diff --git a/core/res/values/strings.xml b/core/res/values/strings.xml
index b03014c9..16349f53 100644
--- a/core/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/core/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@
 	<string name="pref_adw_info">Show torrent counter in ADW Launcher</string>
 	
 	<string name="pref_system">System</string>
+	<string name="pref_dormantasinactive">Treat dormant torrents as inactive</string>
+	<string name="pref_dormantasinactive_info">Torrents at 0KB/s (no data transfer) will be filtered as being inactive</string>
 	<string name="pref_checkupdates">Check for updates</string>
 	<string name="pref_checkupdates_info">Check transdroid.org for latest app version</string>
 	<string name="pref_usedarktheme">Use dark UI theme</string>
diff --git a/core/res/xml/pref_system.xml b/core/res/xml/pref_system.xml
index 7060eb10..ef65d994 100644
--- a/core/res/xml/pref_system.xml
+++ b/core/res/xml/pref_system.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 -->
 <PreferenceScreen xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
 	
+	<CheckBoxPreference
+		android:key="system_dormantasinactive"
+		android:title="@string/pref_dormantasinactive"
+		android:summary="@string/pref_dormantasinactive_info"
+		android:defaultValue="false" />
+	
 	<CheckBoxPreference
 		android:key="system_checkupdates"
 		android:title="@string/pref_checkupdates"
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/app/settings/SystemSettings.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/app/settings/SystemSettings.java
index f5762d80..d5e44d05 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/app/settings/SystemSettings.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/app/settings/SystemSettings.java
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ public class SystemSettings {
 		prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
 	}
 
+	public boolean treatDormantAsInactive() {
+		return prefs.getBoolean("system_dormantasinactive", false);
+	}
+
 	public boolean checkForUpdates() {
 		return prefs.getBoolean("system_checkupdates", true);
 	}
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/ServerStatusView.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/ServerStatusView.java
index c477eae9..edd63b71 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/ServerStatusView.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/ServerStatusView.java
@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.NavigationHelper;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.SetTransferRatesDialog;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.SetTransferRatesDialog.OnRatesPickedListener;
 import org.transdroid.daemon.Torrent;
-import org.transdroid.daemon.TorrentStatus;
 import org.transdroid.daemon.util.FileSizeConverter;
 
-import de.keyboardsurfer.android.widget.crouton.Crouton;
-
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
 import android.widget.TextView;
+import de.keyboardsurfer.android.widget.crouton.Crouton;
 
 @EViewGroup(resName = "actionbar_serverstatus")
 public class ServerStatusView extends RelativeLayout implements OnRatesPickedListener {
@@ -54,8 +52,9 @@ public class ServerStatusView extends RelativeLayout implements OnRatesPickedLis
 	/**
 	 * Updates the statistics as shown in the action bar through this server status view.
 	 * @param torrents The most recently received list of torrents
+	 * @param dormantAsInactive 
 	 */
-	public void update(List<Torrent> torrents) {
+	public void update(List<Torrent> torrents, boolean dormantAsInactive) {
 
 		if (torrents == null) {
 			downcountText.setText(null);
@@ -71,10 +70,10 @@ public class ServerStatusView extends RelativeLayout implements OnRatesPickedLis
 		for (Torrent torrent : torrents) {
 
 			// Downloading torrents count towards downloads and uploads, seeding torrents towards uploads
-			if (torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Downloading) {
+			if (torrent.isDownloading(dormantAsInactive)) {
 				downcount++;
 				upcount++;
-			} else if (torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Seeding) {
+			} else if (torrent.isSeeding(dormantAsInactive)) {
 				upcount++;
 			}
 			downspeed += torrent.getRateDownload();
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/TorrentsActivity.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/TorrentsActivity.java
index 69c17cf3..f49cdde5 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/TorrentsActivity.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/TorrentsActivity.java
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ public class TorrentsActivity extends SherlockFragmentActivity implements OnNavi
 	// Settings
 	@Bean
 	protected ApplicationSettings applicationSettings;
+	@Bean
+	protected SystemSettings systemSettings;
 	@InstanceState
 	boolean firstStart = true;
 	int skipNextOnNavigationItemSelectedCalls = 2;
@@ -1072,7 +1074,7 @@ public class TorrentsActivity extends SherlockFragmentActivity implements OnNavi
 			fragmentDetails.updateLabels(lastNavigationLabels);
 
 		// Update the server status (counts and speeds) in the action bar
-		serverStatusView.update(torrents);
+		serverStatusView.update(torrents, systemSettings.treatDormantAsInactive());
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/TorrentsFragment.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/TorrentsFragment.java
index 02bff444..4d929556 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/TorrentsFragment.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/TorrentsFragment.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.androidannotations.annotations.ItemClick;
 import org.androidannotations.annotations.ViewById;
 import org.transdroid.core.R;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.ApplicationSettings;
+import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.SystemSettings;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.lists.TorrentsAdapter;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.lists.TorrentsAdapter_;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.Label;
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ public class TorrentsFragment extends SherlockFragment implements OnLabelPickedL
 	// Local data
 	@Bean
 	protected ApplicationSettings applicationSettings;
+	@Bean
+	protected SystemSettings systemSettings;
 	@InstanceState
 	protected ArrayList<Torrent> torrents = null;
 	@InstanceState
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ public class TorrentsFragment extends SherlockFragment implements OnLabelPickedL
 		if (filteredTorrents != null && currentNavigationFilter != null) {
 			// Remove torrents that do not match the selected navigation filter
 			for (Iterator<Torrent> torrentIter = filteredTorrents.iterator(); torrentIter.hasNext();) {
-				if (!currentNavigationFilter.matches(torrentIter.next()))
+				if (!currentNavigationFilter.matches(torrentIter.next(), systemSettings.treatDormantAsInactive()))
 					torrentIter.remove();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/Label.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/Label.java
index 76ad2495..9d8ae96c 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/Label.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/Label.java
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ public class Label implements SimpleListItem, NavigationFilter, Comparable<Label
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns true if the torrent label's name matches this (selected) label's name, false otherwise
+	 * @param torrent The torrent to match against this label
+	 * @param dormantAsInactive This property is ignored for label comparisons
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public boolean matches(Torrent torrent) {
+	public boolean matches(Torrent torrent, boolean dormantAsInactive) {
 		if (isEmptyLabel)
 			return TextUtils.isEmpty(torrent.getLabelName());
 		return torrent.getLabelName() != null && torrent.getLabelName().equals(name);
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/NavigationFilter.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/NavigationFilter.java
index eb128aed..8fde189d 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/NavigationFilter.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/NavigationFilter.java
@@ -30,14 +30,16 @@ public interface NavigationFilter extends Parcelable {
 	 * Implementations should check if the supplied torrent matches the filter; for example a label filter should return
 	 * true if the torrent's label equals this items label name.
 	 * @param torrent The torrent to check for matches
+	 * @param dormantAsInactive If true, dormant (0KB/s, so no data transfer) torrents are never actively downloading or
+	 *            seeding
 	 * @return True if the torrent matches the filter and should be shown in the current screen, false otherwise
 	 */
-	boolean matches(Torrent torrent);
+	boolean matches(Torrent torrent, boolean dormantAsInactive);
 
 	/**
 	 * Implementations should return a name that can be shown to indicate the active filter
 	 * @return The name of the filter item as string
 	 */
 	String getName();
-	
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/StatusType.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/StatusType.java
index 58d7c11d..20e06d83 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/StatusType.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/gui/navigation/StatusType.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.transdroid.core.R;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.lists.SimpleListItem;
 import org.transdroid.daemon.Torrent;
-import org.transdroid.daemon.TorrentStatus;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Parcel;
@@ -108,24 +107,22 @@ public enum StatusType {
 
 		/**
 		 * Returns true if the torrent status matches this (selected) status type, false otherwise
+		 * @param torrent The torrent to match against this status type
+		 * @param dormantAsInactive If true, dormant (0KB/s, so no data transfer) torrents are never actively
+		 *            downloading or seeding
 		 */
 		@Override
-		public boolean matches(Torrent torrent) {
+		public boolean matches(Torrent torrent, boolean dormantAsInactive) {
 			switch (statusType) {
 			case OnlyDownloading:
-				return torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Downloading;
+				return torrent.isDownloading(dormantAsInactive);
 			case OnlyUploading:
-				return torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Seeding;
+				return torrent.isSeeding(dormantAsInactive);
 			case OnlyActive:
-				return torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Downloading
-						|| torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Seeding;
+				return torrent.isDownloading(dormantAsInactive)
+						|| torrent.isSeeding(dormantAsInactive);
 			case OnlyInactive:
-				return torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Checking
-						|| torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Error
-						|| torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Paused
-						|| torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Queued
-						|| torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Unknown
-						|| torrent.getStatusCode() == TorrentStatus.Waiting;
+				return !torrent.isDownloading(dormantAsInactive) && !torrent.isSeeding(dormantAsInactive);
 			default:
 				return true;
 			}
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/widget/ListWidgetConfigActivity.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/widget/ListWidgetConfigActivity.java
index 8f435156..b4d8c9d8 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/widget/ListWidgetConfigActivity.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/widget/ListWidgetConfigActivity.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.androidannotations.annotations.ViewById;
 import org.transdroid.core.R;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.ApplicationSettings;
 import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.ServerSetting;
+import org.transdroid.core.app.settings.SystemSettings;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.lists.SimpleListItemSpinnerAdapter;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.lists.SortByListItem;
 import org.transdroid.core.gui.navigation.StatusType;
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ public class ListWidgetConfigActivity extends SherlockActivity {
 	protected ConnectivityHelper connectivityHelper;
 	@Bean
 	protected ApplicationSettings applicationSettings;
+	@Bean
+	protected SystemSettings systemSettings;
 	private int appWidgetId;
 
 	@Override
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ public class ListWidgetConfigActivity extends SherlockActivity {
 		ArrayList<Torrent> filteredTorrents = new ArrayList<Torrent>(previewTorrents.size());
 		StatusTypeFilter statusTypeFilter = (StatusTypeFilter) filterSpinner.getSelectedItem();
 		for (Torrent torrent : previewTorrents) {
-			if (statusTypeFilter.matches(torrent))
+			if (statusTypeFilter.matches(torrent, systemSettings.treatDormantAsInactive()))
 				filteredTorrents.add(torrent);
 		}
 		if (filteredTorrents.size() == 0) {
diff --git a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/widget/ListWidgetViewsService.java b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/widget/ListWidgetViewsService.java
index d7682bbb..c9102c3b 100644
--- a/core/src/org/transdroid/core/widget/ListWidgetViewsService.java
+++ b/core/src/org/transdroid/core/widget/ListWidgetViewsService.java
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ class WidgetViewsFactory implements RemoteViewsService.RemoteViewsFactory {
 		}
 
 		// We have data; filter, sort and store it to use later when getViewAt gets called
+		SystemSettings systemSettings = SystemSettings_.getInstance_(context);
 		ArrayList<Torrent> filteredTorrents = new ArrayList<Torrent>();
 		for (Torrent torrent : ((RetrieveTaskSuccessResult) result).getTorrents()) {
-			if (config.getStatusType().getFilterItem(context).matches(torrent))
+			if (config.getStatusType().getFilterItem(context).matches(torrent, systemSettings.treatDormantAsInactive()))
 				filteredTorrents.add(torrent);
 		}
 		if (filteredTorrents.size() > 0) {
diff --git a/lib/src/org/transdroid/daemon/Torrent.java b/lib/src/org/transdroid/daemon/Torrent.java
index 925eeb84..71cb3b96 100644
--- a/lib/src/org/transdroid/daemon/Torrent.java
+++ b/lib/src/org/transdroid/daemon/Torrent.java
@@ -187,6 +187,26 @@ public final class Torrent implements Parcelable, Comparable<Torrent> {
 		return partDone;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether this torrents is actively downloading or not.
+	 * @param dormantAsInactive If true, dormant (0KB/s, so no data transfer) torrents are never actively downloading
+	 * @return True if this torrent is to be treated as being in a downloading state, that is, it is trying to finish a
+	 *         download
+	 */
+	public boolean isDownloading(boolean dormantAsInactive) {
+		return statusCode == TorrentStatus.Downloading && (!dormantAsInactive || rateDownload > 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether this torrents is actively seeding or not.
+	 * @param dormantAsInactive If true, dormant (0KB/s, so no data transfer) torrents are never actively seeding
+	 * @return True if this torrent is to be treated as being in a seeding state, that is, it is sending data to
+	 *         leechers
+	 */
+	public boolean isSeeding(boolean dormantAsInactive) {
+		return statusCode == TorrentStatus.Seeding && (!dormantAsInactive || rateUpload > 0);
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Indicates if the torrent can be paused at this moment
 	 * @return If it can be paused