diff --git a/components/compositing/compositor.rs b/components/compositing/compositor.rs
index 9500e783e08..dc2a44fc082 100644
--- a/components/compositing/compositor.rs
+++ b/components/compositing/compositor.rs
@@ -1702,6 +1702,11 @@ impl<Window: WindowMethods> IOCompositor<Window> {
         self.shutdown_state != ShutdownState::FinishedShuttingDown
     }
 
+    pub fn set_webrender_profiler_enabled(&mut self, enabled: bool) {
+        self.webrender.set_profiler_enabled(enabled);
+        self.webrender_api.generate_frame(None);
+    }
+
     /// Repaints and recomposites synchronously. You must be careful when calling this, as if a
     /// paint is not scheduled the compositor will hang forever.
     ///
diff --git a/components/servo/lib.rs b/components/servo/lib.rs
index 5d9ffcd0eb8..0b94ed696b2 100644
--- a/components/servo/lib.rs
+++ b/components/servo/lib.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ impl<Window> Browser<Window> where Window: WindowMethods + 'static {
         self.compositor.handle_events(events)
     }
 
+    pub fn set_webrender_profiler_enabled(&mut self, enabled: bool) {
+        self.compositor.set_webrender_profiler_enabled(enabled);
+    }
+
     pub fn repaint_synchronously(&mut self) {
         self.compositor.repaint_synchronously()
     }