diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index a5600c3e..b025201c 100644
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
       <button id="load-button"> Explore </button>
     </nav>
     </nav>
-    <!-- The wrapper component -->
-    <redoc>
+
+    <redoc scroll-y-offset='50'>
       Loading...
     </redoc>
 
diff --git a/demo/main.css b/demo/main.css
index d20e4efe..d5325a9e 100644
--- a/demo/main.css
+++ b/demo/main.css
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ nav {
 redoc {
   display: block;
   box-sizing: border-box;
-  height: 100%;
-  overflow: auto;
 }
 
 pre {
diff --git a/lib/common/components/StickySidebar/sticky-sidebar.js b/lib/common/components/StickySidebar/sticky-sidebar.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..997d197d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/common/components/StickySidebar/sticky-sidebar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import {Component, View, OnInit, OnDestroy, ElementRef} from 'angular2/core';
+import {BrowserDomAdapter} from 'angular2/platform/browser';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'sticky-sidebar',
+  inputs: ['scrollParent', 'scrollOffsetY']
+})
+@View({
+  template: `
+    <div class="sticky-sidebar">
+      <ng-content></ng-content>
+    </div>
+  `,
+  lifecycle: [OnInit, OnDestroy]
+})
+export default class StickySidebar {
+  constructor(elementRef, adapter) {
+    this.element = elementRef.nativeElement;
+    this.adapter = adapter;
+
+    // initial styling
+    this.adapter.setStyle(this.element, 'position', 'absolute');
+    this.adapter.setStyle(this.element, 'top', '0');
+    this.adapter.setStyle(this.element, 'bottom', '0');
+    this.adapter.setStyle(this.element, 'max-height', '100%');
+  }
+
+  bind() {
+    this.cancelScrollBinding = this.adapter.onAndCancel(this.scrollParent, 'scroll', () => { this.updatePosition(); });
+    this.updatePosition();
+  }
+
+  unbind() {
+    this.cancelScrollBinding && this.cancelScrollBinding();
+  }
+
+  updatePosition() {
+    if ( this.scrollY + this.scrollOffsetY >= this.redocEl.offsetTop) {
+      this.stick();
+    } else {
+      this.unstick();
+    }
+  }
+
+  stick() {
+    this.adapter.setStyle(this.element, 'position', 'fixed');
+    this.adapter.setStyle(this.element, 'top', this.scrollOffsetY);
+  }
+
+  unstick() {
+    this.adapter.setStyle(this.element, 'position', 'absolute');
+    this.adapter.setStyle(this.element, 'top', 0);
+  }
+
+  get scrollY() {
+    return this.scrollParent.scrollY || this.scrollParent.scrollTop || 0;
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.redocEl = this.element.offsetParent;
+    this.scrollOffsetY = parseInt(this.scrollOffsetY);
+    this.bind();
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.unbind();
+  }
+}
+
+StickySidebar.parameters = [ [ElementRef], [BrowserDomAdapter] ];
diff --git a/lib/common/components/StickySidebar/sticky-sidebar.spec.js b/lib/common/components/StickySidebar/sticky-sidebar.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..379c9de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/common/components/StickySidebar/sticky-sidebar.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import { getChildDebugElement } from 'tests/helpers';
+import {Component, View, provide} from 'angular2/core';
+import {BrowserDomAdapter} from 'angular2/platform/browser';
+
+import {
+  TestComponentBuilder,
+  inject,
+  beforeEach,
+  beforeEachProviders,
+  it
+} from 'angular2/testing';
+
+import StickySidebar from 'lib/common/components/StickySidebar/sticky-sidebar';
+
+describe('Common components', () => {
+  describe('StickySidebar Component', () => {
+    let builder;
+    let component;
+    let fixture;
+
+    beforeEachProviders(() => [
+      provide(BrowserDomAdapter, {useValue: new BrowserDomAdapter()})
+    ]);
+    beforeEach(inject([TestComponentBuilder], (tcb) => {
+      builder = tcb;
+    }));
+    beforeEach((done) => {
+      builder.createAsync(TestApp).then(_fixture => {
+        fixture = _fixture;
+        let debugEl = getChildDebugElement(fixture.debugElement, 'sticky-sidebar');
+        component = debugEl.componentInstance;
+        done();
+      }, err => done.fail(err));
+    });
+
+
+    it('should init component', () => {
+      expect(component).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should start unsticked', () => {
+      spyOn(component, 'stick').and.callThrough();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(component.stick).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should stick if scrolled more than scrollOffsetY', () => {
+      spyOn(component, 'stick').and.callThrough();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      window.scrollY = 40;
+      component.updatePosition();
+      expect(component.stick).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+
+/** Test component that contains an ApiInfo. */
+@Component({selector: 'test-app'})
+@View({
+  directives: [StickySidebar],
+  template:
+      `<div style="padding-top: 20px">
+        <div style="height: 20px; position: fixed; top: 0;"> </div>
+        <div style="position: relative">
+          <sticky-sidebar [scrollParent]="options.scrollParent" [scrollOffsetY]="options.scrollOffsetY">
+          </sticky-sidebar>
+        </div>
+      </div>`
+
+})
+class TestApp {
+  constructor() {
+    this.options = {};
+    this.options.scrollParent = window;
+    this.options.scrollOffsetY = 20;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.html b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.html
index 32e0647a..762ff9e4 100644
--- a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.html
+++ b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.html
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-<div class="side-bar">
-  <api-logo> </api-logo>
-  <side-menu> </side-menu>
-</div>
-<div class="api-content">
-  <api-info> </api-info>
-  <methods-list> </methods-list>
-</div>
-<footer>
-  <div class="powered-by-badge">
-    <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" title="Swagger-generated API Reference Documentation" target="_blank">
-      Powered by <strong>ReDoc</strong>
-    </a>
+<div class="redoc-wrap">
+  <sticky-sidebar [scrollParent]="options.scrollParent" [scrollOffsetY]="options.scrollOffsetTop">
+    <api-logo> </api-logo>
+    <side-menu> </side-menu>
+  </sticky-sidebar>
+  <div id="api-content">
+    <api-info> </api-info>
+    <methods-list> </methods-list>
+    <footer>
+      <div class="powered-by-badge">
+        <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" title="Swagger-generated API Reference Documentation" target="_blank">
+          Powered by <strong>ReDoc</strong>
+        </a>
+      </div>
+    </footer>
   </div>
-</footer>
+</div>
diff --git a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.js b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.js
index cf3b5207..3b59ad3b 100644
--- a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.js
+++ b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.js
@@ -2,22 +2,42 @@
 
 import {RedocComponent, BaseComponent} from '../base';
 import SchemaManager from '../../utils/SchemaManager';
+
 import ApiInfo from '../ApiInfo/api-info';
 import ApiLogo from '../ApiLogo/api-logo';
 import MethodsList from '../MethodsList/methods-list';
 import SideMenu from '../SideMenu/side-menu';
+import StickySidebar from '../../common/components/StickySidebar/sticky-sidebar';
+
 import {ChangeDetectionStrategy} from 'angular2/core';
+import {ElementRef} from 'angular2/core';
+import {BrowserDomAdapter} from 'angular2/platform/browser';
+import detectScollParent from 'scrollparent';
+
 
 @RedocComponent({
   selector: 'redoc',
-  providers: [SchemaManager],
+  providers: [SchemaManager, BrowserDomAdapter],
   templateUrl: './lib/components/Redoc/redoc.html',
   styleUrls: ['./lib/components/Redoc/redoc.css'],
-  directives: [ApiInfo, ApiLogo, MethodsList, SideMenu],
+  directives: [ApiInfo, ApiLogo, MethodsList, SideMenu, StickySidebar],
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default
 })
 export default class Redoc extends BaseComponent {
-  constructor(schemaMgr) {
+  constructor(schemaMgr, elementRef) {
     super(schemaMgr);
+    this.element = elementRef.nativeElement;
+
+    let DOM = new BrowserDomAdapter();
+    let el = this.element;
+    this.options = {};
+
+    //parse options (top level component doesn't support inputs)
+    this.options.scrollParent = detectScollParent(el);
+    this.options.scrollOffsetTop = parseInt(DOM.getAttribute(el, 'scroll-y-offset')) || 0;
   }
 }
+Redoc.parameters = Redoc.parameters.concat([[ElementRef]]);
+
+// this doesn't work in side-menu.js because of some circular references issue
+SideMenu.parameters = SideMenu.parameters.concat([[Redoc]]);
diff --git a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.scss b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.scss
index 8915f021..96a60806 100644
--- a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.scss
+++ b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.scss
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 @import '../../common/styles/variables';
 
+.redoc-wrap {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
 side-menu {
   display: block;
   box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
+methods-list {
+  display: block;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
 api-info, .side-bar {
   display: block;
   padding: 10px 0;
@@ -19,21 +28,19 @@ api-logo {
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-.side-bar {
-  position: fixed;
+sticky-sidebar {
   width: $side-bar-width;
-  height: 100%;
   overflow-y: auto;
-  overflow-x: hidden;;
+  overflow-x: hidden;
   background-color: $side-bar-bg-color;
 }
 
-.api-content {
+#api-content {
   margin-left: $side-bar-width;
 }
 
 footer {
-  text-align: center;
+  text-align: right;
   padding: 10px;
   font-size: 15px;
 
diff --git a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.spec.js b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.spec.js
index 87d037d2..dc03c488 100644
--- a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.spec.js
+++ b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { getChildDebugElement } from 'tests/helpers';
 import {Component, View, provide} from 'angular2/core';
+import {BrowserDomAdapter} from 'angular2/platform/browser';
 
 import {
   TestComponentBuilder,
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ describe('Redoc components', () => {
   describe('Redoc Component', () => {
     let builder;
     beforeEachProviders(() => [
-        provide(SchemaManager, {useValue: new SchemaManager()})
+        provide(SchemaManager, {useValue: new SchemaManager()}),
+        provide(BrowserDomAdapter, {useValue: new BrowserDomAdapter()})
     ]);
     beforeEach(injectAsync([TestComponentBuilder, SchemaManager], (tcb, schemaMgr) => {
       builder = tcb;
@@ -42,6 +44,17 @@ describe('Redoc components', () => {
         done();
       }, err => done.fail(err));
     });
+
+    it('should parse component options from host element', (done) => {
+      builder.createAsync(TestApp).then(fixture => {
+        let component = getChildDebugElement(fixture.debugElement, 'redoc').componentInstance;
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        console.log(component.options.scrollOffsetTop);
+        component.options.scrollOffsetTop.should.be.equal(50);
+        fixture.destroy();
+        done();
+      }, err => done.fail(err));
+    });
   });
 });
 
@@ -50,7 +63,7 @@ describe('Redoc components', () => {
 @View({
   directives: [Redoc],
   template:
-      `<redoc></redoc>`
+      `<redoc scroll-y-offset="50"></redoc>`
 })
 class TestApp {
 }
diff --git a/lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.js b/lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.js
index 2cd551bc..59180fad 100644
--- a/lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.js
+++ b/lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import {RedocComponent, BaseComponent} from '../base';
-import {NgZone, ChangeDetectionStrategy} from 'angular2/core';
 import {redocEvents} from '../../events';
-import detectScollParent from 'scrollparent';
-import {document} from 'angular2/src/facade/browser';
 
+import {NgZone, ChangeDetectionStrategy} from 'angular2/core';
+import {document} from 'angular2/src/facade/browser';
 import {BrowserDomAdapter} from 'angular2/platform/browser';
 import {global} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 
@@ -23,18 +22,18 @@ const INVIEW_POSITION = {
 
 @RedocComponent({
   selector: 'side-menu',
-  providers: [BrowserDomAdapter],
   templateUrl: './lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.html',
   styleUrls: ['./lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.css'],
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default
 })
 export default class SideMenu extends BaseComponent {
-  constructor(schemaMgr, adapter, zone) {
+  constructor(schemaMgr, adapter, zone, redoc) {
     super(schemaMgr);
     this.zone = zone;
     this.adapter = adapter;
+    this.redoc = redoc;
 
-    this.scrollParent = detectScollParent(document.querySelector('methods-list'));
+    this.scrollParent = this.redoc.options.scrollParent;
 
     // for some reason constructor is not run inside zone
     // as workaround running it manually
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export default class SideMenu extends BaseComponent {
 
   bindEvents() {
     this.prevOffsetY = this.scrollY();
-    this.viewBoxTop = this.scrollParent.offsetTop || 0;
+    this.scrollOffsetY = this.redoc.options.scrollOffsetTop || 0;
     this._cancel = {};
     this._cancel.scroll = this.adapter.onAndCancel(this.scrollParent, 'scroll', () => { this.scrollHandler(); });
     this._cancel.hash = this.adapter.onAndCancel(global, 'hashchange',  evt => this.hashScroll(evt));
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ export default class SideMenu extends BaseComponent {
   scrollTo(el) {
     // TODO: rewrite this to use offsetTop as more reliable solution
     let subjRect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
-    let offset = this.scrollY() + subjRect.top - this.viewBoxTop + 1;
+    let offset = this.scrollY() + subjRect.top - this.scrollOffsetY + 1;
     if (this.scrollParent.scrollTo) {
       this.scrollParent.scrollTo(0, offset);
     } else {
@@ -163,11 +162,11 @@ export default class SideMenu extends BaseComponent {
 
   /* returns 1 if element if above the view, 0 if in view and -1 below the view */
   getElementInViewPos(el) {
-    if (Math.floor(el.getBoundingClientRect().top) > this.viewBoxTop) {
+    if (Math.floor(el.getBoundingClientRect().top) > this.scrollOffsetY) {
       return INVIEW_POSITION.ABOVE;
     }
 
-    if (el.getBoundingClientRect().bottom <= this.viewBoxTop) {
+    if (el.getBoundingClientRect().bottom <= this.scrollOffsetY) {
       return INVIEW_POSITION.BELLOW;
     }
     return INVIEW_POSITION.INVIEW;
diff --git a/lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.spec.js b/lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.spec.js
index 936bcb47..0d29f025 100644
--- a/lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.spec.js
+++ b/lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { getChildDebugElement, mouseclick} from 'tests/helpers';
 import {Component, View, provide, ViewMetadata} from 'angular2/core';
+import {BrowserDomAdapter} from 'angular2/platform/browser';
 
 import {
   TestComponentBuilder,
@@ -14,15 +15,24 @@ import {
 import {redocEvents} from 'lib/events';
 import MethodsList from 'lib/components/MethodsList/methods-list';
 import SideMenu from 'lib/components/SideMenu/side-menu';
+import Redoc from 'lib/components/Redoc/redoc';
 import SchemaManager from 'lib/utils/SchemaManager';
 
+let _mockRedoc = {
+  options: {
+    scrollOffsetTop: 0,
+    scrollParent: window
+  }
+};
 describe('Redoc components', () => {
   describe('SideMenu Component', () => {
     let builder;
     let component;
     let fixture;
     beforeEachProviders(() => [
-        provide(SchemaManager, {useValue: new SchemaManager()})
+        provide(SchemaManager, {useValue: new SchemaManager()}),
+        provide(BrowserDomAdapter, {useValue: new BrowserDomAdapter()}),
+        provide(Redoc, {useValue: _mockRedoc})
     ]);
     beforeEach(injectAsync([TestComponentBuilder, SchemaManager], (tcb, schemaMgr) => {
       builder = tcb;
@@ -50,10 +60,6 @@ describe('Redoc components', () => {
         expect(component.data).not.toBeNull();
       });
 
-      it('should use window as scrollParent', () => {
-        expect(component.scrollParent).toBe(window);
-      });
-
       it('should run hashScroll when redoc bootstrapped', (done) => {
         spyOn(component.adapter, 'getLocation').and.returnValue({hash: ''});
         spyOn(component, 'hashScroll').and.stub();
@@ -99,6 +105,7 @@ describe('Redoc components', () => {
           fixture = _fixture;
           component = getChildDebugElement(fixture.debugElement, 'side-menu').componentInstance;
           menuNativeEl = getChildDebugElement(fixture.debugElement, 'side-menu').nativeElement;
+          component.scrollParent = _fixture.nativeElement.children[0];
           fixture.detectChanges();
 
           done();
@@ -114,10 +121,6 @@ describe('Redoc components', () => {
         expect(component.data).not.toBeNull();
       });
 
-      it('should use scrollable div as scrollParent', () => {
-        component.scrollParent.should.be.instanceof(Element);
-      });
-
       it('should scroll to method when location hash is present', (done) => {
         let hash = '#pet/paths/~1pet~1findByStatus/get';
         spyOn(component.adapter, 'getLocation').and.returnValue({hash: hash});