diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 85a382f58f..a917d13124 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -488,6 +488,9 @@ static const float audio_volume = 0.0;
 // Misc
 //////////////
 
+// Enables displaying the current frames per second.
+static const bool fps_show = false;
+
 // Enables use of rewind. This will incur some memory footprint depending on the save state buffer.
 static const bool rewind_enable = false;
 
diff --git a/settings_data.c b/settings_data.c
index 1806905612..dafc868fc4 100644
--- a/settings_data.c
+++ b/settings_data.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ const rarch_setting_t* setting_data_get_list(void)
          START_GROUP("Options")
          START_SUB_GROUP("General Options")
          CONFIG_BOOL(g_extern.config_save_on_exit,          "config_save_on_exit",        "Configuration Save On Exit", config_save_on_exit, GROUP_NAME, SUBGROUP_NAME)
-         CONFIG_BOOL(g_settings.fps_show,                   "fps_show",                   "Show Framerate",             "", GROUP_NAME, SUBGROUP_NAME)
+         CONFIG_BOOL(g_settings.fps_show,                   "fps_show",                   "Show Framerate",             fps_show, GROUP_NAME, SUBGROUP_NAME)
          CONFIG_BOOL(g_settings.rewind_enable,              "rewind_enable",              "Rewind",                     rewind_enable, GROUP_NAME, SUBGROUP_NAME)
          //CONFIG_INT(g_settings.rewind_buffer_size,          "rewind_buffer_size",         "Rewind Buffer Size",       rewind_buffer_size)     WITH_SCALE(1000000)
          CONFIG_UINT(g_settings.rewind_granularity,         "rewind_granularity",         "Rewind Granularity",         rewind_granularity, GROUP_NAME, SUBGROUP_NAME)