diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/ui/settings/SettingsFragmentPresenter.java b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/ui/settings/SettingsFragmentPresenter.java
index 11cbf9af9a..c87387c3dc 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/ui/settings/SettingsFragmentPresenter.java
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/ui/settings/SettingsFragmentPresenter.java
@@ -246,12 +246,15 @@ public final class SettingsFragmentPresenter
 	private void addInterfaceSettings(ArrayList<SettingsItem> sl)
 	{
 		Setting usePanicHandlers = null;
+		Setting onScreenDisplayMessages = null;
 
 		if (!mSettings.get(SettingsFile.SETTINGS_DOLPHIN).isEmpty())
 		{
 			usePanicHandlers = mSettings.get(SettingsFile.SETTINGS_DOLPHIN).get(SettingsFile.SECTION_INTERFACE).getSetting(SettingsFile.KEY_USE_PANIC_HANDLERS);
+			onScreenDisplayMessages = mSettings.get(SettingsFile.SETTINGS_DOLPHIN).get(SettingsFile.SECTION_INTERFACE).getSetting(SettingsFile.KEY_OSD_MESSAGES);
 		}
 		sl.add(new CheckBoxSetting(SettingsFile.KEY_USE_PANIC_HANDLERS, SettingsFile.SECTION_INTERFACE, SettingsFile.SETTINGS_DOLPHIN, R.string.panic_handlers, R.string.panic_handlers_description, true, usePanicHandlers));
+		sl.add(new CheckBoxSetting(SettingsFile.KEY_OSD_MESSAGES, SettingsFile.SECTION_INTERFACE, SettingsFile.SETTINGS_DOLPHIN, R.string.osd_messages, R.string.osd_messages_description, true, onScreenDisplayMessages));
 	}
 
 	private void addGcPadSettings(ArrayList<SettingsItem> sl)
diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/utils/SettingsFile.java b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/utils/SettingsFile.java
index aec9b4953c..1791bfce72 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/utils/SettingsFile.java
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/utils/SettingsFile.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public final class SettingsFile
 	public static final String KEY_SLOT_B_DEVICE = "SlotB";
 
 	public static final String KEY_USE_PANIC_HANDLERS = "UsePanicHandlers";
+	public static final String KEY_OSD_MESSAGES = "OnScreenDisplayMessages";
 
 	public static final String KEY_SHOW_FPS = "ShowFPS";
 	public static final String KEY_INTERNAL_RES = "InternalResolution";
diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/Source/Android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index d593a1af42..bacea5db5e 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@
     <string name="interface_submenu">Interface</string>
     <string name="panic_handlers">Use Panic Handlers</string>
     <string name="panic_handlers_description">Show a message box when a potentially serious error has occurred. Disabling this may avoid annoying and non-fatal messages, but it may result in major crashes having no explanation at all.</string>
+    <string name="osd_messages">Show On-Screen Display Messages</string>
+    <string name="osd_messages_description">Display messages over the emulation screen area. These messages include memory card writes, video backend and CPU information, and JIT cache clearing.</string>
 
     <!-- Video Preference Fragment -->
     <string name="video_backend">Video Backend</string>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
index 1dc4f3c23f..6ad68ab104 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ void SConfig::LoadDefaults()
   m_audio_stretch = false;
   m_audio_stretch_max_latency = 80;
   bUsePanicHandlers = true;
+  bOnScreenDisplayMessages = true;
 
   iPosX = INT_MIN;
   iPosY = INT_MIN;