diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/settings/DisplaySettings.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/settings/DisplaySettings.kt
index 5c14c60cbe..b0972a1b90 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/settings/DisplaySettings.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/settings/DisplaySettings.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ object DisplaySettings {
     const val KEY_LAST_ACTIVE_MOVIES_TAB = "com.battlelancer.seriesguide.moviesActiveTab"
     const val KEY_DISPLAY_EXACT_DATE = "com.battlelancer.seriesguide.shows.exactdate"
     const val KEY_PREVENT_SPOILERS = "com.battlelancer.seriesguide.PREVENT_SPOILERS"
+    const val KEY_DISABLE_ANIMATIONS = "seriesguide.DISABLE_ANIMATIONS"
 
     /**
      * Returns true for all screens with dpi higher than [DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_HIGH].
@@ -231,4 +232,13 @@ object DisplaySettings {
         return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
             .getBoolean(KEY_PREVENT_SPOILERS, false)
     }
+
+    /**
+     * If the app should disable or reduce animations to avoid sickness
+     * that are not covered by the Remove animations accessibility setting of the system.
+     */
+    fun isDisableAnimations(context: Context): Boolean {
+        return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
+            .getBoolean(KEY_DISABLE_ANIMATIONS, false)
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/ui/preferences/SgPreferencesFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/ui/preferences/SgPreferencesFragment.kt
index 84b291cd56..8a05786ea3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/ui/preferences/SgPreferencesFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/ui/preferences/SgPreferencesFragment.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import android.provider.Settings
 import android.text.TextUtils
 import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
+import androidx.core.app.TaskStackBuilder
 import androidx.core.content.edit
 import androidx.core.content.getSystemService
 import androidx.preference.ListPreference
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@ import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.streaming.StreamingSearch
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.streaming.StreamingSearchConfigureDialog
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.sync.SgSyncAdapter
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.ui.SeriesGuidePreferences
+import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.ui.ShowsActivity
+import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.ui.dialogs.L10nDialogFragment
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.ui.dialogs.NotificationSelectionDialogFragment
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.ui.dialogs.NotificationThresholdDialogFragment
-import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.ui.dialogs.L10nDialogFragment
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.ui.dialogs.TimeOffsetDialogFragment
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.util.LanguageTools
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.util.ThemeUtils
@@ -114,6 +116,17 @@ class SgPreferencesFragment : PreferenceFragmentCompat(),
             setListPreferenceSummary(this)
         }
 
+        findPreference<SwitchPreferenceCompat>(DisplaySettings.KEY_DISABLE_ANIMATIONS)!!.apply {
+            setOnPreferenceClickListener {
+                // restart to apply animation settings, go back to this settings screen
+                TaskStackBuilder.create(requireActivity())
+                    .addNextIntent(Intent(activity, ShowsActivity::class.java))
+                    .addNextIntent(requireActivity().intent)
+                    .startActivities()
+                true
+            }
+        }
+
         // show currently set values for list prefs
         setListPreferenceSummary(findPreference(DisplaySettings.KEY_NUMBERFORMAT))
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/util/ThemeUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/util/ThemeUtils.kt
index 0a6df98d19..2ca10b0f93 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/util/ThemeUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/battlelancer/seriesguide/util/ThemeUtils.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.AttrRes
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegate
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.R
+import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.settings.DisplaySettings
 import com.battlelancer.seriesguide.ui.SeriesGuidePreferences
 import com.uwetrottmann.androidutils.AndroidUtils
 import com.uwetrottmann.seriesguide.widgets.SlidingTabLayout
@@ -48,5 +49,6 @@ object ThemeUtils {
         setCustomTabView(R.layout.tabstrip_item_transparent, R.id.textViewTabStripItem)
         setSelectedIndicatorColors(getColorFromAttribute(context, R.attr.colorPrimary))
         setUnderlineColor(getColorFromAttribute(context, R.attr.sgColorDivider))
+        setDisableAnimations(DisplaySettings.isDisableAnimations(context))
     }
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 9b0d7f6e36..b5ee14580f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@
     <string name="pref_updatewifionly">Images via Wi-Fi only</string>
     <string name="pref_updatewifionlysummary">To reduce data charges, don\'t download over mobile or metered networks</string>
     <string name="pref_error_reports">Report errors to app developer</string>
+    <string name="pref_disable_animations">Reduce animations</string>
 
     <plurals name="days_before_plural">
         <item quantity="one">%d day before</item>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_root.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_root.xml
index 7b5b1608db..8ba21c01de 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_root.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_root.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
             app:key="numberformat"
             app:title="@string/pref_number" />
 
+        <SwitchPreferenceCompat
+            app:defaultValue="False"
+            app:iconSpaceReserved="false"
+            app:key="seriesguide.DISABLE_ANIMATIONS"
+            app:title="@string/pref_disable_animations" />
+
     </PreferenceCategory>
 
     <PreferenceCategory
diff --git a/widgets/src/main/java/com/uwetrottmann/seriesguide/widgets/SlidingTabLayout.java b/widgets/src/main/java/com/uwetrottmann/seriesguide/widgets/SlidingTabLayout.java
index 0fbf248f0d..b7ff99ad0e 100644
--- a/widgets/src/main/java/com/uwetrottmann/seriesguide/widgets/SlidingTabLayout.java
+++ b/widgets/src/main/java/com/uwetrottmann/seriesguide/widgets/SlidingTabLayout.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public interface TabTitleSupplier {
 
     private int tabViewLayoutId;
     private int tabViewTextViewId;
+    private boolean disableAnimations;
 
     private ViewPager viewPager;
     private ViewPager2.OnPageChangeCallback viewPagerPageChangeListener;
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ public SlidingTabLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
         addView(tabStrip, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
     }
 
+    public void setDisableAnimations(boolean disableAnimations) {
+        this.disableAnimations = disableAnimations;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set the custom {@link SlidingTabLayout.TabColorizer} to
      * be used.
@@ -359,10 +364,10 @@ public void onClick(View v) {
                         onTabClickListener.onTabClick(i);
                     }
                     if (viewPager != null) {
-                        viewPager.setCurrentItem(i);
+                        viewPager.setCurrentItem(i, !disableAnimations);
                     }
                     if (viewPager2 != null) {
-                        viewPager2.setCurrentItem(i);
+                        viewPager2.setCurrentItem(i, !disableAnimations);
                     }
                     return;
                 }