diff --git a/src/screen.h b/src/screen.h
index bfb9e7fbf..8a8bda376 100644
--- a/src/screen.h
+++ b/src/screen.h
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ extern UINT8 *scr_borderpatch; // patch used to fill the view borders
 extern consvar_t cv_scr_width, cv_scr_height, cv_scr_depth, cv_renderview, cv_renderer, cv_fullscreen;
 // wait for page flipping to end or not
 extern consvar_t cv_vidwait;
+#ifdef DEVELOP
+extern consvar_t cv_timescale;
+#endif
 
 // Initialize the screen
 void SCR_Startup(void);
diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.c b/src/sdl/i_system.c
index db1f099cd..8d04a8783 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_system.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.c
@@ -2147,6 +2147,16 @@ static double tic_frequency;
 static Uint64 tic_epoch;
 static double elapsed_tics;
 
+#ifdef DEVELOP // Tied behind DEVELOP, until sv_cheats is made better
+static void UpdateTicFreq(void)
+{
+	tic_frequency = (timer_frequency / (double)NEWTICRATE) / FIXED_TO_FLOAT(cv_timescale.value);
+}
+
+static CV_PossibleValue_t timescale_cons_t[] = {{FRACUNIT/20, "MIN"}, {20*FRACUNIT, "MAX"}, {0, NULL}};
+consvar_t cv_timescale = CVAR_INIT ("timescale", "1.0", CV_NETVAR|CV_CHEAT|CV_FLOAT|CV_CALL, timescale_cons_t, UpdateTicFreq);
+#endif
+
 static void UpdateElapsedTics(void)
 {
 	const Uint64 now = SDL_GetPerformanceCounter();
@@ -2251,6 +2261,10 @@ double I_GetFrameTime(void)
 //
 void I_StartupTimer(void)
 {
+#ifdef DEVELOP
+	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_timescale);
+#endif
+
 	timer_frequency = SDL_GetPerformanceFrequency();
 	tic_epoch       = SDL_GetPerformanceCounter();