diff --git a/src/defaultsettings.cpp b/src/defaultsettings.cpp
index 69957c1aaf79..e593fef5e7fd 100644
--- a/src/defaultsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/defaultsettings.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ void set_default_settings(Settings *settings)
 	settings->setDefault("enable_shaders", "true");
 	settings->setDefault("repeat_rightclick_time", "0.25");
 	settings->setDefault("enable_particles", "true");
+	settings->setDefault("draw_wielded_tool", "true");
 
 	settings->setDefault("curl_timeout", "5000");
 	settings->setDefault("curl_parallel_limit", "8");
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ void set_default_settings(Settings *settings)
 
 	settings->setDefault("enable_3d_clouds", "false");
 	settings->setDefault("new_style_leaves", "false");
+	settings->setDefault("draw_wielded_tool", "false");
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/game.cpp b/src/game.cpp
index a1464af03dff..9aadc7d4392d 100644
--- a/src/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game.cpp
@@ -3308,7 +3308,8 @@ void the_game(
 		/*
 			Wielded tool
 		*/
-		if(show_hud && (player->hud_flags & HUD_FLAG_WIELDITEM_VISIBLE))
+		if(show_hud && (player->hud_flags & HUD_FLAG_WIELDITEM_VISIBLE) &&
+				g_settings->getBool("draw_wielded_tool"))
 		{
 			// Warning: This clears the Z buffer.
 			camera.drawWieldedTool();