diff --git a/src/activities/reader/EpubReaderActivity.cpp b/src/activities/reader/EpubReaderActivity.cpp
index ca455a11..0ce1c5b1 100644
--- a/src/activities/reader/EpubReaderActivity.cpp
+++ b/src/activities/reader/EpubReaderActivity.cpp
@@ -530,14 +530,14 @@ void EpubReaderActivity::render(RenderLock&& lock) {
     orientedMarginBottom += std::max(SETTINGS.screenMargin, statusBarHeight);
   }
 
+  const uint16_t viewportWidth = renderer.getScreenWidth() - orientedMarginLeft - orientedMarginRight;
+  const uint16_t viewportHeight = renderer.getScreenHeight() - orientedMarginTop - orientedMarginBottom;
+
   if (!section) {
     const auto filepath = epub->getSpineItem(currentSpineIndex).href;
     LOG_DBG("ERS", "Loading file: %s, index: %d", filepath.c_str(), currentSpineIndex);
     section = std::unique_ptr<Section>(new Section(epub, currentSpineIndex, renderer));
 
-    const uint16_t viewportWidth = renderer.getScreenWidth() - orientedMarginLeft - orientedMarginRight;
-    const uint16_t viewportHeight = renderer.getScreenHeight() - orientedMarginTop - orientedMarginBottom;
-
     if (!section->loadSectionFile(SETTINGS.getReaderFontId(), SETTINGS.getReaderLineCompression(),
                                   SETTINGS.extraParagraphSpacing, SETTINGS.paragraphAlignment, viewportWidth,
                                   viewportHeight, SETTINGS.hyphenationEnabled, SETTINGS.embeddedStyle,
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ void EpubReaderActivity::render(RenderLock&& lock) {
     renderContents(std::move(p), orientedMarginTop, orientedMarginRight, orientedMarginBottom, orientedMarginLeft);
     LOG_DBG("ERS", "Rendered page in %dms", millis() - start);
   }
+  silentIndexNextChapterIfNeeded(viewportWidth, viewportHeight);
   saveProgress(currentSpineIndex, section->currentPage, section->pageCount);
 
   if (pendingScreenshot) {
@@ -643,6 +644,38 @@ void EpubReaderActivity::render(RenderLock&& lock) {
   }
 }
 
+void EpubReaderActivity::silentIndexNextChapterIfNeeded(const uint16_t viewportWidth, const uint16_t viewportHeight) {
+  if (!epub || !section || section->pageCount < 2) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Build the next chapter cache while the penultimate page is on screen.
+  if (section->currentPage != section->pageCount - 2) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const int nextSpineIndex = currentSpineIndex + 1;
+  if (nextSpineIndex < 0 || nextSpineIndex >= epub->getSpineItemsCount()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Section nextSection(epub, nextSpineIndex, renderer);
+  if (nextSection.loadSectionFile(SETTINGS.getReaderFontId(), SETTINGS.getReaderLineCompression(),
+                                  SETTINGS.extraParagraphSpacing, SETTINGS.paragraphAlignment, viewportWidth,
+                                  viewportHeight, SETTINGS.hyphenationEnabled, SETTINGS.embeddedStyle,
+                                  SETTINGS.imageRendering)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  LOG_DBG("ERS", "Silently indexing next chapter: %d", nextSpineIndex);
+  if (!nextSection.createSectionFile(SETTINGS.getReaderFontId(), SETTINGS.getReaderLineCompression(),
+                                     SETTINGS.extraParagraphSpacing, SETTINGS.paragraphAlignment, viewportWidth,
+                                     viewportHeight, SETTINGS.hyphenationEnabled, SETTINGS.embeddedStyle,
+                                     SETTINGS.imageRendering)) {
+    LOG_ERR("ERS", "Failed silent indexing for chapter: %d", nextSpineIndex);
+  }
+}
+
 void EpubReaderActivity::saveProgress(int spineIndex, int currentPage, int pageCount) {
   FsFile f;
   if (Storage.openFileForWrite("ERS", epub->getCachePath() + "/progress.bin", f)) {
diff --git a/src/activities/reader/EpubReaderActivity.h b/src/activities/reader/EpubReaderActivity.h
index 316677ba..bc6c8354 100644
--- a/src/activities/reader/EpubReaderActivity.h
+++ b/src/activities/reader/EpubReaderActivity.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class EpubReaderActivity final : public Activity {
   void renderContents(std::unique_ptr<Page> page, int orientedMarginTop, int orientedMarginRight,
                       int orientedMarginBottom, int orientedMarginLeft);
   void renderStatusBar() const;
+  void silentIndexNextChapterIfNeeded(uint16_t viewportWidth, uint16_t viewportHeight);
   void saveProgress(int spineIndex, int currentPage, int pageCount);
   // Jump to a percentage of the book (0-100), mapping it to spine and page.
   void jumpToPercent(int percent);