diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index faff46d36..ab2ecc2a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Changed
   work properly anymore.
 - Using `:download` now uses the page's title as filename.
 - Using `:back` or `:forward` with a count now skips intermediate pages.
+- When there are multiple messages shown, the timeout is increased.
 
 Fixes
 ~~~~~
diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 825c6fd6b..530379242 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 * Peter Vilim
 * Jacob Sword
 * knaggita
+* Yashar Shahi
 * Oliver Caldwell
 * Nikolay Amiantov
 * Marius
diff --git a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/messageview.py b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/messageview.py
index 7d0d2b682..657835dba 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/messageview.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/messageview.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ class MessageView(QWidget):
 
         self._clear_timer = QTimer()
         self._clear_timer.timeout.connect(self.clear_messages)
-        self._set_clear_timer_interval()
         objreg.get('config').changed.connect(self._set_clear_timer_interval)
 
         self._last_text = None
@@ -99,7 +98,8 @@ class MessageView(QWidget):
     def _set_clear_timer_interval(self):
         """Configure self._clear_timer according to the config."""
         interval = config.get('ui', 'message-timeout')
-        if interval != 0:
+        if interval > 0:
+            interval *= min(5, len(self._messages))
             self._clear_timer.setInterval(interval)
 
     @pyqtSlot()
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ class MessageView(QWidget):
         widget = Message(level, text, replace=replace, parent=self)
         self._vbox.addWidget(widget)
         widget.show()
-        if config.get('ui', 'message-timeout') != 0:
-            self._clear_timer.start()
         self._messages.append(widget)
         self._last_text = text
         self.show()
         self.update_geometry.emit()
+        if config.get('ui', 'message-timeout') != 0:
+            self._set_clear_timer_interval()
+            self._clear_timer.start()
 
     def mousePressEvent(self, e):
         """Clear messages when they are clicked on."""
diff --git a/tests/unit/mainwindow/test_messageview.py b/tests/unit/mainwindow/test_messageview.py
index ebecc9398..782e38ae5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/mainwindow/test_messageview.py
+++ b/tests/unit/mainwindow/test_messageview.py
@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ def test_changing_timer_with_messages_shown(qtbot, view, config_stub):
         config_stub.set('ui', 'message-timeout', 100)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('count, expected', [(1, 100), (3, 300),
+                                             (5, 500), (7, 500)])
+def test_show_multiple_messages_longer(view, count, expected):
+    """When there are multiple messages, messages should be shown longer.
+
+    There is an upper maximum to avoid messages never disappearing.
+    """
+    for message_number in range(1, count+1):
+        view.show_message(usertypes.MessageLevel.info,
+                          'test ' + str(message_number))
+    assert view._clear_timer.interval() == expected
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('replace1, replace2, length', [
     (False, False, 2),    # Two stacked messages
     (True, True, 1),  # Two replaceable messages