diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
index 9319f98d71..d19aa438ce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import cookie from 'react-cookies';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import { navigate } from '@gatsbyjs/reach-router';
-import { gettext, siteRoot, username, enableVideoThumbnail } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { gettext, siteRoot, username, enableVideoThumbnail, enablePDFThumbnail } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { seafileAPI } from '../../utils/seafile-api';
 import { Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
 import collabServer from '../../utils/collab-server';
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
 
   getThumbnails = (repoID, path, direntList) => {
     let items = direntList.filter((item) => {
-      return (Utils.imageCheck(item.name) || (enableVideoThumbnail && Utils.videoCheck(item.name))) && !item.encoded_thumbnail_src;
+      return (Utils.imageCheck(item.name) || (enableVideoThumbnail && Utils.videoCheck(item.name)) || (enablePDFThumbnail && Utils.pdfCheck(item.name))) && !item.encoded_thumbnail_src;
     });
     if (items.length == 0) {
       return ;
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/starred/starred.js b/frontend/src/pages/starred/starred.js
index f574958734..f2783b6f72 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/starred/starred.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/starred/starred.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Link, navigate } from '@gatsbyjs/reach-router';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import { seafileAPI } from '../../utils/seafile-api';
 import { Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
-import { gettext, siteRoot, enableVideoThumbnail } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { gettext, siteRoot, enableVideoThumbnail, enablePDFThumbnail } from '../../utils/constants';
 import EmptyTip from '../../components/empty-tip';
 import Loading from '../../components/loading';
 import toaster from '../../components/toast';
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ class TableBody extends Component {
 
   getThumbnails() {
     let items = this.state.items.filter((item) => {
-      return (Utils.imageCheck(item.obj_name) || (enableVideoThumbnail && Utils.videoCheck(item.obj_name))) && !item.repo_encrypted && !item.encoded_thumbnail_src && !item.deleted;
+      return (Utils.imageCheck(item.obj_name) ||
+          (enableVideoThumbnail && Utils.videoCheck(item.obj_name)) ||
+          (enablePDFThumbnail && Utils.pdfCheck(item.obj_name))) &&
+          !item.repo_encrypted && !item.encoded_thumbnail_src && !item.deleted;
     });
     if (items.length == 0) {
       return ;
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared-dir-view.js b/frontend/src/shared-dir-view.js
index e655d8933e..e8d61111f2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared-dir-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/shared-dir-view.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let {
   repoID, relativePath,
   mode, thumbnailSize, zipped,
   trafficOverLimit, canDownload,
-  noQuota, canUpload, enableVideoThumbnail
+  noQuota, canUpload, enableVideoThumbnail, enablePDFThumbnail
 } = window.shared.pageOptions;
 
 const showDownloadIcon = !trafficOverLimit && canDownload;
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ class SharedDirView extends React.Component {
     let items = this.state.items.filter((item) => {
       return !item.is_dir &&
         (Utils.imageCheck(item.file_name) ||
-        (enableVideoThumbnail && Utils.videoCheck(item.file_name))) &&
+        (enableVideoThumbnail && Utils.videoCheck(item.file_name)) ||
+        (enablePDFThumbnail && Utils.pdfCheck(item.file_name))) &&
         !item.encoded_thumbnail_src;
     });
     if (items.length == 0) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/constants.js b/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
index 7d3f50eed5..f74c515c53 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export const curNoteID = window.app.pageOptions.curNoteID;
 export const enableTC = window.app.pageOptions.enableTC;
 
 export const enableVideoThumbnail = window.app.pageOptions.enableVideoThumbnail;
+export const enablePDFThumbnail = window.app.pageOptions.enablePDFThumbnail;
 
 export const enableOnlyoffice = window.app.pageOptions.enableOnlyoffice || false;
 export const onlyofficeConverterExtensions = window.app.pageOptions.onlyofficeConverterExtensions || [];
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/utils.js b/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
index 2e71ed2516..ef2ae025d2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -124,6 +124,19 @@ export const Utils = {
     }
   },
 
+  pdfCheck: function(filename) {
+    if (filename.lastIndexOf('.') == -1) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    var file_ext = filename.substr(filename.lastIndexOf('.') + 1).toLowerCase();
+    var image_exts = ['pdf'];
+    if (image_exts.indexOf(file_ext) != -1) {
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  },
+
   getShareLinkPermissionList: function(itemType, permission, path, canEdit) {
     // itemType: library, dir, file
     // permission: rw, r, admin, cloud-edit, preview, custom-*
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 882ca0eafd..3e43dcee4e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ Markdown==3.4.*
 bleach==5.0.*
 python-ldap==3.4.*
 pypinyin==0.50.*
+PyMuPDF==1.24.*
diff --git a/seahub/api2/endpoints/dir.py b/seahub/api2/endpoints/dir.py
index cbd3c8c845..aee5ebca86 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/endpoints/dir.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/endpoints/dir.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from seahub.utils import check_filename_with_rename, is_valid_dirent_name, \
         normalize_dir_path, is_pro_version, FILEEXT_TYPE_MAP, get_file_type_and_ext
 from seahub.utils.timeutils import timestamp_to_isoformat_timestr
 from seahub.utils.file_tags import get_files_tags_in_dir
-from seahub.utils.file_types import IMAGE, VIDEO, XMIND, SEADOC
+from seahub.utils.file_types import IMAGE, VIDEO, XMIND, SEADOC, PDF
 from seahub.base.models import UserStarredFiles
 from seahub.base.templatetags.seahub_tags import email2nickname, \
         email2contact_email
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def get_dir_file_info_list(username, request_type, repo_obj, parent_dir,
                 fileExt = os.path.splitext(file_name)[1][1:].lower()
                 file_type = FILEEXT_TYPE_MAP.get(fileExt)
 
-                if file_type in (IMAGE, XMIND) or \
+                if file_type in (IMAGE, XMIND, PDF) or \
                         (file_type == VIDEO and ENABLE_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL):
 
                     # if thumbnail has already been created, return its src.
diff --git a/seahub/settings.py b/seahub/settings.py
index 237df5b17b..305d41d6d5 100644
--- a/seahub/settings.py
+++ b/seahub/settings.py
@@ -747,6 +747,9 @@ THUMBNAIL_IMAGE_ORIGINAL_SIZE_LIMIT = 256
 ENABLE_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL = False
 THUMBNAIL_VIDEO_FRAME_TIME = 5  # use the frame at 5 second as thumbnail
 
+# pdf thumbnails
+ENABLE_PDF_THUMBNAIL = True
+
 # template for create new office file
 OFFICE_TEMPLATE_ROOT = os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, 'office-template')
 
diff --git a/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html b/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
index 5a0f5f8cda..c725e6f22b 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
             enableTC: {% if enable_terms_and_conditions %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
             enableSSOToThirdpartWebsite: {% if enable_sso_to_thirdpart_website %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
             enableVideoThumbnail: {% if enable_video_thumbnail %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
+            enablePDFThumbnail: {% if enable_pdf_thumbnail %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
             showLogoutIcon: {% if show_logout_icon %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
             additionalShareDialogNote: {% if additional_share_dialog_note %} {{ additional_share_dialog_note|safe }} {% else %} null {% endif %},
             additionalAppBottomLinks: {% if additional_app_bottom_links %} {{ additional_app_bottom_links|safe }} {% else %} null {% endif %},
diff --git a/seahub/templates/common_file_view_react.html b/seahub/templates/common_file_view_react.html
index 3bf5a1c05d..ac223584fc 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/common_file_view_react.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/common_file_view_react.html
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ thumbnailSizeForOriginal: {{ thumbnail_size_for_original }},
 enableVideoThumbnail: {% if enable_video_thumbnail %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if filetype == 'PDF' %}
+enablePDFThumbnail: {% if enable_pdf_thumbnail %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if filetype == 'XMind' %}
 xmindImageSrc: '{{ xmind_image_src|escapejs }}',
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/seahub/templates/view_shared_dir_react.html b/seahub/templates/view_shared_dir_react.html
index aa562339ef..8df4fac53c 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/view_shared_dir_react.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/view_shared_dir_react.html
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
             mode: '{{ mode }}',
             thumbnailSize: {{ thumbnail_size }},
             enableVideoThumbnail: {% if enable_video_thumbnail %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
+            enablePDFThumbnail: {% if enable_pdf_thumbnail %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
             trafficOverLimit: {% if traffic_over_limit %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
             canDownload: {% if permissions.can_download %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
             noQuota: {% if no_quota %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
diff --git a/seahub/thumbnail/utils.py b/seahub/thumbnail/utils.py
index 0e69ba3084..6744a44c66 100644
--- a/seahub/thumbnail/utils.py
+++ b/seahub/thumbnail/utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import logging
 import subprocess
 from io import BytesIO
 import zipfile
+from fitz import open as fitz_open
 try: # Py2 and Py3 compatibility
     from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 except:
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ from seaserv import get_file_id_by_path, get_repo, get_file_size, \
     seafile_api
 
 from seahub.utils import gen_inner_file_get_url, get_file_type_and_ext
-from seahub.utils.file_types import VIDEO, XMIND
+from seahub.utils.file_types import VIDEO, XMIND, PDF
 from seahub.settings import THUMBNAIL_IMAGE_SIZE_LIMIT, \
     THUMBNAIL_EXTENSION, THUMBNAIL_ROOT, THUMBNAIL_IMAGE_ORIGINAL_SIZE_LIMIT,\
     ENABLE_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL, THUMBNAIL_VIDEO_FRAME_TIME
@@ -117,7 +118,10 @@ def generate_thumbnail(request, repo_id, size, path):
                                            thumbnail_file, file_size)
         else:
             return (False, 400)
-
+    if filetype == PDF:
+        # pdf thumbnails
+        return create_pdf_thumbnails(repo, file_id, path, size,
+                                     thumbnail_file, file_size)
     if filetype == XMIND:
         return extract_xmind_image(repo_id, path, size)
 
@@ -181,6 +185,41 @@ def create_psd_thumbnails(repo, file_id, path, size, thumbnail_file, file_size):
         os.unlink(tmp_img_path)
         return (False, 500)
 
+
+def create_pdf_thumbnails(repo, file_id, path, size, thumbnail_file, file_size):
+    t1 = timeit.default_timer()
+    token = seafile_api.get_fileserver_access_token(repo.id,
+            file_id, 'view', '', use_onetime=False)
+
+    if not token:
+        return (False, 500)
+
+    inner_path = gen_inner_file_get_url(token, os.path.basename(path))
+    tmp_path = str(os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), '%s.png' % file_id[:8]))
+    pdf_file = urllib.request.urlopen(inner_path)
+    pdf_stream = BytesIO(pdf_file.read())
+    try:
+        pdf_doc = fitz_open(stream=pdf_stream)
+        pdf_stream.close()
+        page = pdf_doc[0]
+        pix = page.get_pixmap()
+        pix.save(tmp_path)
+        pdf_doc.close()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(e)
+        return (False, 500)
+    t2 = timeit.default_timer()
+    logger.debug('Create PDF thumbnail of [%s](size: %s) takes: %s' % (path, file_size, (t2 - t1)))
+
+    try:
+        ret = _create_thumbnail_common(tmp_path, thumbnail_file, size)
+        os.unlink(tmp_path)
+        return ret
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(e)
+        os.unlink(tmp_path)
+        return (False, 500)
+
 def create_video_thumbnails(repo, file_id, path, size, thumbnail_file, file_size):
 
     t1 = timeit.default_timer()
diff --git a/seahub/views/__init__.py b/seahub/views/__init__.py
index 2f7d1c6c0f..af89a386c8 100644
--- a/seahub/views/__init__.py
+++ b/seahub/views/__init__.py
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ def react_fake_view(request, **kwargs):
         'ocm_remote_servers': OCM_REMOTE_SERVERS,
         'enable_share_to_department': settings.ENABLE_SHARE_TO_DEPARTMENT,
         'enable_video_thumbnail': settings.ENABLE_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL,
+        'enable_pdf_thumbnail': settings.ENABLE_PDF_THUMBNAIL,
         'group_import_members_extra_msg': GROUP_IMPORT_MEMBERS_EXTRA_MSG,
         'request_from_onlyoffice_desktop_editor': ONLYOFFICE_DESKTOP_EDITOR_HTTP_USER_AGENT in request.headers.get('user-agent', ''),
         'enable_sso_to_thirdpart_website': settings.ENABLE_SSO_TO_THIRDPART_WEBSITE,
diff --git a/seahub/views/file.py b/seahub/views/file.py
index c875c7bec7..8e82eab824 100644
--- a/seahub/views/file.py
+++ b/seahub/views/file.py
@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@ def view_lib_file(request, repo_id, path):
         send_file_access_msg(request, repo, path, 'web')
         if filetype == VIDEO:
             return_dict['enable_video_thumbnail'] = settings.ENABLE_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL
+        if filetype == PDF:
+            return_dict['enable_pdf_thumbnail'] = settings.ENABLE_PDF_THUMBNAIL
         return render(request, template, return_dict)
 
     elif filetype == XMIND:
diff --git a/seahub/views/repo.py b/seahub/views/repo.py
index 3c79992eb7..e808de3c96 100644
--- a/seahub/views/repo.py
+++ b/seahub/views/repo.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from seahub.settings import ENABLE_UPLOAD_FOLDER, \
     THUMBNAIL_ROOT, THUMBNAIL_DEFAULT_SIZE, THUMBNAIL_SIZE_FOR_GRID, \
     MAX_NUMBER_OF_FILES_FOR_FILEUPLOAD, SHARE_LINK_EXPIRE_DAYS_MIN, \
     SHARE_LINK_EXPIRE_DAYS_MAX, SEAFILE_COLLAB_SERVER, \
-    ENABLE_SHARE_LINK_REPORT_ABUSE
+    ENABLE_SHARE_LINK_REPORT_ABUSE, ENABLE_PDF_THUMBNAIL
 from seahub.utils.file_types import IMAGE, VIDEO, XMIND
 from seahub.thumbnail.utils import get_share_link_thumbnail_src
 from seahub.group.utils import is_group_admin
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ def view_shared_dir(request, fileshare):
             'desc_for_ogp': desc_for_ogp,
             'enable_share_link_report_abuse': ENABLE_SHARE_LINK_REPORT_ABUSE,
             'enable_video_thumbnail': ENABLE_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL,
+            'enable_pdf_thumbnail': ENABLE_PDF_THUMBNAIL,
             })
 
 
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index fb31eab0a7..3ca8d6deab 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ splinter
 pytest==7.4.4
 pytest-django
 selenium
+PyMuPDF==1.24.3
\ No newline at end of file