diff --git a/src/sglib/lib/engine.py b/src/sglib/lib/engine.py
index 78d8fa38..c86ed9f0 100644
--- a/src/sglib/lib/engine.py
+++ b/src/sglib/lib/engine.py
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@
 ]
 
 ENGINE_SUBPROCESS = None
+ENGINE_PSUTIL = None
 
 def close_engine():
     """ Ask the engine to gracefully stop itself, then kill the process if it
         doesn't exit on it's own
     """
     constants.IPC.stop_server()
-    global ENGINE_SUBPROCESS
+    global ENGINE_SUBPROCESS, ENGINE_PSUTIL
     if ENGINE_SUBPROCESS is not None:
         f_exited = False
         for i in range(50):
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ def close_engine():
                 )
                 LOG.exception(ex)
         ENGINE_SUBPROCESS = None
+        ENGINE_PSUTIL = None
     if os.path.exists(ENGINE_PIDFILE):
         os.remove(ENGINE_PIDFILE)
     constants.READY = False
@@ -99,7 +101,6 @@ def open_engine(a_project_path, fps):
 
     f_pid = os.getpid()
     LOG.info(f"Starting audio engine with {a_project_path}")
-    global ENGINE_SUBPROCESS
 
     threads = int(util.DEVICE_SETTINGS['threads'])
     if threads == 0:
@@ -125,6 +126,10 @@ def reopen_engine():
     constants.IPC_ENABLED = True
 
 def run_engine(cmd):
-    global ENGINE_SUBPROCESS
+    global ENGINE_SUBPROCESS, ENGINE_PSUTIL
     ENGINE_SUBPROCESS = run_process(cmd, ENGINE_PIDFILE)
+    try:
+        ENGINE_PSUTIL = psutil.Process(ENGINE_SUBPROCESS.pid)
+    except:
+        LOG.exception('Could not create ENGINE_PSUTIL')
 
diff --git a/src/sglib/lib/strings.py b/src/sglib/lib/strings.py
index b7de8db1..60faab10 100644
--- a/src/sglib/lib/strings.py
+++ b/src/sglib/lib/strings.py
@@ -130,3 +130,8 @@
 will pass-through any audio from items or sends.
 """
 
+ENGINE_MON = """\
+Shows CPU and memory percentage.  Note that the CPU usage is a max of the
+cores that are in use, not based on the average of CPU load and available
+logical cores, which is less useful.
+"""
diff --git a/src/sgui/daw/entrypoint.py b/src/sgui/daw/entrypoint.py
index 5723d68c..91d1c0cb 100644
--- a/src/sgui/daw/entrypoint.py
+++ b/src/sgui/daw/entrypoint.py
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.last_midi_dir = None
         shared.ROUTING_GRAPH_WIDGET.setToolTip(sg_strings.routing_graph)
 
+        self.engine_mon_label = QLabel()
+        self.engine_mon_label.setToolTip(sg_strings.ENGINE_MON)
+        self.setCornerWidget(self.engine_mon_label)
+
         self.setObjectName("plugin_ui")
 
         # Transport shortcuts (added here so they will work
diff --git a/src/sgui/main.py b/src/sgui/main.py
index bf3de5ff..6874e427 100644
--- a/src/sgui/main.py
+++ b/src/sgui/main.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class SgMainWindow(QWidget):
     }
     daw_callback = Signal(str)
     wave_edit_callback = Signal(str)
+    engine_mon_callback = Signal(str)
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
@@ -204,6 +205,13 @@ def setup(self, scaler):
         self.current_module = daw
         self.current_window = daw.MAIN_WINDOW
 
+        self.engine_mon_callback.connect(
+            daw.MAIN_WINDOW.engine_mon_label.setText
+        )
+        self.engine_mon_callback.connect(
+            wave_edit.MAIN_WINDOW.engine_mon_label.setText
+        )
+
         for f_module in shared.HOST_MODULES:
             self.transport_stack.addWidget(f_module.TRANSPORT.group_box)
 
@@ -751,6 +759,14 @@ def timeout_handler():
         f_window.exec()
 
     def subprocess_monitor(self):
+        try:
+            if engine.ENGINE_PSUTIL:
+                cpu = round(engine.ENGINE_PSUTIL.cpu_percent(), 1)
+                mem = round(engine.ENGINE_PSUTIL.memory_percent(), 1)
+                text = f'CPU: {cpu}% RAM: {mem}%'
+                self.engine_mon_callback.emit(text)
+        except:
+            pass
         try:
             if (
                 engine.ENGINE_SUBPROCESS
diff --git a/src/sgui/wave_edit/__init__.py b/src/sgui/wave_edit/__init__.py
index 3dc1f6a7..510ff602 100644
--- a/src/sgui/wave_edit/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sgui/wave_edit/__init__.py
@@ -499,6 +499,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.main_tabwidget = QTabWidget()
         self.main_layout.addWidget(self.main_tabwidget)
 
+        self.engine_mon_label = QLabel()
+        self.engine_mon_label.setToolTip(sg_strings.ENGINE_MON)
+        self.main_tabwidget.setCornerWidget(self.engine_mon_label)
+
         self.main_tabwidget.addTab(WAVE_EDITOR.widget, _("Wave Editor"))
 
         self.notes_tab = ProjectNotes(