diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.cpp b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
index 3d1b7b7bf1..48f5a4ed3c 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ Menu::Menu() :
     QMenu* raveGloveOptionsMenu = developerMenu->addMenu("Rave Glove Options");
 
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(raveGloveOptionsMenu, MenuOption::SimulateLeapHand);
+    addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(raveGloveOptionsMenu, MenuOption::DisplayLeapHands, 0, true);
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(raveGloveOptionsMenu, MenuOption::TestRaveGlove);
 
     QMenu* trackingOptionsMenu = developerMenu->addMenu("Tracking Options");
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.h b/interface/src/Menu.h
index 30ef055447..dc8f6051a4 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.h
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.h
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ namespace MenuOption {
     const QString DisableConstantCulling = "Disable Constant Culling";
     const QString DisableFastVoxelPipeline = "Disable Fast Voxel Pipeline";
     const QString DisplayFrustum = "Display Frustum";
+    const QString DisplayLeapHands = "Display Leap Hands";
     const QString DontRenderVoxels = "Don't call _voxels.render()";
     const QString DontCallOpenGLForVoxels = "Don't call glDrawRangeElementsEXT() for Voxels";
     const QString EchoAudio = "Echo Audio";
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/Hand.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/Hand.cpp
index dda948d92f..a9397913bb 100755
--- a/interface/src/avatar/Hand.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/Hand.cpp
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@
 #include "Application.h"
 #include "Avatar.h"
 #include "Hand.h"
+#include "Menu.h"
 #include "Util.h"
 #include "renderer/ProgramObject.h"
 
-const bool SHOW_LEAP_HAND = true;
-
 using namespace std;
 
 Hand::Hand(Avatar* owningAvatar) :
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ void Hand::render(bool lookingInMirror) {
     
     calculateGeometry();
 
-    if ( SHOW_LEAP_HAND ) {
+    if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::DisplayLeapHands)) {
         if (!isRaveGloveActive()) {
             renderLeapFingerTrails();
         }