diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/scrollbar.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/scrollbar.vim
index ff84ff79..3d25a0c8 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/scrollbar.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/scrollbar.vim
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 scriptencoding utf-8
 
 function! airline#extensions#scrollbar#calculate() abort
-  if winwidth(0) > 200 && get(w:, 'airline_active', 0)
+  if winwidth(0) > get(g:, 'airline#extensions#scrollbar#minwidth', 200)
+      \ && get(w:, 'airline_active', 0)
     let overwrite = 0
     if &encoding ==? 'utf-8' && !get(g:, 'airline_symbols_ascii', 0)
       let [left, right, middle] = [ '|', '|', '█']
diff --git a/doc/airline.txt b/doc/airline.txt
index a80ef189..18b635d4 100644
--- a/doc/airline.txt
+++ b/doc/airline.txt
@@ -1394,6 +1394,10 @@ Displays an Ascii Scrollbar for active windows with a width > 200.
 
 * enable/disable scrollbar integration >
   let g:airline#extensions#scrollbar#enabled = 1 (default: 0)
+* set minimum window width, below which the scollbar
+  will be disabled >
+  let g:airline#extensions#scrollbar#minwidth = 100 (default: 200)
+
 -------------------------------------                        *airline-taboo*
 taboo.vim <https://github.com/gcmt/taboo.vim>