diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
index a15d67412d..296129fe14 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
         public Shader SpriteShader { get; private set; }    /* note: shared shader params */
         public Shader LineShader { get; private set; }
 
+		readonly SpriteHelper sh;
+		readonly FontHelper fhDebug;
+
 		public void BuildPalette(Map map)
 		{
 			palettes = Util.MakeArray(7, i => new HardwarePalette(this, map, i).Texture);
@@ -33,6 +36,9 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
 			SpriteShader.Quality = ShaderQuality.Low;
             LineShader = new Shader(device, FileSystem.Open("line.fx"));
             LineShader.Quality = ShaderQuality.High;
+
+			sh = new SpriteHelper(device );
+			fhDebug = new FontHelper(device, "Tahoma", 10, false );
 		}
 
 		public GraphicsDevice Device { get { return device; } }
@@ -83,5 +89,12 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
             device.DrawIndexedPrimitives(type,
                 vertexPool, numPrimitives);
         }
+
+		public void DrawText(string text, int2 pos, Color c)
+		{
+			sh.Begin();
+			fhDebug.Draw(sh, text, pos.X, pos.Y, c.ToArgb());
+			sh.End();
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/WorldRenderer.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/WorldRenderer.cs
index 69e2960252..03f05a95bd 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/WorldRenderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/WorldRenderer.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
 		public readonly SpriteRenderer spriteRenderer;
         public readonly LineRenderer lineRenderer;
 		public readonly Region region;
-		public readonly UiOverlay uiOverlay;
+		public readonly UiOverlay uiOverlay;
+		readonly Renderer renderer;
 
 		public static bool ShowUnitPaths = false;
 
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
 				Game.viewport.Width - 128, Draw, 
                 Game.controller.HandleMouseInput);		
 
-			Game.viewport.AddRegion(region);
-
+			Game.viewport.AddRegion(region);
+
+			this.renderer = renderer;
 			spriteRenderer = new SpriteRenderer(renderer, true);
             lineRenderer = new LineRenderer(renderer);
 			uiOverlay = new UiOverlay(spriteRenderer);
@@ -90,7 +92,9 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
 				foreach( var a in uog.selection )
 	                DrawSelectionBox(a, Color.White, true);
             
-            lineRenderer.Flush();
+            lineRenderer.Flush();
+
+			renderer.DrawText(string.Format("Frame {0}", Game.orderManager.FrameNumber), new int2(5, 5), Color.White);
 		}
 
 		const float conditionYellow = 0.5f;		/* todo: get these from gamerules */
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/OrderManager.cs b/OpenRa.Game/OrderManager.cs
index a43fd2900c..2b07f562ac 100755
--- a/OpenRa.Game/OrderManager.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/OrderManager.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 		List<OrderSource> players;
 		int frameNumber = 0;
 
+		public int FrameNumber { get { return frameNumber; } }
+
 		public OrderManager( IEnumerable<OrderSource> players )
 		{
 			this.players = players.ToList();