diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50f838a..fda6174 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 ### Added
 - Adds an indicator to the *GitLens* explorer branch history to mark the synchronization point between the local and remote branch (if available)
 - Adds `${agoOrDate}` and `${authorAgoOrDate}` tokens to `gitlens.blame.format`, `gitlens.currentLine.format`, `gitlens.explorers.commitFormat`, `gitlens.explorers.stashFormat`, and `gitlens.statusBar.format` settings which will honor the `gitlens.defaultDateStyle` setting — closes [#312](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/312)
+- Adds `gitlens.currentLine.scrollable` setting to specify whether the current line blame annotation can be scrolled into view when it is outside the viewport — closes [#149](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/149), [#290](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/290), [#265](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/265)
 
 ### Removed
 - Removes the unnecessary *Show File Blame Annotations* (`gitlens.showFileBlame`) command — *Toggle File Blame Annotations* (`gitlens.toggleFileBlame`) provides similar functionality
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa1f12c..46c443d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ See also [Explorer Settings](#explorer-settings "Jump to the Explorer settings")
 |`gitlens.currentLine.dateFormat`|Specifies how to format absolute dates (using the `${date}` token) for the current line blame annotations<br />See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
 |`gitlens.currentLine.enabled`|Specifies whether to provide a blame annotation for the current line, by default<br />Use the *Toggle Line Blame Annotations* command (`gitlens.toggleLineBlame`) to toggle the annotations on and off for the current window
 |`gitlens.currentLine.format`|Specifies the format of the current line blame annotation<br />Available tokens<br />`${id}` - commit id<br />`${author}` - commit author<br />`${message}` - commit message<br />`${ago}` - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)<br />`${date}` - formatted commit date (format specified by `gitlens.currentLine.dateFormat`)<br />`${agoOrDate}` - commit date specified by `gitlens.defaultDateStyle`<br />`${authorAgo}` - commit author, relative commit date<br />`${authorAgoOrDate}` - commit author, commit date specified by `gitlens.defaultDateStyle`<br />See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
+|`gitlens.currentLine.scrollable`|Specifies whether the current line blame annotation can be scrolled into view when it is outside the viewport
 
 ### Gutter Blame Settings
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b9a8f4..03a0e90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@
                     "description": "Specifies the format of the current line blame annotation\nAvailable tokens\n ${id} - commit id\n ${author} - commit author\n ${message} - commit message\n ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)\n ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by `gitlens.currentLine.dateFormat`)\n ${agoOrDate} - commit date specified by `gitlens.defaultDateStyle`\n ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date\n ${authorAgoOrDate} - commit author, commit date specified by `gitlens.defaultDateStyle`\nSee https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting",
                     "scope": "window"
                 },
+                "gitlens.currentLine.scrollable": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "default": true,
+                    "description": "Specifies whether the current line blame annotation can be scrolled into view when it is outside the viewport",
+                    "scope": "window"
+                },
                 "gitlens.debug": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "default": false,
diff --git a/src/annotations/annotations.ts b/src/annotations/annotations.ts
index f2227b9..a2e3d3a 100644
--- a/src/annotations/annotations.ts
+++ b/src/annotations/annotations.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export class Annotations {
     //     } as IRenderOptions;
     // }
 
-    static trailing(commit: GitCommit, format: string, dateFormat: string | null): DecorationOptions {
+    static trailing(commit: GitCommit, format: string, dateFormat: string | null, scrollable: boolean = true): DecorationOptions {
         const message = CommitFormatter.fromTemplate(format, commit, {
             truncateMessageAtNewLine: true,
             dateFormat: dateFormat
@@ -271,7 +271,9 @@ export class Annotations {
                     color: new ThemeColor('gitlens.trailingLineForegroundColor'),
                     contentText: Strings.pad(message.replace(/ /g, GlyphChars.Space), 1, 1),
                     fontWeight: 'normal',
-                    fontStyle: 'normal'
+                    fontStyle: 'normal',
+                    // Pull the decoration out of the document flow if we want to be scrollable
+                    textDecoration: `none;${scrollable ? '' : ' position: absolute;'}`
                 }
             } as DecorationInstanceRenderOptions
         } as DecorationOptions;
diff --git a/src/annotations/lineAnnotationController.ts b/src/annotations/lineAnnotationController.ts
index fa5daaf..4d682ac 100644
--- a/src/annotations/lineAnnotationController.ts
+++ b/src/annotations/lineAnnotationController.ts
@@ -187,12 +187,14 @@ export class LineAnnotationController extends Disposable {
         // Make sure the editor hasn't died since the await above and that we are still on the same line(s)
         if (editor.document === undefined || !Container.lineTracker.includesAll(lines)) return;
 
+        const scrollable = Container.config.currentLine.scrollable;
+
         const decorations = [];
         for (const l of lines) {
             const state = Container.lineTracker.getState(l);
             if (state === undefined || state.commit === undefined) continue;
 
-            const decoration = Annotations.trailing(state.commit, cfg.format, cfg.dateFormat === null ? Container.config.defaultDateFormat : cfg.dateFormat);
+            const decoration = Annotations.trailing(state.commit, cfg.format, cfg.dateFormat === null ? Container.config.defaultDateFormat : cfg.dateFormat, scrollable);
             decoration.range = editor.document.validateRange(new Range(l, RangeEndOfLineIndex, l, RangeEndOfLineIndex));
             decorations.push(decoration);
         }
diff --git a/src/ui/config.ts b/src/ui/config.ts
index d57f512..f4551d2 100644
--- a/src/ui/config.ts
+++ b/src/ui/config.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ export interface IConfig {
     };
 
     currentLine: {
+        scrollable: boolean;
         dateFormat: string | null;
         enabled: boolean;
         format: string;