diff --git a/src/gui/TimeLineWidget.cpp b/src/gui/TimeLineWidget.cpp
index c9c951901..dc6537ab7 100644
--- a/src/gui/TimeLineWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/TimeLineWidget.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ void TimeLineWidget::paintEvent( QPaintEvent * )
 	p.fillRect( 0, 0, width(), height(), p.background() );
 
 	// Clip so that we only draw everything starting from the offset
-	p.setClipRect( m_xOffset, 0, width() - m_xOffset, height() );
+	const int leftMargin = m_xOffset + s_posMarkerPixmap->width() / 2;
+	p.setClipRect(leftMargin, 0, width() - leftMargin, height() );
 
 	// Draw the loop rectangle
 	int const & loopRectMargin = getLoopRectangleVerticalPadding();
@@ -296,9 +297,14 @@ void TimeLineWidget::paintEvent( QPaintEvent * )
 	p.setBrush( Qt::NoBrush );
 	p.drawRect( innerRectangle );
 
-	// Draw the position marker
-	p.setOpacity( 0.6 );
-	p.drawPixmap( m_posMarkerX, height() - s_posMarkerPixmap->height(), *s_posMarkerPixmap );
+	// Only draw the position marker if the position line is in view
+	if (m_posMarkerX >= m_xOffset && m_posMarkerX < width() - s_posMarkerPixmap->width() / 2)
+	{
+		// Let the position marker extrude to the left
+		p.setClipping(false);
+		p.setOpacity(0.6);
+		p.drawPixmap(m_posMarkerX, height() - s_posMarkerPixmap->height(), *s_posMarkerPixmap);
+	}
 }