diff --git a/app/controllers/services.php b/app/controllers/services.php
index 9f85b8d..6f1fda7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/services.php
+++ b/app/controllers/services.php
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ Router\get_action('services', function () {
 Router\post_action('services', function () {
     $user_id = SessionStorage::getInstance()->getUserId();
     $values = Request\values() + array('pinboard_enabled' => 0,
+                                       'pinboard_mark_unread' => 0,
                                        'instapaper_enabled' => 0,
                                        'wallabag_enabled' => 0,
                                        'shaarli_enabled' => 0,
-                                       'shaarli_private' => 0,);
+                                       'shaarli_private' => 0);
     Helper\check_csrf_values($values);
 
     if (Model\Config\save($user_id, $values)) {
diff --git a/app/handlers/service.php b/app/handlers/service.php
index 674ecdd..9466803 100644
--- a/app/handlers/service.php
+++ b/app/handlers/service.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function pinboard_sync(array $item)
         'url' => $item['url'],
         'description' => $item['title'],
         'tags' => Helper\config('pinboard_tags'),
+        'toread' => Helper\bool_config('pinboard_mark_unread')  ? 'yes' : 'no',
     );
 
     $url = 'https://api.pinboard.in/v1/posts/add?'.http_build_query($params);
diff --git a/app/locales/de_DE/translations.php b/app/locales/de_DE/translations.php
index dd01021..a255ca3 100644
--- a/app/locales/de_DE/translations.php
+++ b/app/locales/de_DE/translations.php
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ return array(
     'Send bookmarks to Pinboard' => 'Sende Lesezeichen an Pinboard',
     'Pinboard API token' => 'Pinboard API Token',
     'Pinboard tags' => 'Pinboard Tags',
+    'Mark bookmarks as unread' => 'Lesezeichen als ungelesen markieren',
     'Instapaper username' => 'Instapaper Benutzername',
     'Instapaper password' => 'Instapaper Passwort',
     'Instapaper' => 'Instapaper',
diff --git a/app/templates/config/services.php b/app/templates/config/services.php
index 10b2a7b..2a749e1 100644
--- a/app/templates/config/services.php
+++ b/app/templates/config/services.php
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
         <?php echo Miniflux\Helper\form_text('pinboard_token', $values, $errors) ?><br/>
 
         <?php echo Miniflux\Helper\form_label(t('Pinboard tags'), 'pinboard_tags') ?>
-        <?php echo Miniflux\Helper\form_text('pinboard_tags', $values, $errors) ?>
+        <?php echo Miniflux\Helper\form_text('pinboard_tags', $values, $errors) ?><br/>
+
+        <?php echo Miniflux\Helper\form_checkbox('pinboard_mark_unread', t('Mark bookmarks as unread'), 1, isset($values['pinboard_mark_unread']) && $values['pinboard_mark_unread'] == 1) ?>
     </div>