diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5c29fedfd..0a1b4018e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ New features
 
 Enhancements
  - [eas] now also search on senders when using EAS Search ops
+ - [web] allow multiple messages to be marked as seen (#3873)
 
 Bug fixes
  - [core] fixed condition in weekly recurrence calculator
diff --git a/UI/MailerUI/English.lproj/Localizable.strings b/UI/MailerUI/English.lproj/Localizable.strings
index 88f7070bd..b0cc629a4 100644
--- a/UI/MailerUI/English.lproj/Localizable.strings
+++ b/UI/MailerUI/English.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@
 "Copy messages" = "Copy messages";
 "More messages options" = "More messages options";
 "Mark as Unread" = "Mark as Unread";
+"Mark as Read" = "Mark as Read";
 "Closing Window ..." = "Closing Window ...";
 "Tried to send too many mails. Please wait." = "Tried to send too many mails. Please wait.";
 "View Mail" = "View Mail";
diff --git a/UI/Templates/MailerUI/UIxMailFolderTemplate.wox b/UI/Templates/MailerUI/UIxMailFolderTemplate.wox
index 1f02fa1eb..143b717e3 100644
--- a/UI/Templates/MailerUI/UIxMailFolderTemplate.wox
+++ b/UI/Templates/MailerUI/UIxMailFolderTemplate.wox
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@
                 <var:string label:value="Mark as Unread"/>
               </md-button>
             </md-menu-item>
+            <md-menu-item>
+              <md-button ng-click="mailbox.markSelectedMessagesAsRead()">
+                <var:string label:value="Mark as Read"/>
+              </md-button>
+            </md-menu-item>
             <md-menu-item>
               <md-button ng-click="mailbox.selectedFolder.saveSelectedMessages()">
                 <var:string label:value="Save As..."/>
diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/js/Common/sgHotkeys.service.js b/UI/WebServerResources/js/Common/sgHotkeys.service.js
index 35ae02b8f..057681a8f 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/js/Common/sgHotkeys.service.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/js/Common/sgHotkeys.service.js
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@
         /**
          * Keybindings are ignored by default when coming from a form input field.
          */
-        this._preventIn = ['INPUT', 'SELECT', 'TEXTAREA'];
+        this._preventIn = ['INPUT', 'SELECT', 'TEXTAREA', 'MD-OPTION'];
 
         /**
          * Keybindings are ignored by default when coming from special elements
          */
-        this._preventInClass = ['md-focused', 'md-chip-content'];
+        this._preventInClass = ['md-chip-content'];
 
         this._onKeydown = this._onKeydown.bind(this);
         this._onKeyup = this._onKeyup.bind(this);
diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/MailboxController.js b/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/MailboxController.js
index 1a7819514..a12c07b20 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/MailboxController.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/MailboxController.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     vm.moveSelectedMessages = moveSelectedMessages;
     vm.markSelectedMessagesAsFlagged = markSelectedMessagesAsFlagged;
     vm.markSelectedMessagesAsUnread = markSelectedMessagesAsUnread;
+    vm.markSelectedMessagesAsRead = markSelectedMessagesAsRead;
     vm.selectAll = selectAll;
     vm.unselectMessages = unselectMessages;
 
@@ -448,13 +449,28 @@
 
     function markSelectedMessagesAsUnread() {
       var selectedMessages = vm.selectedFolder.$selectedMessages();
-      if (_.size(selectedMessages) > 0)
+      if (_.size(selectedMessages) > 0) {
         vm.selectedFolder.$flagMessages(selectedMessages, 'seen', 'remove').then(function(messages) {
           _.forEach(messages, function(message) {
+            if (message.isread)
+              message.$mailbox.unseenCount++;
             message.isread = false;
-            message.$mailbox.unseenCount++;
           });
         });
+      }
+    }
+
+    function markSelectedMessagesAsRead() {
+      var selectedMessages = vm.selectedFolder.$selectedMessages();
+      if (_.size(selectedMessages) > 0) {
+        vm.selectedFolder.$flagMessages(selectedMessages, 'seen', 'add').then(function(messages) {
+          _.forEach(messages, function(message) {
+            if (!message.isread)
+              message.$mailbox.unseenCount--;
+            message.isread = true;
+          });
+        });
+      }
     }
 
   }