diff --git a/gui/dialogs/rendering.xml b/gui/dialogs/rendering.xml
index fe19ef69e..b524cc9a1 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/rendering.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/rendering.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
       <label>Bump mapped clouds</label>
       <property>/sim/rendering/bump-mapping</property>
     </checkbox>
+
+    <checkbox>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>Show frame rate</label>
+      <property>/sim/hud/draw-fps</property>
+    </checkbox>
   </group>
 
   <group>
diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 959cea198..a2edb6366 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
   <hud>
    <path>Huds/Default/default.xml</path>
    <visibility type="bool">false</visibility>
-   <draw-fps-when-off>false</draw-fps-when-off>
+   <draw-fps>false</draw-fps>
   </hud>
   <systems>
    <autopilot>