diff --git a/src/qml/Chat/Timeline/EventList.qml b/src/qml/Chat/Timeline/EventList.qml
index 4ca24cf9..6c9962c1 100644
--- a/src/qml/Chat/Timeline/EventList.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Chat/Timeline/EventList.qml
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Rectangle {
             bottomMargin: theme.spacing
             verticalLayoutDirection: ListView.BottomToTop
 
+            // Keep x scroll pages cached, to limit images having to be
+            // reloaded from network.
+            cacheBuffer: height * 2
+
             onYPosChanged:
                 if (canLoad && yPos < 0.1) Qt.callLater(loadPastEvents)