diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/dynamicTable.js b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/dynamicTable.js
index 032a79a1e..ed6910396 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/dynamicTable.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/dynamicTable.js
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ window.qBittorrent.DynamicTable ??= (() => {
             }, true);
 
             this.dynamicTableDiv.addEventListener("touchstart", (e) => {
+                if (e.target.classList.contains("selectRowCheckbox"))
+                    return; // ignore touch events on checkboxes, otherwise breaks on mobile
                 const tr = e.target.closest("tr");
                 if (!tr)
                     return;
@@ -588,6 +590,8 @@ window.qBittorrent.DynamicTable ??= (() => {
             column["onVisibilityChange"] = null;
             column["staticWidth"] = null;
             column["calculateBuffer"] = () => 0;
+            column["jsManaged"] = false;
+
             this.columns.push(column);
             this.columns[name] = column;
 
@@ -736,10 +740,12 @@ window.qBittorrent.DynamicTable ??= (() => {
             for (const row of this.getFilteredAndSortedRows())
                 this.selectedRows.push(row.rowId);
             this.setRowClass();
+            this.onSelectedRowChanged();
         }
 
         deselectAll() {
             this.selectedRows.empty();
+            this.onSelectedRowChanged();
         }
 
         selectRow(rowId) {
@@ -1000,7 +1006,10 @@ window.qBittorrent.DynamicTable ??= (() => {
                     tds[i].style.width = `${this.columns[i].width}px`;
                     tds[i].style.maxWidth = `${this.columns[i].width}px`;
                 }
-                if (this.columns[i].dataProperties.some(prop => Object.hasOwn(data, prop)))
+                if (
+                    this.columns[i].dataProperties.some(prop => Object.hasOwn(data, prop))
+                    || (this.columns[i].jsManaged)
+                )
                     this.columns[i].updateTd(tds[i], row);
             }
             row["data"] = {};
@@ -1096,12 +1105,18 @@ window.qBittorrent.DynamicTable ??= (() => {
     }
 
     class TorrentsTable extends DynamicTable {
+
         setupVirtualList() {
             super.setupVirtualList();
             this.rowHeight = 22;
         }
 
         initColumns() {
+            if (LocalPreferences.get("use_checkboxes_in_ui", "false") === "true") {
+                this.newColumn("selected", "width: 20px; text-align: center;", "", 20, true);
+                this.columns["selected"].jsManaged = true;
+            }
+
             this.newColumn("priority", "", "#", 30, true);
             this.newColumn("state_icon", "", "QBT_TR(Status Icon)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=TransferListModel]", 30, false);
             this.newColumn("name", "", "QBT_TR(Name)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=TransferListModel]", 200, true);
@@ -1201,6 +1216,29 @@ window.qBittorrent.DynamicTable ??= (() => {
 
                 return `stateIcon ${stateClass}`;
             };
+            if (LocalPreferences.get("use_checkboxes_in_ui", "false") === "true") {
+                const self = this;
+                this.columns["selected"].updateTd = (td, row) => {
+                    let htmlInput = td.firstElementChild;
+                    if (htmlInput === null)
+                        htmlInput = document.createElement("input");
+
+                    htmlInput.type = "checkbox";
+                    htmlInput.className = "selectRowCheckbox";
+                    htmlInput.checked = self.isRowSelected(row.rowId);
+
+                    if (td.firstElementChild === null) {
+                        htmlInput.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
+                            e.stopPropagation();
+                            if (htmlInput.checked)
+                                self.selectRow(row.rowId);
+                            else
+                                self.deselectRow(row.rowId);
+                        });
+                        td.append(htmlInput);
+                    }
+                };
+            }
 
             // state_icon
             this.columns["state_icon"].updateTd = function(td, row) {
@@ -1817,6 +1855,15 @@ window.qBittorrent.DynamicTable ??= (() => {
 
         onSelectedRowChanged() {
             updatePropertiesPanel();
+            this.updateSelectedCheckboxes();
+        }
+
+        updateSelectedCheckboxes() {
+            const checkboxes = document.getElementsByClassName("selectRowCheckbox");
+            for (const checkbox of checkboxes) {
+                const rowId = checkbox.closest("tr").rowId;
+                checkbox.checked = this.isRowSelected(rowId);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/views/preferences.html b/src/webui/www/private/views/preferences.html
index 26a5389ac..e827c9c39 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/views/preferences.html
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/views/preferences.html
@@ -1031,6 +1031,10 @@
             <div class="formRow">
                 <a href="https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/List-of-known-alternate-WebUIs" target="_blank">QBT_TR(List of alternative WebUI)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=OptionsDialog]</a>
             </div>
+            <div class="formRow">
+                <input type="checkbox" id="use_checkboxes_in_ui">
+                <label for="use_checkboxes_in_ui">QBT_TR(Use checkboxes in WebUI)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=OptionsDialog]</label>
+            </div>
         </fieldset>
 
         <fieldset class="settings">
@@ -2533,6 +2537,7 @@ Use ';' to split multiple entries. Can use wildcard '*'.)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=OptionsD
                     document.getElementById("use_https_checkbox").checked = pref.use_https;
                     document.getElementById("ssl_cert_text").value = pref.web_ui_https_cert_path;
                     document.getElementById("ssl_key_text").value = pref.web_ui_https_key_path;
+                    document.getElementById("use_checkboxes_in_ui").checked = LocalPreferences.get("use_checkboxes_in_ui", "false") === "true";
                     updateHttpsSettings();
 
                     // Authentication
@@ -3031,6 +3036,8 @@ Use ';' to split multiple entries. Can use wildcard '*'.)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=OptionsD
             }
             settings["alternative_webui_enabled"] = alternative_webui_enabled;
             settings["alternative_webui_path"] = webui_files_location_textarea;
+            settings["use_checkboxes_in_ui"] = document.getElementById("use_checkboxes_in_ui").checked;
+            LocalPreferences.set("use_checkboxes_in_ui", settings["use_checkboxes_in_ui"]);
 
             // Security
             settings["web_ui_clickjacking_protection_enabled"] = document.getElementById("clickjacking_protection_checkbox").checked;