diff --git a/src/cvars.cpp b/src/cvars.cpp
index f97f35f43..cb021e27f 100644
--- a/src/cvars.cpp
+++ b/src/cvars.cpp
@@ -395,6 +395,11 @@ void ItemFinder_OnChange(void);
 consvar_t cv_itemfinder = Player("itemfinder", "Off").flags(CV_NOSHOWHELP).on_off().onchange(ItemFinder_OnChange).dont_save();
 
 consvar_t cv_maxportals = Player("maxportals", "2").values({{0, "MIN"}, {12, "MAX"}}); // lmao rendering 32 portals, you're a card
+consvar_t cv_menuframeskip = Player("menuframeskip", "Off").values({
+	{35, "MIN"},
+	{144, "MAX"},
+	{0, "Off"},
+});
 consvar_t cv_mindelay = Player("mindelay", "2").min_max(0, 30);
 consvar_t cv_movebob = Player("movebob", "1.0").floating_point().min_max(0, 4*FRACUNIT);
 consvar_t cv_netstat = Player("netstat", "Off").on_off().dont_save(); // show bandwidth statistics
diff --git a/src/d_main.cpp b/src/d_main.cpp
index a469e7cf2..1447a5f38 100644
--- a/src/d_main.cpp
+++ b/src/d_main.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 #include "lua_profile.h"
 
-extern "C" consvar_t cv_lua_profile;
+extern "C" consvar_t cv_lua_profile, cv_menuframeskip;
 
 /* Manually defined asset hashes
  */
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ void D_SRB2Loop(void)
 		// So this measurement is accurate regardless of fpscap.
 		if (sincelastworld <= minworldfps)
 		{
-			double goal = 60.0;
+			double goal = cv_menuframeskip.value;
 			if (worldfpsavg < goal)
 			{
 				skiplaggyworld = true;
diff --git a/src/menus/options-video-advanced.c b/src/menus/options-video-advanced.c
index e5b941ccf..60e48756b 100644
--- a/src/menus/options-video-advanced.c
+++ b/src/menus/options-video-advanced.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "../r_main.h"	// cv_skybox
 #include "../hardware/hw_main.h"	// gl consvars
 
+extern consvar_t cv_menuframeskip;
+
 menuitem_t OPTIONS_VideoAdvanced[] =
 {
 	{IT_HEADER, "Performance...", NULL,
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ menuitem_t OPTIONS_VideoAdvanced[] =
 	{IT_STRING | IT_CVAR, "Parallel Software", "Uses multiple CPU cores for the software renderer if available, for a FPS boost.",
 		NULL, {.cvar = &cv_parallelsoftware}, 0, 0},
 
+	{IT_STRING | IT_CVAR, "Extra Frame Skipping", "Skip 3D rendering frames while the menu is open.",
+		NULL, {.cvar = &cv_menuframeskip}, 0, 0},
+
 
 	{IT_HEADER, "Rendering Backend...", "Watch people get confused anyway!!",
 		NULL, {NULL}, 0, 0},