diff --git a/page-widget.c b/page-widget.c
index cf5dce8..b4c80fb 100644
--- a/page-widget.c
+++ b/page-widget.c
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ enum properties_e
   PROP_SEARCH_RESULTS,
   PROP_SEARCH_RESULTS_LENGTH,
   PROP_SEARCH_RESULTS_CURRENT,
-  PROP_DRAW_SEACH_RESULTS
+  PROP_DRAW_SEACH_RESULTS,
+  PROP_LAST_VIEW,
 };
 
 static void
@@ -129,6 +130,8 @@ zathura_page_widget_class_init(ZathuraPageClass* class)
       g_param_spec_int("search-length", "search-length", "The number of search results", -1, INT_MAX, 0, G_PARAM_READABLE));
   g_object_class_install_property(object_class, PROP_DRAW_SEACH_RESULTS,
       g_param_spec_boolean("draw-search-results", "draw-search-results", "Set to true if search results should be drawn", FALSE, G_PARAM_WRITABLE));
+  g_object_class_install_property(object_class, PROP_LAST_VIEW,
+      g_param_spec_int("last-view", "last-view", "Last time the page has been viewed", -1, INT_MAX, 0, G_PARAM_READABLE));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -289,6 +292,9 @@ zathura_page_widget_get_property(GObject* object, guint prop_id, GValue* value,
     case PROP_SEARCH_RESULTS:
       g_value_set_pointer(value, priv->search.list);
       break;
+    case PROP_LAST_VIEW:
+      g_value_set_int(value, priv->last_view);
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID(object, prop_id, pspec);
   }
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 024e261..a709f64 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 static void render_job(void* data, void* user_data);
 static bool render(zathura_t* zathura, zathura_page_t* page);
+static gint render_thread_sort(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer data);
 
 struct render_thread_s
 {
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ render_init(zathura_t* zathura)
     goto error_free;
   }
 
+  g_thread_pool_set_sort_function(render_thread->pool, render_thread_sort, zathura);
+
   return render_thread;
 
 error_free:
@@ -189,3 +192,32 @@ render_all(zathura_t* zathura)
     gtk_widget_queue_resize(widget);
   }
 }
+
+static gint
+render_thread_sort(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer data)
+{
+  if (a == NULL || b == NULL || data == NULL) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  zathura_page_t* page_a = (zathura_page_t*) a;
+  zathura_page_t* page_b = (zathura_page_t*) b;
+  zathura_t* zathura     = (zathura_t*) data;
+
+  unsigned int page_a_index = zathura_page_get_index(page_a);
+  unsigned int page_b_index = zathura_page_get_index(page_b);
+
+  unsigned int last_view_a = 0;
+  unsigned int last_view_b = 0;
+
+  g_object_get(zathura->pages[page_a_index], "last-view", &last_view_a, NULL);
+  g_object_get(zathura->pages[page_b_index], "last-view", &last_view_b, NULL);
+
+  if (last_view_a > last_view_b) {
+    return -1;
+  } else if (last_view_b > last_view_a) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}