diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
index 0a090cf9c7..953493da8c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import hudson.views.StatusColumn;
 import hudson.views.WeatherColumn;
 import hudson.model.Descriptor.FormException;
 import hudson.util.CaseInsensitiveComparator;
+import hudson.util.DescribableList;
 import hudson.util.FormValidation;
 
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
@@ -49,7 +50,10 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
 
@@ -59,12 +63,17 @@ import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
 public class ListView extends View {
+
+    private static final Saveable NO_SAVABLE = new Saveable() {
+        public void save() throws IOException {}
+    };
+
     /**
      * List of job names. This is what gets serialized.
      */
     /*package*/ final SortedSet<String> jobNames = new TreeSet<String>(CaseInsensitiveComparator.INSTANCE);
 
-    protected transient List<ListViewColumn> columns = new ArrayList<ListViewColumn>();
+    private DescribableList<ListViewColumn, Descriptor<ListViewColumn>> columns;
 
     // First add all the known instances in the correct order:
     private static final Descriptor [] defaultColumnDescriptors  =  {
@@ -101,6 +110,11 @@ public class ListView extends View {
     }
 
     protected void initColumns() {
+        if (columns != null) {
+            // already persisted
+            return;
+        }
+        // OK, set up default list of columns:
         // create all instances
         ArrayList<ListViewColumn> r = new ArrayList<ListViewColumn>();
         DescriptorExtensionList<ListViewColumn, Descriptor<ListViewColumn>> all = ListViewColumn.all();
@@ -124,7 +138,18 @@ public class ListView extends View {
             } catch (FormException e) {
                 // so far impossible. TODO: report
             }
-        columns = Collections.unmodifiableList(r);
+        Iterator<ListViewColumn> filter = r.iterator();
+        while (filter.hasNext()) {
+            if (!filter.next().shownByDefault()) {
+                filter.remove();
+            }
+        }
+        columns = new DescribableList<ListViewColumn, Descriptor<ListViewColumn>>(NO_SAVABLE);
+        try {
+            columns.replaceBy(r);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            Logger.getLogger(ListView.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -137,7 +162,7 @@ public class ListView extends View {
         return Hudson.getInstance().getActions();
     }
 
-    public List<ListViewColumn> getColumns() {
+    public Iterable<ListViewColumn> getColumns() {
         return columns;
     }
     
@@ -215,7 +240,7 @@ public class ListView extends View {
      * Load view-specific properties here.
      */
     @Override
-    protected void submit(StaplerRequest req) {
+    protected void submit(StaplerRequest req) throws ServletException, FormException {
         jobNames.clear();
         for (TopLevelItem item : Hudson.getInstance().getItems()) {
             if(req.getParameter(item.getName())!=null)
@@ -229,6 +254,11 @@ public class ListView extends View {
             includeRegex = null;
             includePattern = null;
         }
+
+        if (columns == null) {
+            columns = new DescribableList<ListViewColumn,Descriptor<ListViewColumn>>(NO_SAVABLE);
+        }
+        columns.rebuildHetero(req, req.getSubmittedForm(), Hudson.getInstance().getDescriptorList(ListViewColumn.class), "columns");
     }
 
     @Extension
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/views/LastStableColumn.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/views/LastStableColumn.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c1d6cbf9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/views/LastStableColumn.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License
+ * 
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Jesse Glick
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package hudson.views;
+
+import hudson.Extension;
+import hudson.model.Descriptor;
+import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
+
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
+
+public class LastStableColumn extends ListViewColumn {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean shownByDefault() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public Descriptor<ListViewColumn> getDescriptor() {
+        return DESCRIPTOR;
+    }
+    
+    public static final Descriptor<ListViewColumn> DESCRIPTOR = new DescriptorImpl();
+
+    @Extension
+    public static class DescriptorImpl extends Descriptor<ListViewColumn> {
+
+        @Override
+        public ListViewColumn newInstance(StaplerRequest req, JSONObject formData) throws FormException {
+            return new LastStableColumn();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getDisplayName() {
+            return "Last Stable";
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/views/ListViewColumn.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/views/ListViewColumn.java
index 72f7ae26fe..e976f1bd37 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/views/ListViewColumn.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/views/ListViewColumn.java
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.Exported;
  * <p>
  * This object may have an additional <tt>columHeader.jelly</tt>. The default ColmnHeader
  * will render ColumnCaption.
- * <p>
- * For now, {@link ListView} doesn't allow {@link ListViewColumn}s to be configured
- * (instead it just shows all the columns available in {@link #all()}),
- * but the intention is eventually make each {@link ListViewColumn} fully configurable
- * like {@link Publisher}.
  *
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  * @since 1.279
@@ -83,4 +78,13 @@ public abstract class ListViewColumn implements ExtensionPoint, Describable<List
      */
     public static final DescriptorList<ListViewColumn> LIST = new DescriptorList<ListViewColumn>(ListViewColumn.class);
 
+    /**
+     * Whether this column will be shown by default.
+     * The default implementation is true.
+     * @since 1.301
+     */
+    public boolean shownByDefault() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/configure-entries.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/configure-entries.jelly
index 561f3d18bc..5149cf47b4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/configure-entries.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/configure-entries.jelly
@@ -40,4 +40,15 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <f:textbox name="includeRegex" field="includeRegex" />
     </f:entry>
   </f:optionalBlock>
-</j:jelly>
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  <f:section title="${%Columns}">
+    <j:invokeStatic var="allColumns" className="hudson.views.ListViewColumn" method="all"/>
+    <f:block>
+      <f:hetero-list name="columns" hasHeader="true"
+                     descriptors="${allColumns}"
+                     items="${it.columns}"
+                     addCaption="${%Add column}"/>
+    </f:block>
+  </f:section>
+
+</j:jelly>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/LastStableColumn/column.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/LastStableColumn/column.jelly
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6159cb9d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/LastStableColumn/column.jelly
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!--
+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Jesse Glick
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+-->
+
+<j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:st="jelly:stapler" xmlns:d="jelly:define" xmlns:l="/lib/layout" xmlns:t="/lib/hudson" xmlns:f="/lib/form" xmlns:i="jelly:fmt">
+    <j:set var="lstBuild" value="${job.lastStableBuild}"/>
+    <td data="${lstBuild.timestampString2 ?: '-'}">
+          <j:choose>
+              <j:when test="${lstBuild!=null}">
+                  ${lstBuild.timestampString}
+                  (<a href="${jobBaseUrl}${job.shortUrl}lastStableBuild/">#${lstBuild.number}</a>)
+              </j:when>
+              <j:otherwise>
+                  ${%N/A}
+              </j:otherwise>
+          </j:choose>
+      </td>
+</j:jelly>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/LastStableColumn/columnHeader.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/LastStableColumn/columnHeader.jelly
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81e749b382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/LastStableColumn/columnHeader.jelly
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Jesse Glick
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+-->
+
+<j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core">
+    <th>${%Last Stable}</th>
+</j:jelly>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/ListViewColumn/config.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/ListViewColumn/config.jelly
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75d61b9f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/views/ListViewColumn/config.jelly
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!--
+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2004-2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Jesse Glick
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+-->
+
+<!-- Columns normally have nothing to configure. -->
+<j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core"/>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/hetero-list.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/hetero-list.jelly
index 3a3d2423f6..12f02bbf73 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/hetero-list.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/form/hetero-list.jelly
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 <j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:st="jelly:stapler" xmlns:d="jelly:define" xmlns:l="/lib/layout" xmlns:t="/lib/hudson" xmlns:f="/lib/form" xmlns:local="local">
   <d:taglib uri="local">
     <d:tag name="body">
-      <table>
+      <table style="width:100%">
         <j:set var="help" value="${descriptor.helpFile}" />
         <j:if test="${hasHeader}">
           <tr>