diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Chrome.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Chrome.cs
index 4c94999711..cf19624b5d 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Chrome.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Chrome.cs
@@ -174,12 +174,14 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			buttons.Clear();
 
 			renderer.Device.DisableScissor();
-			renderer.RegularFont.DrawText( rgbaRenderer, "RenderFrame {0} ({2:F1} ms)\nTick {1} ({3:F1} ms)\n".F(
-				Game.RenderFrame,
-				Game.orderManager.FrameNumber,
-				PerfHistory.items["render"].LastValue,
-				PerfHistory.items["tick_time"].LastValue), 
-				new int2(140, 15), Color.White);
+			
+			if (Game.Settings.PerfText)
+				renderer.RegularFont.DrawText( rgbaRenderer, "RenderFrame {0} ({2:F1} ms)\nTick {1} ({3:F1} ms)\n".F(
+					Game.RenderFrame,
+					Game.orderManager.FrameNumber,
+					PerfHistory.items["render"].LastValue,
+					PerfHistory.items["tick_time"].LastValue), 
+					new int2(140, 15), Color.White);
 
 			if (Game.Settings.PerfGraph)
 				PerfHistory.Render(renderer, world.WorldRenderer.lineRenderer);
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/UserSettings.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/UserSettings.cs
index 007917d68e..b99cbd142c 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/UserSettings.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/UserSettings.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 		public readonly bool UnitDebug = false;
 		public readonly bool PathDebug = false;
 		public readonly bool PerfGraph = true;
+		public readonly bool PerfText = true;
 		
 		// Window settings
 		public readonly int Width = 0;