diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h
index 935a922b3ec..22ddae88b28 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h
@@ -126,10 +126,11 @@ enum {
 	G_DEBUG_FREESTYLE = (1 << 7), /* freestyle messages */
 	G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH = (1 << 8), /* depsgraph messages */
 	G_DEBUG_SIMDATA =   (1 << 9), /* sim debug data display */
+	G_DEBUG_GPU_MEM =   (1 << 10), /* gpu memory in status bar */
 };
 
 #define G_DEBUG_ALL  (G_DEBUG | G_DEBUG_FFMPEG | G_DEBUG_PYTHON | G_DEBUG_EVENTS | G_DEBUG_WM | G_DEBUG_JOBS | \
-                      G_DEBUG_FREESTYLE | G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH)
+                      G_DEBUG_FREESTYLE | G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH | G_DEBUG_GPU_MEM)
 
 
 /* G.fileflags */
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_info/info_stats.c b/source/blender/editors/space_info/info_stats.c
index a0dfb285a1c..48a39cd79fc 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_info/info_stats.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_info/info_stats.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #include "ED_info.h"
 #include "ED_armature.h"
 
+#include "GPU_extensions.h"
+
 #define MAX_INFO_LEN 512
 #define MAX_INFO_NUM_LEN 16
 
@@ -381,6 +383,7 @@ static void stats_string(Scene *scene)
 	Object *ob = (scene->basact) ? scene->basact->object : NULL;
 	uintptr_t mem_in_use, mmap_in_use;
 	char memstr[MAX_INFO_MEM_LEN];
+	char gpumemstr[MAX_INFO_MEM_LEN] = "";
 	char *s;
 	size_t ofs = 0;
 
@@ -416,11 +419,22 @@ static void stats_string(Scene *scene)
 
 
 	/* get memory statistics */
-	s = memstr;
-	ofs += BLI_snprintf(s + ofs, MAX_INFO_MEM_LEN - ofs, IFACE_(" | Mem:%.2fM"),
+	ofs = BLI_snprintf(memstr, MAX_INFO_MEM_LEN, IFACE_(" | Mem:%.2fM"),
 	                    (double)((mem_in_use - mmap_in_use) >> 10) / 1024.0);
 	if (mmap_in_use)
-		BLI_snprintf(s + ofs, MAX_INFO_MEM_LEN - ofs, IFACE_(" (%.2fM)"), (double)((mmap_in_use) >> 10) / 1024.0);
+		BLI_snprintf(memstr + ofs, MAX_INFO_MEM_LEN - ofs, IFACE_(" (%.2fM)"), (double)((mmap_in_use) >> 10) / 1024.0);
+
+	if (GPU_mem_stats_supported()) {
+		int gpu_free_mem, gpu_tot_memory;
+
+		GPU_mem_stats_get(&gpu_tot_memory, &gpu_free_mem);
+
+		ofs = BLI_snprintf(gpumemstr, MAX_INFO_MEM_LEN, IFACE_(" | Free GPU Mem:%.2fM"), (double)((gpu_free_mem)) / 1024.0);
+
+		if (gpu_tot_memory) {
+			BLI_snprintf(gpumemstr + ofs, MAX_INFO_MEM_LEN - ofs, IFACE_("/%.2fM"), (double)((gpu_tot_memory)) / 1024.0);
+		}
+	}
 
 	s = stats->infostr;
 	ofs = 0;
@@ -447,22 +461,23 @@ static void stats_string(Scene *scene)
 		}
 
 		ofs += BLI_strncpy_rlen(s + ofs, memstr, MAX_INFO_LEN - ofs);
+		ofs += BLI_strncpy_rlen(s + ofs, gpumemstr, MAX_INFO_LEN - ofs);
 	}
 	else if (ob && (ob->mode & OB_MODE_POSE)) {
-		ofs += BLI_snprintf(s + ofs, MAX_INFO_LEN - ofs, IFACE_("Bones:%s/%s %s"),
-		                    stats_fmt.totbonesel, stats_fmt.totbone, memstr);
+		ofs += BLI_snprintf(s + ofs, MAX_INFO_LEN - ofs, IFACE_("Bones:%s/%s %s%s"),
+		                    stats_fmt.totbonesel, stats_fmt.totbone, memstr, gpumemstr);
 	}
 	else if (stats_is_object_dynamic_topology_sculpt(ob)) {
-		ofs += BLI_snprintf(s + ofs, MAX_INFO_LEN - ofs, IFACE_("Verts:%s | Tris:%s"), stats_fmt.totvert,
-		                    stats_fmt.tottri);
+		ofs += BLI_snprintf(s + ofs, MAX_INFO_LEN - ofs, IFACE_("Verts:%s | Tris:%s%s"), stats_fmt.totvert,
+		                    stats_fmt.tottri, gpumemstr);
 	}
 	else {
 		ofs += BLI_snprintf(s + ofs, MAX_INFO_LEN - ofs,
-		                    IFACE_("Verts:%s | Faces:%s | Tris:%s | Objects:%s/%s | Lamps:%s/%s%s"),
+		                    IFACE_("Verts:%s | Faces:%s | Tris:%s | Objects:%s/%s | Lamps:%s/%s%s%s"),
 		                    stats_fmt.totvert, stats_fmt.totface,
 		                    stats_fmt.tottri, stats_fmt.totobjsel,
 		                    stats_fmt.totobj, stats_fmt.totlampsel,
-		                    stats_fmt.totlamp, memstr);
+		                    stats_fmt.totlamp, memstr, gpumemstr);
 	}
 
 	if (ob)
diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/GPU_extensions.h b/source/blender/gpu/GPU_extensions.h
index 27a4396e5d8..f3927ba960b 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/GPU_extensions.h
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/GPU_extensions.h
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ int GPU_max_texture_size(void);
 int GPU_color_depth(void);
 void GPU_get_dfdy_factors(float fac[2]);
 
+bool GPU_mem_stats_supported(void);
+void GPU_mem_stats_get(int *totalmem, int *freemem);
+
 void GPU_code_generate_glsl_lib(void);
 
 /* GPU Types */
diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_extensions.c b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_extensions.c
index b095eab6952..54e3339eb29 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_extensions.c
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_extensions.c
@@ -2084,6 +2084,34 @@ void GPU_shader_free_builtin_shaders(void)
 	}
 }
 
+bool GPU_mem_stats_supported(void)
+{
+	return (GLEW_NVX_gpu_memory_info || (GLEW_ATI_meminfo)) && (G.debug & G_DEBUG_GPU_MEM);
+}
+
+
+void GPU_mem_stats_get(int *totalmem, int *freemem)
+{
+	if (GLEW_NVX_gpu_memory_info) {
+		/* returned value in Kb */
+		glGetIntegerv(GL_GPU_MEMORY_INFO_TOTAL_AVAILABLE_MEMORY_NVX, totalmem);
+
+		glGetIntegerv(GL_GPU_MEMORY_INFO_CURRENT_AVAILABLE_VIDMEM_NVX, freemem);
+	}
+	else if (GLEW_ATI_meminfo) {
+		int stats[4];
+
+		glGetIntegerv(GL_TEXTURE_FREE_MEMORY_ATI, stats);
+		*freemem = stats[0];
+		*totalmem = 0;
+	}
+	else {
+		*totalmem = 0;
+		*freemem = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+
 #if 0 /* unused */
 
 /* GPUPixelBuffer */
diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_app.c b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_app.c
index c8a4971847b..04ab34efeb4 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_app.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_app.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ static PyGetSetDef bpy_app_getsets[] = {
 	{(char *)"debug_wm",        bpy_app_debug_get, bpy_app_debug_set, (char *)bpy_app_debug_doc, (void *)G_DEBUG_WM},
 	{(char *)"debug_depsgraph", bpy_app_debug_get, bpy_app_debug_set, (char *)bpy_app_debug_doc, (void *)G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH},
 	{(char *)"debug_simdata",   bpy_app_debug_get, bpy_app_debug_set, (char *)bpy_app_debug_doc, (void *)G_DEBUG_SIMDATA},
+    {(char *)"debug_gpumem",    bpy_app_debug_get, bpy_app_debug_set, (char *)bpy_app_debug_doc, (void *)G_DEBUG_GPU_MEM},
 
 	{(char *)"debug_value", bpy_app_debug_value_get, bpy_app_debug_value_set, (char *)bpy_app_debug_value_doc, NULL},
 	{(char *)"tempdir", bpy_app_tempdir_get, NULL, (char *)bpy_app_tempdir_doc, NULL},
diff --git a/source/creator/creator.c b/source/creator/creator.c
index 440710f0572..d86ccd657d4 100644
--- a/source/creator/creator.c
+++ b/source/creator/creator.c
@@ -1491,6 +1491,7 @@ static void setupArguments(bContext *C, bArgs *ba, SYS_SystemHandle *syshandle)
 	BLI_argsAdd(ba, 1, NULL, "--debug-value", "<value>\n\tSet debug value of <value> on startup\n", set_debug_value, NULL);
 	BLI_argsAdd(ba, 1, NULL, "--debug-jobs",  "\n\tEnable time profiling for background jobs.", debug_mode_generic, (void *)G_DEBUG_JOBS);
 	BLI_argsAdd(ba, 1, NULL, "--debug-depsgraph", "\n\tEnable debug messages from dependency graph", debug_mode_generic, (void *)G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH);
+	BLI_argsAdd(ba, 1, NULL, "--debug-gpumem", "\n\tEnable GPU memory stats in status bar", debug_mode_generic, (void *)G_DEBUG_GPU_MEM);
 
 	BLI_argsAdd(ba, 1, NULL, "--verbose", "<verbose>\n\tSet logging verbosity level.", set_verbosity, NULL);