diff --git a/basegraph.cpp b/basegraph.cpp
index 22d3d681..f579cea8 100644
--- a/basegraph.cpp
+++ b/basegraph.cpp
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ EX ld realradius() {
   }
 
 EX void drawmessage(const string& s, int& y, color_t col) {
+  if(nomsg) return;
   int rrad = (int) realradius();
   int space;
   if(dual::state)
diff --git a/config.cpp b/config.cpp
index 8f0f77f6..3d0eecf9 100644
--- a/config.cpp
+++ b/config.cpp
@@ -3000,6 +3000,10 @@ EX int read_config_args() {
     PHASEFROM(2);
     nomenukey = true;
     }
+  else if(argis("-nomsg")) {
+    PHASEFROM(2);
+    nomsg = true;
+    }
 #if MAXMDIM >= 4
   else if(argis("-switch-fpp")) {
     PHASEFROM(2);
diff --git a/hud.cpp b/hud.cpp
index 8622dd64..a23f805f 100644
--- a/hud.cpp
+++ b/hud.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ void displayglyph2(int cx, int cy, int buttonsize, int i) {
     }
   }
 
-EX bool nohud, nomenukey;
+EX bool nohud, nomenukey, nomsg;
 
 EX hookset<bool()> hooks_prestats;