diff --git a/src/gs-featured-carousel.c b/src/gs-featured-carousel.c
index c0af489227148d37dd0fce70ef0751b962cb9cc1..4ce56871e74d67101a6a4fe245bfcf2a08d0265b 100644
--- a/src/gs-featured-carousel.c
+++ b/src/gs-featured-carousel.c
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ stop_rotation_timer (GsFeaturedCarousel *self)
 	}
 }
 
+static void
+carousel_notify_position_cb (GsFeaturedCarousel *self)
+{
+	/* Reset the rotation timer in case it’s about to fire. */
+	stop_rotation_timer (self);
+	start_rotation_timer (self);
+}
+
 static void
 next_button_clicked_cb (GtkButton *button,
                         gpointer   user_data)
@@ -139,10 +147,6 @@ next_button_clicked_cb (GtkButton *button,
 	GsFeaturedCarousel *self = GS_FEATURED_CAROUSEL (user_data);
 
 	show_relative_page (self, +1);
-
-	/* Reset the rotation timer in case it’s about to fire. */
-	stop_rotation_timer (self);
-	start_rotation_timer (self);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -152,10 +156,6 @@ previous_button_clicked_cb (GtkButton *button,
 	GsFeaturedCarousel *self = GS_FEATURED_CAROUSEL (user_data);
 
 	show_relative_page (self, -1);
-
-	/* Reset the rotation timer in case it’s about to fire. */
-	stop_rotation_timer (self);
-	start_rotation_timer (self);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ gs_featured_carousel_class_init (GsFeaturedCarouselClass *klass)
 	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_child (widget_class, GsFeaturedCarousel, carousel);
 	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_child (widget_class, GsFeaturedCarousel, next_button);
 	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_child (widget_class, GsFeaturedCarousel, previous_button);
+	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_callback (widget_class, carousel_notify_position_cb);
 	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_callback (widget_class, next_button_clicked_cb);
 	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_callback (widget_class, previous_button_clicked_cb);
 	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_callback (widget_class, key_pressed_cb);
diff --git a/src/gs-featured-carousel.ui b/src/gs-featured-carousel.ui
index 6298534c34c959340ad68e9e45383c659efef172..3348686b8d817879b51f4e5ce06bd362065a829c 100644
--- a/src/gs-featured-carousel.ui
+++ b/src/gs-featured-carousel.ui
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <property name="valign">fill</property>
         <child>
           <object class="AdwCarousel" id="carousel">
+            <signal name="notify::position" handler="carousel_notify_position_cb" swapped="yes"/>
             <style>
               <class name="card"/>
             </style>