diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/Builtins.cpp b/xbmc/interfaces/Builtins.cpp
index 72aab41a7ca5a..2b7e30dbdff63 100644
--- a/xbmc/interfaces/Builtins.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/interfaces/Builtins.cpp
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ const BUILT_IN commands[] = {
 #endif
   { "VideoLibrary.Search",        false,  "Brings up a search dialog which will search the library" },
   { "ToggleDebug",                false,  "Enables/disables debug mode" },
+  { "ToggleDirtyRegions",         false,  "Enables/disables dirty-region visualization" },
   { "StartPVRManager",            false,  "(Re)Starts the PVR manager (Deprecated)" },
   { "StopPVRManager",             false,  "Stops the PVR manager (Deprecated)" },
   { "PVR.StartManager",            false,  "(Re)Starts the PVR manager" },
@@ -1856,6 +1857,10 @@ int CBuiltins::Execute(const std::string& execString)
     CSettings::GetInstance().SetBool(CSettings::SETTING_DEBUG_SHOWLOGINFO, !debug);
     g_advancedSettings.SetDebugMode(!debug);
   }
+  else if (execute == "toggledirtyregions")
+  {
+    g_advancedSettings.ToggleDirtyRegions();
+  }
   //TODO deprecated. To be replaced by pvr.startmanager
   else if (execute == "startpvrmanager")
   {
diff --git a/xbmc/settings/AdvancedSettings.h b/xbmc/settings/AdvancedSettings.h
index 4debad4bb873b..bad2efdc8e178 100644
--- a/xbmc/settings/AdvancedSettings.h
+++ b/xbmc/settings/AdvancedSettings.h
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ class CAdvancedSettings : public ISettingCallback, public ISettingsHandler
 
     void SetDebugMode(bool debug);
 
+    //! \brief Toggles dirty-region visualization
+    void ToggleDirtyRegions() { m_guiVisualizeDirtyRegions = !m_guiVisualizeDirtyRegions; };
+
     // runtime settings which cannot be set from advancedsettings.xml
     std::string m_pictureExtensions;
     std::string m_videoExtensions;