diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
index 88c7697972..fecfababe3 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 			skipMakeAnims = false;
 			PerfHistory.items["render"].hasNormalTick = false;
+			PerfHistory.items["batches"].hasNormalTick = false;
 
 			chrome = new Chrome(renderer);
 		}
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			}
 
 			PerfHistory.items["render"].Tick();
+			PerfHistory.items["batches"].Tick();
 		}
 
 		public static bool IsCellBuildable(int2 a, UnitMovementType umt)
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
index 35b62a2202..e22fd3de4d 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Drawing;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using Ijw.DirectX;
 using OpenRa.FileFormats;
+using OpenRa.Game.Support;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
 {
@@ -70,14 +71,16 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
 			Range<int> vertexRange, Range<int> indexRange, Texture texture, PrimitiveType type, Shader shader)
 			where T : struct
 		{
-			shader.SetValue( "DiffuseTexture", texture );
+			shader.SetValue("DiffuseTexture", texture);
 			shader.Commit();
 
-			vertices.Bind( 0 );
+			vertices.Bind(0);
 			indices.Bind();
 
-			device.DrawIndexedPrimitives( type,
-				vertexRange, indexRange );
+			device.DrawIndexedPrimitives(type,
+				vertexRange, indexRange);
+
+			PerfHistory.Increment("batches", 1);
 		}
 
 		public void DrawBatch<T>(FvfVertexBuffer<T> vertices, IndexBuffer indices,
@@ -92,6 +95,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
 
 			device.DrawIndexedPrimitives(type,
 				vertexPool, numPrimitives);
+
+			PerfHistory.Increment("batches", 1);
 		}
 
 		public void DrawText(string text, int2 pos, Color c)