diff --git a/app/qmlV2/component/MMMapScaleLabel.qml b/app/qmlV2/component/MMMapScaleLabel.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54ac21eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/qmlV2/component/MMMapScaleLabel.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+import QtQuick
+import Qt5Compat.GraphicalEffects
+import "."
+import ".."
+
+// import lc 1.0
+
+Item {
+  id: control
+
+  //  property alias mapSettings: scaleBarKit.mapSettings
+  //  property alias preferredWidth: scaleBarKit.preferredWidth
+  property string barText: "100 m" // scaleBarKit.distance + " " + scaleBarKit.units
+  property real barWidth: 92 * __dp  // scaleBarKit.width
+  property real lineWidth: 2.5 * __dp
+
+  width: barWidth
+  height: 46 * __dp
+
+  property alias mapItem: blur.sourceItem
+
+  //  ScaleBarKit { id: scaleBarKit }
+
+  Rectangle {
+    anchors.fill: fastBlur
+    radius: height / 2
+    color: styleV2.forestColor
+  }
+
+  FastBlur {
+    id: fastBlur
+
+    width: parent.width
+    height: parent.height
+    radius: 50
+    opacity: 0.8
+    source: ShaderEffectSource {
+      id: blur
+      sourceRect: Qt.rect(control.x, control.y, fastBlur.width, fastBlur.height)
+    }
+  }
+
+  Column {
+    width: parent.width
+    anchors.centerIn: parent
+    spacing: 3 * __dp
+
+    Row {
+      anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+      Rectangle {
+        color: styleV2.forestColor
+        width: control.lineWidth
+        height: control.lineWidth * 2
+        radius: height / 2
+        y: (-height + control.lineWidth) / 2
+      }
+      Rectangle {
+        color: styleV2.forestColor
+        width: control.barWidth / 3 // scaleBarKit.width
+        height: control.lineWidth
+      }
+      Rectangle {
+        color: styleV2.forestColor
+        width: control.lineWidth
+        height: control.lineWidth * 2
+        radius: height / 2
+        y: (-height + control.lineWidth) / 2
+      }
+    }
+
+    Text {
+      font: styleV2.t3
+      text: control.barText
+      color: styleV2.forestColor
+      horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+      verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+      elide: Text.ElideRight
+      width: parent.width
+    }
+  }
+
+  NumberAnimation on opacity {
+    id: fadeOut
+
+    from: 0.7
+    easing.type: Easing.OutExpo
+    to: 0.0
+    duration: 1000
+
+    onStopped: {
+      control.visible = false
+      control.opacity = 1.0
+    }
+  }
+
+  Timer {
+    id: scaleBarTimer
+
+    interval: 3000; running: false; repeat: false
+    onTriggered: fadeOut.start()
+  }
+
+  onVisibleChanged: {
+    if (control.visible) {
+      fadeOut.stop()
+      scaleBarTimer.restart()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/gallery/qml.qrc b/gallery/qml.qrc
index 5c78a5d05..df80ae85e 100644
--- a/gallery/qml.qrc
+++ b/gallery/qml.qrc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         <file>../app/qmlV2/component/MMMapButton.qml</file>
         <file>../app/qmlV2/component/MMShadow.qml</file>
         <file>../app/qmlV2/component/MMMapLabel.qml</file>
+        <file>../app/qmlV2/component/MMMapScaleLabel.qml</file>
         <file>../app/qmlV2/component/MMPasswordInput.qml</file>
         <file>../app/qmlV2/component/MMButtonInput.qml</file>
         <file>../app/qmlV2/component/MMToolbarButton.qml</file>
diff --git a/gallery/qml/pages/MapPage.qml b/gallery/qml/pages/MapPage.qml
index ac6cd444a..f516f0505 100644
--- a/gallery/qml/pages/MapPage.qml
+++ b/gallery/qml/pages/MapPage.qml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Page {
       onScaleChanged: (delta) => {
                         map.zoomLevel += Math.log2(delta)
                         map.alignCoordinateToPoint(map.startCentroid, pinch.centroid.position)
+                        scaleBar.visible = true
                       }
       onRotationChanged: (delta) => {
                            map.bearing -= delta
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ Page {
 
     DragHandler {
       target: null
-      onTranslationChanged: (delta) => map.pan(-delta.x, -delta.y)
+      onTranslationChanged: (delta) => { map.pan(-delta.x, -delta.y); scaleBar.visible = true }
     }
   }
 
@@ -82,6 +83,15 @@ Page {
     }
   }
 
+  MMMapScaleLabel {
+    id: scaleBar
+
+    anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+    anchors.top: parent.top
+    anchors.topMargin: 60
+    mapItem: map
+  }
+
   Column {
     anchors.right: parent.right
     anchors.bottom: parent.bottom