self.width,
+            }
+        }
+    else
+        self.description = Widget:new()
+    end
+
     self._input_widget = InputText:new{
         text = self.input,
         hint = self.input_hint,
@@ -120,6 +139,7 @@ function InputDialog:init()
         scroll = false,
         parent = self,
     }
+
     self.button_table = ButtonTable:new{
         width = self.width,
         button_font_face = "cfont",
@@ -128,6 +148,7 @@ function InputDialog:init()
         zero_sep = true,
         show_parent = self,
     }
+
     self.title_bar = LineWidget:new{
         dimen = Geom:new{
             w = self.button_table:getSize().w + self.button_padding,
@@ -145,6 +166,7 @@ function InputDialog:init()
             align = "left",
             self.title,
             self.title_bar,
+            self.description,
             -- input
             CenterContainer:new{
                 dimen = Geom:new{
diff --git a/plugins/readtimer.koplugin/main.lua b/plugins/readtimer.koplugin/main.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a259990bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/readtimer.koplugin/main.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+
+local InfoMessage = require("ui/widget/infomessage")
+local InputDialog = require("ui/widget/inputdialog")
+local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
+local WidgetContainer = require("ui/widget/container/widgetcontainer")
+local T = require("ffi/util").template
+local _ = require("gettext")
+
+local ReadTimer = WidgetContainer:new{
+    name = "readtimer",
+    time = 0,  -- The expected time of alarm if enabled, or 0.
+}
+
+function ReadTimer:init()
+    self.alarm_callback = function()
+        if self.time == 0 then return end -- How could this happen?
+        self.time = 0
+        UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
+            text = T(_("Read timer alarm\nTime's up. It's %1 now."), os.date("%c")),
+            timeout = 10,
+        })
+    end
+    self.ui.menu:registerToMainMenu(self)
+end
+
+function ReadTimer:scheduled()
+    return self.time ~= 0
+end
+
+function ReadTimer:remainingMinutes()
+    if self:scheduled() then
+        return os.difftime(self.time, os.time()) / 60
+    else
+        return math.huge
+    end
+end
+
+function ReadTimer:unschedule()
+    if self:scheduled() then
+        UIManager:unschedule(self.alarm_callback)
+        self.time = 0
+    end
+end
+
+function ReadTimer:addToMainMenu(menu_items)
+    menu_items.read_timer = {
+        text = _("Read timer"),
+        checked_func = function()
+            -- TODO (hzj-jie): Find a way to refresh the menu items after the buttons callbacks.
+            return self:scheduled()
+        end,
+        callback = function()
+            local description = _("When will the countdown timer notify you?")
+            local buttons = {{
+                text = _("Close"),
+                callback = function()
+                    UIManager:close(self.input)
+                end,
+            }, {
+                text = _("Start"),
+                callback = function()
+                    self:unschedule()
+                    local seconds = self.input:getInputValue() * 60
+                    if seconds > 0 then
+                        self.time = os.time() + seconds
+                        UIManager:scheduleIn(seconds, self.alarm_callback)
+                    end
+                    UIManager:close(self.input)
+                end,
+            }}
+            if self:scheduled() then
+                description = description ..
+                    T(_("\n\nYou have already set up a timer for %1 minutes from now. Setting a new one will overwrite it."),
+                      string.format("%.2f", self:remainingMinutes()))
+                table.insert(buttons, {
+                    text = _("Stop"),
+                    callback = function()
+                        self:unschedule()
+                        UIManager:close(self.input)
+                    end,
+                })
+            end
+            description = description .. _("\n\n  - Positive number is required.")
+
+            self.input = InputDialog:new{
+                title = _("Read timer"),
+                description = description,
+                input_type = "number",
+                input_hint = _("time in minutes"),
+                buttons = { buttons },
+            }
+            self.input:onShowKeyboard()
+            UIManager:show(self.input)
+        end,
+    }
+end
+
+return ReadTimer