diff --git a/src/orca/orca-setup.ui b/src/orca/orca-setup.ui
index 0497bf6..96b54dc 100644
--- a/src/orca/orca-setup.ui
+++ b/src/orca/orca-setup.ui
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@
                         <child>
                           <object class="GtkTable" id="checkBoxTable">
                             <property name="visible">True</property>
-                            <property name="n_rows">3</property>
+                            <property name="n_rows">4</property>
                             <property name="n_columns">2</property>
                             <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
                             <child>
@@ -1572,6 +1572,26 @@
                               </packing>
                             </child>
                             <child>
+                              <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="pauseBreaksCheckButton">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Break speech into chunks between pauses</property>
+                                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                                <property name="relief">GTK_RELIEF_NORMAL</property>
+                                <property name="focus_on_click">True</property>
+                                <property name="active">True</property>
+                                <property name="inconsistent">False</property>
+                                <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
+                                <signal handler="pauseBreaksToggled" last_modification_time="Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:11:04 GMT" name="toggled"/>
+                              </object>
+                              <packing>
+                                <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                                <property name="right_attach">1</property>
+                                <property name="top_attach">3</property>
+                                <property name="bottom_attach">4</property>
+                              </packing>
+                            </child>
+                            <child>
                               <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="speakMnemonicsCheckButton">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                                 <property name="can_focus">True</property>
diff --git a/src/orca/orca_gui_prefs.py b/src/orca/orca_gui_prefs.py
index e131333..6b6b405 100644
--- a/src/orca/orca_gui_prefs.py
+++ b/src/orca/orca_gui_prefs.py
@@ -1515,6 +1515,9 @@ class OrcaSetupGUI(orca_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
         self.get_widget("speakTutorialMessagesCheckButton").set_active(\
             prefs["enableTutorialMessages"])
 
+        self.get_widget("pauseBreaksCheckButton").set_active(\
+            prefs["enablePauseBreaks"])
+
         self.get_widget("speakMnemonicsCheckButton").set_active(\
             prefs["enableMnemonicSpeaking"])
 
@@ -2561,6 +2564,16 @@ class OrcaSetupGUI(orca_gtkbuilder.GtkBuilderWrapper):
 
         self.prefsDict["enableTutorialMessages"] = widget.get_active()
 
+    def pauseBreaksToggled (self, widget):
+        """Signal handler for the "toggled" signal for the
+           pauseBreaksCheckButton GtkCheckButton widget.
+
+        Arguments:
+        - widget: the component that generated the signal.
+        """
+
+        self.prefsDict["enablePauseBreaks"] = widget.get_active()
+
     def mnemonicSpeakingChecked (self, widget):
         """Signal handler for the "toggled" signal for the
            speakMnemonicsCheckButton GtkCheckButton widget.
diff --git a/src/orca/settings.py b/src/orca/settings.py
index 6a65714..8738228 100644
--- a/src/orca/settings.py
+++ b/src/orca/settings.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ userCustomizableSettings = [
     "enableFunctionKeys",
     "enableActionKeys",
     "enableNavigationKeys",
+    "enablePauseBreaks",
     "enableTutorialMessages",
     "enableMnemonicSpeaking",
     "enableBraille",
@@ -1348,4 +1349,4 @@ useExperimentalSpeechProsody = True
 # adaptation to how different systems handle queued speech.  For example,
 # some introduce unnaturally long pauses between requests to speak.
 #
-emitSpeechOnPauses = True
+enablePauseBreaks = True
diff --git a/src/orca/speech.py b/src/orca/speech.py
index 1ab9b6a..7ffca92 100644
--- a/src/orca/speech.py
+++ b/src/orca/speech.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def speak(content, acss=None, interrupt=True):
                 if subString:
                     if subString[-1] != ".":
                         subString += "."
-                    if settings.emitSpeechOnPauses:
+                    if settings.enablePauseBreaks:
                         _speak(subString, acss, interrupt)
                         subString = None
             elif isinstance(element, speech_generator.LineBreak):
