diff --git a/cfg.cpp b/cfg.cpp
index 8e29c50..cca7424 100644
--- a/cfg.cpp
+++ b/cfg.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const ini_var_t ini_vars[] = {
 	{ "FB_SIZE", (void*)(&(cfg.fb_size)), UINT8, 1, 4, 1 },
 	{ "FB_TERMINAL", (void*)(&(cfg.fb_terminal)), UINT8, 0, 1, 1 },
 	{ "OSD_TIMEOUT", (void*)(&(cfg.osd_timeout)), INT16, 5, 3600, 1 },
+	{ "DIRECT_VIDEO", (void*)(&(cfg.direct_video)), UINT8, 0, 1, 1 },
 };
 
 // mist ini config
diff --git a/cfg.h b/cfg.h
index 679fafd..18af5e1 100644
--- a/cfg.h
+++ b/cfg.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	uint8_t hdmi_audio_96k;
 	uint8_t dvi;
 	uint8_t hdmi_limited;
+	uint8_t direct_video;
 	uint8_t video_info;
 	uint8_t vsync_adjust;
 	uint8_t kbd_nomouse;
diff --git a/menu.cpp b/menu.cpp
index 8c046ec..2d76305 100644
--- a/menu.cpp
+++ b/menu.cpp
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ void HandleUI(void)
 				OsdWrite(n++, s, menusub == 3);
 			}
 
-			if (video_get_scaler_flt() >= 0)
+			if (video_get_scaler_flt() >= 0 && !cfg.direct_video)
 			{
 				OsdWrite(n++);
 				menumask |= 0x60;
diff --git a/user_io.cpp b/user_io.cpp
index 09bc3fc..ab68ecb 100644
--- a/user_io.cpp
+++ b/user_io.cpp
@@ -1632,6 +1632,7 @@ void user_io_send_buttons(char force)
 	if (cfg.hdmi_audio_96k) map |= CONF_AUDIO_96K;
 	if (cfg.dvi) map |= CONF_DVI;
 	if (cfg.hdmi_limited) map |= CONF_HDMI_LIMITED;
+	if (cfg.direct_video) map |= CONF_DIRECT_VIDEO;
 
 	if ((map != key_map) || force)
 	{
diff --git a/user_io.h b/user_io.h
index 03aed34..84a3956 100644
--- a/user_io.h
+++ b/user_io.h
@@ -119,16 +119,17 @@
 #define KBD_LED_FLAG_MASK     0xC0
 #define KBD_LED_FLAG_STATUS   0x40
 
-#define BUTTON1                 0b0000000001
-#define BUTTON2                 0b0000000010
-#define CONF_VGA_SCALER         0b0000000100
-#define CONF_CSYNC              0b0000001000
-#define CONF_FORCED_SCANDOUBLER 0b0000010000
-#define CONF_YPBPR              0b0000100000
-#define CONF_AUDIO_96K          0b0001000000
-#define CONF_DVI                0b0010000000
-#define CONF_HDMI_LIMITED       0b0100000000
-#define CONF_VGA_SOG            0b1000000000
+#define BUTTON1                 0b00000000001
+#define BUTTON2                 0b00000000010
+#define CONF_VGA_SCALER         0b00000000100
+#define CONF_CSYNC              0b00000001000
+#define CONF_FORCED_SCANDOUBLER 0b00000010000
+#define CONF_YPBPR              0b00000100000
+#define CONF_AUDIO_96K          0b00001000000
+#define CONF_DVI                0b00010000000
+#define CONF_HDMI_LIMITED       0b00100000000
+#define CONF_VGA_SOG            0b01000000000
+#define CONF_DIRECT_VIDEO       0b10000000000
 
 // core type value should be unlikely to be returned by broken cores
 #define CORE_TYPE_UNKNOWN   0x55
diff --git a/video.cpp b/video.cpp
index b4d9483..28f00e9 100644
--- a/video.cpp
+++ b/video.cpp
@@ -433,6 +433,11 @@ static void fb_init()
 void video_mode_load()
 {
 	fb_init();
+	if (cfg.direct_video && cfg.vsync_adjust)
+	{
+		printf("Disabling vsync_adjust because of enabled direct video.\n");
+		cfg.vsync_adjust = 0;
+	}
 	vmode_def  = store_custom_video_mode(cfg.video_conf, &v_def);
 	vmode_pal  = store_custom_video_mode(cfg.video_conf_pal, &v_pal);
 	vmode_ntsc = store_custom_video_mode(cfg.video_conf_ntsc, &v_ntsc);