diff --git a/menu/drivers/materialui.c b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
index 11bad4f89d..b01bb0f89b 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/materialui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
@@ -1954,31 +1954,60 @@ static void materialui_compute_entries_box(materialui_handle_t* mui, int width,
 /* Compute the scroll value depending on the highlighted entry */
 static float materialui_get_scroll(materialui_handle_t *mui)
 {
-   unsigned i, width, height = 0;
-   float half, sum = 0;
-   size_t selection   = menu_navigation_get_selection();
-   file_list_t *list  = menu_entries_get_selection_buf_ptr(0);
+   file_list_t *list       = menu_entries_get_selection_buf_ptr(0);
+   materialui_node_t *node = NULL;
+   size_t selection        = menu_navigation_get_selection();
+   unsigned header_height  = menu_display_get_header_height();
+   unsigned width          = 0;
+   unsigned height         = 0;
+   float view_centre       = 0.0f;
+   float selection_centre  = 0.0f;
+   size_t i;
 
-   if (!mui)
+   if (!mui || !list)
       return 0;
 
+   /* Get current window size */
    video_driver_get_size(&width, &height);
 
-   half = height / 2;
+   /* Get the vertical midpoint of the actual
+    * list view - i.e. account for header +
+    * navigation bar */
+   view_centre =
+         (float)(height - header_height - mui->nav_bar_layout_height) / 2.0f;
 
+   /* Get the vertical midpoint of the currently
+    * selected entry */
+
+   /* > Account for entries *before* current selection */
    for (i = 0; i < selection; i++)
    {
-      materialui_node_t *node   = (materialui_node_t*)
-         file_list_get_userdata_at_offset(list, i);
+      node = (materialui_node_t*)file_list_get_userdata_at_offset(list, i);
 
-      if (node)
-         sum += node->entry_height;
+      /* If this ever happens, the scroll position
+       * will be entirely wrong... */
+      if (!node)
+         continue;
+
+      selection_centre += node->entry_height;
    }
 
-   if (sum < half)
-      return 0;
+   /* > Account for current selection */
+   node = (materialui_node_t*)file_list_get_userdata_at_offset(list, selection);
+   if (node)
+      selection_centre += node->entry_height / 2.0f;
 
-   return sum - half;
+   /* If selected entry is near the beginning of the list
+    * (such that it fits within the first half of the
+    * list view when the list is rendered from the start),
+    * scroll position can be reset to zero */
+   if (selection_centre < view_centre)
+      return 0.0f;
+
+   /* ...Otherwise, set the scroll position such that the
+    * centre of the selected item is at the centre of the
+    * list view */
+   return selection_centre - view_centre;
 }
 
 static void materialui_layout(