diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdogear.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdogear.lua
index 7bce087fb..511a5f781 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdogear.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdogear.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
 local IconWidget = require("ui/widget/iconwidget")
 local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
 local RightContainer = require("ui/widget/container/rightcontainer")
+local VerticalGroup = require("ui/widget/verticalgroup")
+local VerticalSpan = require("ui/widget/verticalspan")
 local Screen = Device.screen
 
 local ReaderDogear = InputContainer:new{}
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ function ReaderDogear:init()
     -- may be hidden by the icon (kopt's page_margin is quite obscure).
     self.dogear_max_size = math.ceil( math.min(Screen:getWidth(), Screen:getHeight()) / 32)
     self.dogear_size = nil
+    self.dogear_y_offset = 0
+    self.top_pad = nil
     self:setupDogear()
     self:resetLayout()
 end
@@ -30,8 +34,9 @@ function ReaderDogear:setupDogear(new_dogear_size)
         if self[1] then
             self[1]:free()
         end
-        self[1] = RightContainer:new{
-            dimen = Geom:new{w = Screen:getWidth(), h = self.dogear_size},
+        self.top_pad = VerticalSpan:new{width = self.dogear_y_offset}
+        self.vgroup = VerticalGroup:new{
+            self.top_pad,
             IconWidget:new{
                 icon = "dogear.opaque",
                 rotation_angle = BD.mirroredUILayout() and 90 or 0,
@@ -39,6 +44,10 @@ function ReaderDogear:setupDogear(new_dogear_size)
                 height = self.dogear_size,
             }
         }
+        self[1] = RightContainer:new{
+            dimen = Geom:new{w = Screen:getWidth(), h = self.dogear_y_offset + self.dogear_size},
+            self.vgroup
+        }
     end
 end
 
@@ -74,6 +83,34 @@ function ReaderDogear:onSetPageMargins(margins)
     self:setupDogear(new_dogear_size)
 end
 
+function ReaderDogear:updateDogearOffset()
+    if self.ui.document.info.has_pages then
+        return
+    end
+    self.dogear_y_offset = 0
+    if self.view.view_mode == "page" then
+        self.dogear_y_offset = self.ui.document:getHeaderHeight()
+    end
+    -- Update components heights and positionnings
+    if self[1] then
+        self[1].dimen.h = self.dogear_y_offset + self.dogear_size
+        self.top_pad.width = self.dogear_y_offset
+        self.vgroup:resetLayout()
+    end
+end
+
+function ReaderDogear:onUpdatePos()
+    -- Catching the top status bar toggling with :onSetStatusLine()
+    -- would be too early. But "UpdatePos" is sent after it has
+    -- been applied
+    self:updateDogearOffset()
+end
+
+function ReaderDogear:onChangeViewMode()
+    -- No top status bar when switching between page and scroll mode
+    self:updateDogearOffset()
+end
+
 function ReaderDogear:resetLayout()
     local new_screen_width = Screen:getWidth()
     if new_screen_width == self._last_screen_width then return end