diff --git a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
index cb9d06dce1..e646ba27f5 100644
--- a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
+++ b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ void OpenGLDisplayPlugin::internalPresent() {
 void OpenGLDisplayPlugin::present() {
     auto frameId = (uint64_t)presentCount();
     PROFILE_RANGE_EX(render, __FUNCTION__, 0xffffff00, frameId)
+    uint64_t startPresent = usecTimestampNow();
     {
         PROFILE_RANGE_EX(render, "updateFrameData", 0xff00ff00, frameId)
         updateFrameData();
@@ -713,6 +714,7 @@ void OpenGLDisplayPlugin::present() {
 
         gpu::Backend::freeGPUMemSize.set(gpu::gl::getFreeDedicatedMemory());
     }
+    _movingAveragePresent.addSample((float)(usecTimestampNow() - startPresent));
 }
 
 float OpenGLDisplayPlugin::newFramePresentRate() const {
diff --git a/libraries/plugins/src/plugins/DisplayPlugin.h b/libraries/plugins/src/plugins/DisplayPlugin.h
index efce158864..2c717f629c 100644
--- a/libraries/plugins/src/plugins/DisplayPlugin.h
+++ b/libraries/plugins/src/plugins/DisplayPlugin.h
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 #include <QtCore/QWaitCondition>
 
 #include <GLMHelpers.h>
+#include <NumericalConstants.h>
 #include <RegisteredMetaTypes.h>
 #include <shared/Bilateral.h>
+#include <SimpleMovingAverage.h>
 #include <gpu/Forward.h>
 #include "Plugin.h"
 
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ public:
     virtual void cycleDebugOutput() {}
 
     void waitForPresent();
+    float getAveragePresentTime() { return _movingAveragePresent.average / (float)USECS_PER_MSEC; } // in msec
 
     std::function<void(gpu::Batch&, const gpu::TexturePointer&, bool mirror)> getHUDOperator();
 
@@ -220,6 +223,8 @@ protected:
 
     std::function<void(gpu::Batch&, const gpu::TexturePointer&, bool mirror)> _hudOperator { std::function<void(gpu::Batch&, const gpu::TexturePointer&, bool mirror)>() };
 
+    MovingAverage<float, 10> _movingAveragePresent;
+
 private:
     QMutex _presentMutex;
     QWaitCondition _presentCondition;