diff --git a/Core/Config.cpp b/Core/Config.cpp
index 2ef04d1cb8e2..e6e0c0adf139 100644
--- a/Core/Config.cpp
+++ b/Core/Config.cpp
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ static ConfigSetting generalSettings[] = {
 	ConfigSetting("EnableStateUndo", &g_Config.bEnableStateUndo, &DefaultEnableStateUndo, true, true),
 	ConfigSetting("RewindFlipFrequency", &g_Config.iRewindFlipFrequency, 0, true, true),
 
+	ConfigSetting("ShowOnScreenMessage", &g_Config.bShowOnScreenMessages, true, true, false),
 	ConfigSetting("ShowRegionOnGameIcon", &g_Config.bShowRegionOnGameIcon, false),
 	ConfigSetting("ShowIDOnGameIcon", &g_Config.bShowIDOnGameIcon, false),
 	ConfigSetting("GameGridScale", &g_Config.fGameGridScale, 1.0),
diff --git a/Core/Config.h b/Core/Config.h
index 8a1f7bd7a05f..e876e402272e 100644
--- a/Core/Config.h
+++ b/Core/Config.h
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ struct Config {
 	bool bShowRegionOnGameIcon;
 	bool bShowIDOnGameIcon;
 	float fGameGridScale;
+	bool bShowOnScreenMessages;
 
 	// TODO: Maybe move to a separate theme system.
 	uint32_t uItemStyleFg;
diff --git a/UI/EmuScreen.cpp b/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
index 3a3c5ddb45fc..7ddf06d161a4 100644
--- a/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ void EmuScreen::CreateViews() {
 	saveStatePreview_->SetVisibility(V_GONE);
 	saveStatePreview_->SetCanBeFocused(false);
 	root_->Add(saveStatePreview_);
-	root_->Add(new OnScreenMessagesView(new AnchorLayoutParams((Size)bounds.w, (Size)bounds.h)));
+	onScreenMessagesView_ = root_->Add(new OnScreenMessagesView(new AnchorLayoutParams((Size)bounds.w, (Size)bounds.h)));
 
 	GameInfoBGView *loadingBG = root_->Add(new GameInfoBGView(gamePath_, new AnchorLayoutParams(FILL_PARENT, FILL_PARENT)));
 	TextView *loadingTextView = root_->Add(new TextView(sc->T(PSP_GetLoading()), new AnchorLayoutParams(bounds.centerX(), NONE, NONE, 40, true)));
@@ -1142,11 +1142,12 @@ UI::EventReturn EmuScreen::OnChat(UI::EventParams& params) {
 }
 
 void EmuScreen::update() {
-
 	UIScreen::update();
+	onScreenMessagesView_->SetVisibility(g_Config.bShowOnScreenMessages ? UI::Visibility::V_VISIBLE : UI::Visibility::V_GONE);
 
-	if (bootPending_)
+	if (bootPending_) {
 		bootGame(gamePath_);
+	}
 
 	// Simply forcibly update to the current screen size every frame. Doesn't cost much.
 	// If bounds is set to be smaller than the actual pixel resolution of the display, respect that.
diff --git a/UI/EmuScreen.h b/UI/EmuScreen.h
index 77a072f43380..69befa43b0e2 100644
--- a/UI/EmuScreen.h
+++ b/UI/EmuScreen.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 struct AxisInput;
 
 class AsyncImageFileView;
+class OnScreenMessagesView;
 
 class EmuScreen : public UIScreen {
 public:
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ class EmuScreen : public UIScreen {
 	UI::TextView *loadingTextView_ = nullptr;
 
 	UI::Button *cardboardDisableButton_ = nullptr;
+	OnScreenMessagesView *onScreenMessagesView_ = nullptr;
+
 	bool autoRotatingAnalogCW_ = false;
 	bool autoRotatingAnalogCCW_ = false;
 };
diff --git a/UI/GameSettingsScreen.cpp b/UI/GameSettingsScreen.cpp
index 3bb7820ec954..a19a6620d4b6 100644
--- a/UI/GameSettingsScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/GameSettingsScreen.cpp
@@ -1650,6 +1650,7 @@ void DeveloperToolsScreen::CreateViews() {
 	list->Add(allowDebugger)->OnClick.Handle(this, &DeveloperToolsScreen::OnRemoteDebugger);
 	allowDebugger->SetEnabledPtr(&canAllowDebugger_);
 
+	list->Add(new CheckBox(&g_Config.bShowOnScreenMessages, dev->T("Show on-screen messages")));
 	list->Add(new CheckBox(&g_Config.bEnableLogging, dev->T("Enable Logging")))->OnClick.Handle(this, &DeveloperToolsScreen::OnLoggingChanged);
 	list->Add(new CheckBox(&g_Config.bLogFrameDrops, dev->T("Log Dropped Frame Statistics")));
 	list->Add(new Choice(dev->T("Logging Channels")))->OnClick.Handle(this, &DeveloperToolsScreen::OnLogConfig);