diff --git a/data/gui/screens/options/options_ui.stkgui b/data/gui/screens/options/options_ui.stkgui
index 8738a47d7f5..fddb9476592 100644
--- a/data/gui/screens/options/options_ui.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/screens/options/options_ui.stkgui
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
                 </div>
 
                 <spacer width="5" height="2%"/>
+				
+				<div layout="horizontal-row" width="100%" height="fit">
+                    <checkbox id="speedometer"/>
+                    <spacer width="1%" height="100%" />
+                    <label id="speedometer-text" height="100%" I18N="In the ui settings" text="Enable the speedometer" word_wrap="true"/>
+                </div>
             </box>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/config/user_config.hpp b/src/config/user_config.hpp
index 4495c6785da..445e6d59bb5 100644
--- a/src/config/user_config.hpp
+++ b/src/config/user_config.hpp
@@ -657,6 +657,9 @@ namespace UserConfigParams
     PARAM_PREFIX BoolUserConfigParam        m_speedrun_mode
             PARAM_DEFAULT(  BoolUserConfigParam(false, "show_speedrun_timer",
                             &m_video_group, "Display the speedrun timer") );
+	PARAM_PREFIX BoolUserConfigParam        m_speedometer
+            PARAM_DEFAULT(  BoolUserConfigParam(false, "show_speedometer",
+                            &m_video_group, "Display the speedometer") );
     PARAM_PREFIX IntUserConfigParam         m_max_fps
             PARAM_DEFAULT(  IntUserConfigParam(120, "max_fps",
                        &m_video_group, "Maximum fps, should be at least 60") );
diff --git a/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.cpp b/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.cpp
index 93397cb8e14..bf866c857c8 100644
--- a/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/states_screens/options/options_screen_ui.cpp
@@ -269,6 +269,20 @@ void OptionsScreenUI::init()
         }
     }
     speedrun_timer->setState( UserConfigParams::m_speedrun_mode );
+	
+	CheckBoxWidget* speedometer = getWidget<CheckBoxWidget>("speedometer");
+    assert( speedometer != NULL );
+	
+    speedometer->setState( UserConfigParams::m_speedometer);
+	if (multitouch_enabled)
+    {
+        UserConfigParams::m_speedometer == 0;
+    }
+	else
+	{
+		UserConfigParams::m_speedometer == 1;
+	}
+    speedometer->setState( UserConfigParams::m_speedometer );
 }   // init
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -499,6 +513,12 @@ void OptionsScreenUI::eventCallback(Widget* widget, const std::string& name, con
         }
         UserConfigParams::m_speedrun_mode = speedrun_timer->getState();
     }
+	else if (name == "speedometer")
+		{
+        CheckBoxWidget* speedometer = getWidget<CheckBoxWidget>("speedometer");
+        assert( speedometer != NULL );
+        UserConfigParams::m_speedometer = speedometer->getState();
+    }
 #endif
 }   // eventCallback
 
diff --git a/src/states_screens/race_gui.cpp b/src/states_screens/race_gui.cpp
index bf437a12ff6..fe0e6e503fc 100644
--- a/src/states_screens/race_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/states_screens/race_gui.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ RaceGUI::RaceGUI()
 
     m_is_tutorial = (RaceManager::get()->getTrackName() == "tutorial");
 
-    // Load speedmeter texture before rendering the first frame
+    // Load speedometer texture before rendering the first frame
     m_speed_meter_icon = irr_driver->getTexture(FileManager::GUI_ICON, "speedback.png");
     m_speed_bar_icon   = irr_driver->getTexture(FileManager::GUI_ICON, "speedfore.png");
     //createMarkerTexture();
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ void RaceGUI::renderPlayerView(const Camera *camera, float dt)
             drawPowerupIcons(kart, viewport, scaling);
             drawSpeedEnergyRank(kart, viewport, scaling, dt);
         }
+        else
+        {
+            drawSpeedEnergyRank(kart, viewport, scaling, dt);
+        }
     }
 
     if (!m_is_tutorial)
@@ -1014,21 +1018,32 @@ void RaceGUI::drawSpeedEnergyRank(const AbstractKart* kart,
                                  float dt)
 {
 #ifndef SERVER_ONLY
+	if (UserConfigParams::m_speedometer == 0) return; //speedometer hidden
+	
     float min_ratio         = std::min(scaling.X, scaling.Y);
     const int SPEEDWIDTH   = 128;
     int meter_width        = (int)(SPEEDWIDTH*min_ratio);
     int meter_height       = (int)(SPEEDWIDTH*min_ratio);
-
-    drawEnergyMeter(viewport.LowerRightCorner.X ,
-                    (int)(viewport.LowerRightCorner.Y),
-                    kart, viewport, scaling);
+    if (m_multitouch_gui == NULL || m_multitouch_gui->isSpectatorMode())
+    {
+        drawEnergyMeter(viewport.LowerRightCorner.X ,
+                       (int)(viewport.LowerRightCorner.Y),
+                       kart, viewport, scaling);
+    }
 
     // First draw the meter (i.e. the background )
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     core::vector2df offset;
-    offset.X = (float)(viewport.LowerRightCorner.X-meter_width) - 24.0f*scaling.X;
-    offset.Y = viewport.LowerRightCorner.Y-10.0f*scaling.Y;
-
+    if (m_multitouch_gui == NULL || m_multitouch_gui->isSpectatorMode())
+    {
+        offset.X = (float)(viewport.LowerRightCorner.X-meter_width) - 24.0f*scaling.X;
+        offset.Y = viewport.LowerRightCorner.Y-10.0f*scaling.Y;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        offset.X = (float)(viewport.LowerRightCorner.X-meter_width) - 220.0f*scaling.X;
+        offset.Y = viewport.LowerRightCorner.Y-60.0f*scaling.Y;
+    }
     const core::rect<s32> meter_pos((int)offset.X,
                                     (int)(offset.Y-meter_height),
                                     (int)(offset.X+meter_width),
@@ -1125,7 +1140,6 @@ void RaceGUI::drawSpeedEnergyRank(const AbstractKart* kart,
     unsigned int count = computeVerticesForMeter(position, threshold, vertices, vertices_count, 
                                                      speed_ratio, meter_width, meter_height, offset);
 
-
     drawMeterTexture(m_speed_bar_icon, vertices, count);
 #endif
 }   // drawSpeedEnergyRank