diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index c82587b..db5d342 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ static void querystring_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.qry.name = xstrdup(value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(name, "mimetype")) {
 		ctx.qry.mimetype = xstrdup(value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(name, "showmsg")) {
+		ctx.qry.showmsg = atoi(value);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index 91db98a..aab898b 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ struct cgit_query {
 	char *url;
 	int   ofs;
 	int nohead;
+	int showmsg;
 };
 
 struct cgit_config {
diff --git a/ui-log.c b/ui-log.c
index 8dd8b89..631e46d 100644
--- a/ui-log.c
+++ b/ui-log.c
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ void print_commit(struct commit *commit)
 	cgit_print_age(commit->date, TM_WEEK * 2, FMT_SHORTDATE);
 	html_link_close();
 	html("</td><td>");
+	if (ctx.qry.showmsg)
+		html("<u>");
 	cgit_commit_link(info->subject, NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head,
 			 sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+	if (ctx.qry.showmsg)
+		html("</u>");
 	html("</td><td>");
 	html_txt(info->author);
 	if (ctx.repo->enable_log_filecount) {
@@ -61,6 +65,17 @@ void print_commit(struct commit *commit)
 		}
 	}
 	html("</td></tr>\n");
+	if (ctx.qry.showmsg) {
+		html("<tr class='nohover'><td></td><td><div class='commit-msg'>");
+		html_txt(info->msg);
+		html("</div><br/></td><td></td>");
+		if (ctx.repo->enable_log_filecount) {
+			html("<td></td>");
+			if (ctx.repo->enable_log_linecount)
+				html("<td></td>");
+		}
+		html("</tr>\n");
+	}
 	cgit_free_commitinfo(info);
 }
 
@@ -100,8 +115,15 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 		html("<table class='list nowrap'>");
 
 	html("<tr class='nohover'><th class='left'>Age</th>"
-	     "<th class='left'>Commit message</th>"
-	     "<th class='left'>Author</th>");
+	      "<th class='left'>Commit message");
+	if (pager) {
+		html(" (");
+		cgit_log_link("toggle", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head, ctx.qry.sha1,
+			      ctx.qry.path, ctx.qry.ofs, ctx.qry.grep,
+			      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg ? 0 : 1);
+		html(")");
+	}
+	html("</th><th class='left'>Author</th>");
 	if (ctx.repo->enable_log_filecount) {
 		html("<th class='left'>Files</th>");
 		columns++;
@@ -136,20 +158,20 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 			cgit_log_link("[prev]", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head,
 				      ctx.qry.sha1, ctx.qry.path,
 				      ofs - cnt, ctx.qry.grep,
-				      ctx.qry.search);
+				      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg);
 			html("&nbsp;");
 		}
 		if ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {
 			cgit_log_link("[next]", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head,
 				      ctx.qry.sha1, ctx.qry.path,
 				      ofs + cnt, ctx.qry.grep,
-				      ctx.qry.search);
+				      ctx.qry.search, ctx.qry.showmsg);
 		}
 		html("</div>");
 	} else if ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {
 		html("<tr class='nohover'><td colspan='3'>");
 		cgit_log_link("[...]", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			      NULL, NULL);
+			      NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.showmsg);
 		html("</td></tr>\n");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ui-refs.c b/ui-refs.c
index 32e0429..7eb16d5 100644
--- a/ui-refs.c
+++ b/ui-refs.c
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ static int print_branch(struct refinfo *ref)
 	if (!info)
 		return 1;
 	html("<tr><td>");
-	cgit_log_link(name, NULL, NULL, name, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	cgit_log_link(name, NULL, NULL, name, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL,
+		      ctx.qry.showmsg);
 	html("</td><td>");
 
 	if (ref->object->type == OBJ_COMMIT) {
diff --git a/ui-repolist.c b/ui-repolist.c
index c23232c..5833140 100644
--- a/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/ui-repolist.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void cgit_print_repolist()
 			html("<td>");
 			cgit_summary_link("summary", NULL, "button", NULL);
 			cgit_log_link("log", NULL, "button", NULL, NULL, NULL,
-				      0, NULL, NULL);
+				      0, NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.showmsg);
 			cgit_tree_link("tree", NULL, "button", NULL, NULL, NULL);
 			html("</td>");
 		}
diff --git a/ui-shared.c b/ui-shared.c
index 224e5f3..dc39e64 100644
--- a/ui-shared.c
+++ b/ui-shared.c
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ void cgit_plain_link(char *name, char *title, char *class, char *head,
 }
 
 void cgit_log_link(char *name, char *title, char *class, char *head,
-		   char *rev, char *path, int ofs, char *grep, char *pattern)
+		   char *rev, char *path, int ofs, char *grep, char *pattern,
+		   int showmsg)
 {
 	char *delim;
 
@@ -305,6 +306,11 @@ void cgit_log_link(char *name, char *title, char *class, char *head,
 		html(delim);
 		html("ofs=");
 		htmlf("%d", ofs);
+		delim = "&";
+	}
+	if (showmsg) {
+		html(delim);
+		html("showmsg=1");
 	}
 	html("'>");
 	html_txt(name);
@@ -568,6 +574,8 @@ void add_hidden_formfields(int incl_head, int incl_search, char *page)
 		html_hidden("id", ctx.qry.sha1);
 	if (ctx.qry.sha2)
 		html_hidden("id2", ctx.qry.sha2);
+	if (ctx.qry.showmsg)
+		html_hidden("showmsg", "1");
 
 	if (incl_search) {
 		if (ctx.qry.grep)
@@ -634,7 +642,7 @@ void cgit_print_pageheader(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 		cgit_refs_link("refs", NULL, hc(cmd, "refs"), ctx->qry.head,
 			       ctx->qry.sha1, NULL);
 		cgit_log_link("log", NULL, hc(cmd, "log"), ctx->qry.head,
-			      NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+			      NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, ctx->qry.showmsg);
 		cgit_tree_link("tree", NULL, hc(cmd, "tree"), ctx->qry.head,
 			       ctx->qry.sha1, NULL);
 		cgit_commit_link("commit", NULL, hc(cmd, "commit"),
diff --git a/ui-shared.h b/ui-shared.h
index 3c8a6d0..2ab53ae 100644
--- a/ui-shared.h
+++ b/ui-shared.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ extern void cgit_plain_link(char *name, char *title, char *class, char *head,
 			    char *rev, char *path);
 extern void cgit_log_link(char *name, char *title, char *class, char *head,
 			  char *rev, char *path, int ofs, char *grep,
-			  char *pattern);
+			  char *pattern, int showmsg);
 extern void cgit_commit_link(char *name, char *title, char *class, char *head,
 			     char *rev);
 extern void cgit_patch_link(char *name, char *title, char *class, char *head,
diff --git a/ui-tree.c b/ui-tree.c
index 79332fc..051db7c 100644
--- a/ui-tree.c
+++ b/ui-tree.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int ls_item(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base, int baselen,
 
 	html("<td>");
 	cgit_log_link("log", NULL, "button", ctx.qry.head, curr_rev,
-		      fullpath, 0, NULL, NULL);
+		      fullpath, 0, NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.showmsg);
 	html("</td></tr>\n");
 	free(name);
 	return 0;