diff --git a/src/gui/gui.cpp b/src/gui/gui.cpp
index 4e2758b9..3d8453c4 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -5803,7 +5803,9 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::loop() {
       }
     }
 
-    rend->clear(uiColors[GUI_COLOR_BACKGROUND]);
+    if (!settings.renderClearPos) {
+      rend->clear(uiColors[GUI_COLOR_BACKGROUND]);
+    }
     renderTimeBegin=SDL_GetPerformanceCounter();
     ImGui::Render();
     renderTimeEnd=SDL_GetPerformanceCounter();
@@ -5821,6 +5823,9 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::loop() {
       }
     }
     rend->present();
+    if (settings.renderClearPos) {
+      rend->clear(uiColors[GUI_COLOR_BACKGROUND]);
+    }
 
     layoutTimeDelta=layoutTimeEnd-layoutTimeBegin;
     renderTimeDelta=renderTimeEnd-renderTimeBegin;
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index e714d645..5b9e6335 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -1495,6 +1495,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
     int orderButtonPos;
     int compress;
     int newPatternFormat;
+    int renderClearPos;
     unsigned int maxUndoSteps;
     String mainFontPath;
     String patFontPath;
@@ -1643,6 +1644,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       orderButtonPos(2),
       compress(1),
       newPatternFormat(1),
+      renderClearPos(0),
       maxUndoSteps(100),
       mainFontPath(""),
       patFontPath(""),
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index 52a77c12..56944fa6 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -626,6 +626,14 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawSettings() {
             ImGui::SetTooltip("saves power by lowering the frame rate to 2fps when idle.\nmay cause issues under Mesa drivers!");
           }
 
+          bool renderClearPosB=settings.renderClearPos;
+          if (ImGui::Checkbox("Late render clear",&renderClearPosB)) {
+            settings.renderClearPos=renderClearPosB;
+          }
+          if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
+            ImGui::SetTooltip("calls rend->clear() after rend->present(). might reduce UI latency by one frame in some drivers.");
+          }
+
 #ifndef IS_MOBILE
           bool noThreadedInputB=settings.noThreadedInput;
           if (ImGui::Checkbox("Disable threaded input (restart after changing!)",&noThreadedInputB)) {
@@ -2728,6 +2736,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   settings.compress=e->getConfInt("compress",1);
   settings.newPatternFormat=e->getConfInt("newPatternFormat",1);
   settings.renderBackend=e->getConfString("renderBackend","SDL");
+  settings.renderClearPos=e->getConfInt("renderClearPos",0);
 
   clampSetting(settings.mainFontSize,2,96);
   clampSetting(settings.patFontSize,2,96);
@@ -2850,6 +2859,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   clampSetting(settings.orderButtonPos,0,2);
   clampSetting(settings.compress,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.newPatternFormat,0,1);
+  clampSetting(settings.renderClearPos,0,1);
 
   if (settings.exportLoops<0.0) settings.exportLoops=0.0;
   if (settings.exportFadeOut<0.0) settings.exportFadeOut=0.0;
@@ -3068,6 +3078,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::commitSettings() {
   e->setConf("compress",settings.compress);
   e->setConf("newPatternFormat",settings.newPatternFormat);
   e->setConf("renderBackend",settings.renderBackend);
+  e->setConf("renderClearPos",settings.renderClearPos);
 
   // colors
   for (int i=0; i<GUI_COLOR_MAX; i++) {