diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index d8dad73d82..2f6b038e40 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2397,7 +2397,9 @@ void Application::updateMyAvatarLookAtPosition() {
 
             if (faceAngle < MAXIMUM_FACE_ANGLE) {
                 // Randomly look back and forth between look targets
-                switch (_myAvatar->getEyeContactTarget()) {
+                eyeContactTarget target = Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::FixGaze) ?
+                LEFT_EYE : _myAvatar->getEyeContactTarget();
+                switch (target) {
                     case LEFT_EYE:
                         lookAtSpot = lookingAtHead->getLeftEyePosition();
                         break;
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.cpp b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
index 6ff479778b..a31353fa4c 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ Menu::Menu() {
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(avatarDebugMenu, MenuOption::RenderLookAtTargets, 0, false);
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(avatarDebugMenu, MenuOption::RenderFocusIndicator, 0, false);
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(avatarDebugMenu, MenuOption::ShowWhosLookingAtMe, 0, false);
+    addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(avatarDebugMenu, MenuOption::FixGaze, 0, false);
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(avatarDebugMenu,
                                            MenuOption::Connexion,
                                            0, false,
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.h b/interface/src/Menu.h
index 2231ddbe9a..789fccecd8 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.h
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ namespace MenuOption {
     const QString Faceshift = "Faceshift";
     const QString FirstPerson = "First Person";
     const QString FivePointCalibration = "5 Point Calibration";
+    const QString FixGaze = "Fix Gaze (no saccade)";
     const QString Forward = "Forward";
     const QString FrameTimer = "Show Timer";
     const QString FullscreenMirror = "Fullscreen Mirror";
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
index 2cd87588d8..c7ee4a2e01 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ void Head::simulate(float deltaTime, bool isMine, bool billboard) {
     } else {
         _saccade = glm::vec3();
     }
+    if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::FixGaze)) { // if debug menu turns off, use no saccade
+        _saccade = glm::vec3();
+    }
     
     if (!isMine) {
         _faceModel.setLODDistance(static_cast<Avatar*>(_owningAvatar)->getLODDistance());