diff --git a/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt b/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
index 76dc6a9dfd..84930b5e64 100644
--- a/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
+++ b/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ _____________________________________________________________________________
   (StyleType_TwoPlayersSharedSides).
 * Reordered ScreenEdit's main menu (escape) slightly.
 * Expand various floats from 3 decimal places to 6 (experimental) [Midiman]
+* [BPMDisplay] add RandomText metric for theming the "..." that appears when
+  BPMs don't cycle and MinBPM == -1.
 
 20100601
 --------
diff --git a/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini b/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini
index 0bbcd25f8a..842394faeb 100644
--- a/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini
+++ b/Themes/_fallback/metrics.ini
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ RandomCycleSpeed=0.2
 Separator="-"
 # ??? when it cycles.
 ShowQMarksInRandomCycle=true
+RandomText="..."
 # xxx: localize me -aj
 VariousText="Various"
 
diff --git a/src/BPMDisplay.cpp b/src/BPMDisplay.cpp
index cde764a5b8..83d19aecd9 100644
--- a/src/BPMDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/BPMDisplay.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ void BPMDisplay::Load()
 	SEPARATOR.Load( m_sName, "Separator" );
 	SHOW_QMARKS.Load( m_sName, "ShowQMarksInRandomCycle" );
 	NO_BPM_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "NoBpmText" );
+	//QUESTIONMARKS_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "QuestionMarksText" );
+	RANDOM_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "RandomText" );
 	VARIOUS_TEXT.Load( m_sName, "VariousText" );
 
 	RunCommands( SET_NORMAL_COMMAND );
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ void BPMDisplay::SetBPMRange( const DisplayBpms &bpms )
 		if( MinBPM == MaxBPM )
 		{
 			if( MinBPM == -1 )
-				SetText( "..." ); // random (todo: let themer customize string -aj)
+				SetText( RANDOM_TEXT ); // random (was "...") -aj
 			else
 				SetText( ssprintf("%i", MinBPM) );
 		}
diff --git a/src/BPMDisplay.h b/src/BPMDisplay.h
index 2124ab522d..726101430b 100644
--- a/src/BPMDisplay.h
+++ b/src/BPMDisplay.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ protected:
 	ThemeMetric<RString> SEPARATOR;
 	ThemeMetric<RString> NO_BPM_TEXT;
 	ThemeMetric<RString> VARIOUS_TEXT;
+	ThemeMetric<RString> RANDOM_TEXT;
 
 	float m_fBPMFrom, m_fBPMTo;
 	int m_iCurrentBPM;