diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.cpp
index 3f9430427c..6ca74f6834 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
 
+#include <LibCore/Timer.h>
 #include <LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Scrollbar.h>
 
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ AbstractScrollableWidget::AbstractScrollableWidget()
 
     m_corner_widget = add<Widget>();
     m_corner_widget->set_fill_with_background_color(true);
+
+    m_automatic_scrolling_timer = add<Core::Timer>();
+    m_automatic_scrolling_timer->set_interval(50);
+    m_automatic_scrolling_timer->on_timeout = [this] {
+        on_automatic_scrolling_timer_fired();
+    };
 }
 
 AbstractScrollableWidget::~AbstractScrollableWidget()
@@ -214,6 +221,38 @@ void AbstractScrollableWidget::scroll_to_bottom()
     scroll_into_view({ 0, content_height(), 0, 0 }, Orientation::Vertical);
 }
 
+void AbstractScrollableWidget::set_automatic_scrolling_timer(bool active)
+{
+    if (active == m_active_scrolling_enabled)
+        return;
+
+    m_active_scrolling_enabled = active;
+
+    if (active) {
+        on_automatic_scrolling_timer_fired();
+        m_automatic_scrolling_timer->start();
+    } else {
+        m_automatic_scrolling_timer->stop();
+    }
+}
+
+Gfx::IntPoint AbstractScrollableWidget::automatic_scroll_delta_from_position(const Gfx::IntPoint& pos) const
+{
+    Gfx::IntPoint delta { 0, 0 };
+
+    if (pos.y() < m_autoscroll_threshold)
+        delta.set_y(clamp(-(m_autoscroll_threshold - pos.y()), -m_autoscroll_threshold, 0));
+    else if (pos.y() > height() - m_autoscroll_threshold)
+        delta.set_y(clamp(m_autoscroll_threshold - (height() - pos.y()), 0, m_autoscroll_threshold));
+
+    if (pos.x() < m_autoscroll_threshold)
+        delta.set_x(clamp(-(m_autoscroll_threshold - pos.x()), -m_autoscroll_threshold, 0));
+    else if (pos.x() > width() - m_autoscroll_threshold)
+        delta.set_x(clamp(m_autoscroll_threshold - (width() - pos.x()), 0, m_autoscroll_threshold));
+
+    return delta;
+}
+
 Gfx::IntRect AbstractScrollableWidget::widget_inner_rect() const
 {
     auto rect = frame_inner_rect();
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.h
index 11d8c234a3..4f977b3f31 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractScrollableWidget.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ public:
     void scroll_to_top();
     void scroll_to_bottom();
 
+    void set_automatic_scrolling_timer(bool active);
+    Gfx::IntPoint automatic_scroll_delta_from_position(const Gfx::IntPoint&) const;
+
     int width_occupied_by_vertical_scrollbar() const;
     int height_occupied_by_horizontal_scrollbar() const;
 
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ protected:
     virtual void did_scroll() { }
     void set_content_size(const Gfx::IntSize&);
     void set_size_occupied_by_fixed_elements(const Gfx::IntSize&);
+    virtual void on_automatic_scrolling_timer_fired() {};
 
 private:
     class AbstractScrollableWidgetScrollbar final : public Scrollbar {
@@ -103,6 +107,10 @@ private:
     Gfx::IntSize m_size_occupied_by_fixed_elements;
     bool m_scrollbars_enabled { true };
     bool m_should_hide_unnecessary_scrollbars { false };
+
+    RefPtr<Core::Timer> m_automatic_scrolling_timer;
+    bool m_active_scrolling_enabled { false };
+    int m_autoscroll_threshold { 20 };
 };
 
 }