diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index ab7ad370..98e67be7 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ type SystemConfiguration struct {
 	// ActivitySendCount is the number of activity events to send per batch.
 	ActivitySendCount int `default:"100" yaml:"activity_send_count"`
 
+	// Should send sftp.read to activity log
+	ActivitySendSftpRead bool `default:"false" yaml:"activity_send_sftp_read"`
+
 	// If set to true, file permissions for a server will be checked when the process is
 	// booted. This can cause boot delays if the server has a large amount of files. In most
 	// cases disabling this should not have any major impact unless external processes are
diff --git a/server/activity.go b/server/activity.go
index c1613adb..152db481 100644
--- a/server/activity.go
+++ b/server/activity.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const ActivityPowerPrefix = "server:power."
 const (
 	ActivityConsoleCommand      = models.Event("server:console.command")
 	ActivitySftpWrite           = models.Event("server:sftp.write")
+	ActivitySftpRead            = models.Event("server:sftp.read")
 	ActivitySftpCreate          = models.Event("server:sftp.create")
 	ActivitySftpCreateDirectory = models.Event("server:sftp.create-directory")
 	ActivitySftpRename          = models.Event("server:sftp.rename")
diff --git a/sftp/handler.go b/sftp/handler.go
index 74ba9eb6..56eb38c4 100644
--- a/sftp/handler.go
+++ b/sftp/handler.go
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ func (h *Handler) Fileread(request *sftp.Request) (io.ReaderAt, error) {
 		}
 		return nil, sftp.ErrSSHFxNoSuchFile
 	}
+
+	if config.Get().System.ActivitySendSftpRead {
+		h.events.MustLog(server.ActivitySftpRead, FileAction{Entity: request.Filepath})
+	}
 	return f, nil
 }