diff --git a/data/gui/custom_video_settings.stkgui b/data/gui/custom_video_settings.stkgui
index 35039a75a..3a0a1b9a8 100644
--- a/data/gui/custom_video_settings.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/custom_video_settings.stkgui
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@
             <gauge id="filtering" min_value="0" max_value="5" width="50%" />
         </div>
 
+        <spacer height="4" width="10" />
+
+        <div layout="horizontal-row" width="100%" proportion="1">
+            <label text="Geometry detail" I18N="Video settings" width="40%"/>
+            <spacer width="10" height="10"/>
+            <gauge id="geometry_detail" min_value="0" max_value="2" width="50%" />
+        </div>
+
         <spacer height="10" width="10" />
 
         <label text="* Restart STK to apply new settings" width="100%" text_align="center" I18N="Video settings"/>
diff --git a/src/config/user_config.hpp b/src/config/user_config.hpp
index a8621c700..f274df001 100644
--- a/src/config/user_config.hpp
+++ b/src/config/user_config.hpp
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ enum AnimType {ANIMS_NONE         = 0,
                ANIMS_PLAYERS_ONLY = 1,
                ANIMS_ALL          = 2 };
 
+enum GeometryLevel {GEOLEVEL_0    = 0,
+                    GEOLEVEL_1    = 1,
+                    GEOLEVEL_2    = 2 };
+
 /** Using X-macros for setting-possible values is not very pretty, but it's a
  *  no-maintenance case :
  *  when you want to add a new parameter, just add one signle line below and
@@ -673,6 +677,13 @@ namespace UserConfigParams
                             "steering_animations", &m_graphics_quality,
                 "Whether to display kart animations (0=disabled for all; "
                 "1=enabled for humans, disabled for AIs; 2=enabled for all") );
+    
+    PARAM_PREFIX IntUserConfigParam        m_geometry_level
+            PARAM_DEFAULT(  IntUserConfigParam(GEOLEVEL_2,
+                            "geometry_level", &m_graphics_quality,
+                "Geometry quality 0=lowest level, no details; "
+                "1=a few details are displayed; 2=everything is displayed") );
+
     PARAM_PREFIX IntUserConfigParam         m_anisotropic
             PARAM_DEFAULT( IntUserConfigParam(4, "anisotropic",
                            &m_graphics_quality,
diff --git a/src/states_screens/dialogs/custom_video_settings.cpp b/src/states_screens/dialogs/custom_video_settings.cpp
index 11d585bca..bbb565ae9 100644
--- a/src/states_screens/dialogs/custom_video_settings.cpp
+++ b/src/states_screens/dialogs/custom_video_settings.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ void CustomVideoSettingsDialog::beforeAddingWidgets()
         UserConfigParams::m_show_steering_animations == 2 ?
         1 : UserConfigParams::m_show_steering_animations);
 
+    SpinnerWidget* geometry_level = getWidget<SpinnerWidget>("geometry_detail");
+    geometry_level->addLabel(_("disabled")); // 0
+    //I18N: animations setting (only karts with human players are animated)
+    geometry_level->addLabel(_("low")); // 1
+    //I18N: animations setting (all karts are animated)
+    geometry_level->addLabel(_("high")); // 2
+    geometry_level->setValue(UserConfigParams::m_geometry_level);
+
     SpinnerWidget* filtering = getWidget<SpinnerWidget>("filtering");
     int value = 0;
     if (UserConfigParams::m_anisotropic == 2)  value = 2;
@@ -192,6 +200,9 @@ GUIEngine::EventPropagation CustomVideoSettingsDialog::processEvent(const std::s
         UserConfigParams::m_show_steering_animations =
             getWidget<SpinnerWidget>("steering_animations")->getValue();
 
+        UserConfigParams::m_geometry_level =
+            getWidget<SpinnerWidget>("geometry_detail")->getValue();
+
         switch (getWidget<SpinnerWidget>("filtering")->getValue())
         {
             case 0: